Songs of Ascent Psalm 132

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Psalm 132 The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion

1 Lord, remember David And all his afflictions;
2 How he swore to the Lord, And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 “Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house, Or go up to the comfort of my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,
5 Until I find a place for the Lord, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; We found it in the fields of the woods.
7 Let us go into His tabernacle; Let us worship at His footstool.
8 Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.
10 For Your servant David’s sake, Do not turn away the face of Your Messiah.
11 The Lord has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it:
“I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.
12 If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I shall teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:
14 “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17 There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Messiah.
18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall flourish.”

VERSES 1-5 King David swore to God that he would not rest until there was a dwelling place for God in Israel. This plays out for Yeshua/Jesus to fulfill in God's own timing.

When David was speaking of God's "dwelling place" all he could envision at that time was a Temple, a permanent stone dwelling instead of the moveable tent tabernacle that was carried out of Egypt through all the years of the wilderness and into the establishing of Israel in the Promised Land. But the dwelling place that David's ancestor Yeshua came to establish was the Holy Spirit indwelling men - not only within international Christians, but as He is building NOW in Israel - a temple for the LORD"S indwelling in the Jewish people in Israel.

It is the full circle plan of God in His Son, the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of all of us, that He indwells by His HOLY Spirit. Living Stones indwelt as a Living Temple for God.

In verse 6 "Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; We found it in the fields of the woods."

Ephrathah is bot the "ash-heap" and the "place of fruitfulness." It is also another name for Bethlehem, where we know Yeshua was born. Out of the ashes of our lives His entrance brings us into the place of fruitfulness. David goes on to say about the dwelling place of God, "We found it in the fields of the woods." Some say that forests  in the Bible symbolize "places of refuge, where individuals seek solace and find protection." Also that forests symbolize growth and abundance. The fields (śāḏê) of the woods (yaʿar), appear to be the fields of spiritual harvest. 

David is urging urging us to go into God's tabernacle to worship and for God to Arise to His resting place which is the resting place of the ark of His strength (Yeshua). And to God's people David says, 9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.

Verse 10-12 is David's prayer to God for Israel: For Your servant David’s sake, Do not turn away the face of Your Messiah. The Lord has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: “I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body. If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I shall teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”

God's promise to Israel is clear and true, verse 13-18 - 13 For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

“This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her saints shall shout aloud for joy. There I will make the strength/horn of David grow; I will prepare a shining light/lamp for My Messiah. 18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall flourish.”

In the final 2 verses I believe King David is prophesying of the days we are in right now. He is talking about His restored Israel, because He chose Zion/Jerusalem as the place of the Throne for His kingdom on earth that Yeshua is to sit up when He returns. And He says there that He will make the "horn" of David to grow - the strength of Israel but significantly the "rays of light" which I believe means the increasing body of believers in Israel.

It is interesting that the Hebrew word translated "horn" qeren is also the name of a location, Bashan, which is in Syria....and the latest Israeli operation to take out the fallen Assad regime in Syria as the Sunni rebel terrorists have overthrown it, is called Operation Arrow of Bashan!

Indeed, God is strengthening Israel even at the same time He is preparing the shining Light of His Messiah in more and more Israeli Jews. Israel has a destiny in God to fulfill its calling to be a Light to the nations and the only way they can fulfill that is to be indwelt by the light of Israel's Messiah - before His return.

Israel will become so strong, they will be so many Israelis who have come to faith in Yeshua the Messiah as a testimony to Gentiles around the world that indeed Yeshua is the King of kings to sit upon His throne in Israel, that Yeshua will have to come to the rescue as the insane, evil unbelievers of the world join together from every nation to destroy Israel once and for all. But they will all die at His Word...every single one dropping dead.

For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it."