Psalm 87 ~ this one was born there

Aerial Photo of Jerusalem

Psalm 87

1 On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

2 the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
3 Glorious things of you are spoken,
O city of God. Selah

4 Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush —
“This one was born there,” they say.
5 And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in her”;
for the Most High himself will establish her.
6 The Lord records as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah

7 Singers and dancers alike say,
“All my springs are in you.”

In Texas we have bumper stickers that say "I wasn't born here, but I got here as fast as I could." I miss the old black & white license plates, people used to say meant Texas was just plain friendly. I'm not that old, not even 50, but I remember growing up in Dallas, we had 320,000 people in the city limits. There used to be lots of fields between Dallas and Fort Worth. The drive, as a child, was boring to me. It took forever to get to Six Flags Over Texas Park and you'd see cattle and barbed wire.

I've seen a Dallas phone book, or telephone directory, from before my mother was born. It seems Dallas had about 2 or 3 thousand phones in the early 1930s.

Time as we know it is a cage; God created time, but He does not dwell in it. Revelation is the end of the books of the Bible, but speaks of God's new creation. His creation is vast in this universe and, also, in His Heavenly Kingdom. Like all of us, God has a city He considers His. Isn't it great that we have a God who defies the little halos of stereotypical God? No, God is not a little club, or old school, God's Zion is vast. Like John's definition of God is vast:

I John 4:8b
God is Love

We see in Revelation 21 there is a new Heaven, a new earth & new Jerusalem. Jerusalem has measurements to tell us it is not infinite, but the Kingdom of Heaven contains Jerusalem.

Today, Psalm 87 writes the Lord Himself registering the birth of His people in the Book of Life. Even in Revelation, the last book of the bible, God speaks of new creation:

Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

Revelation 7:9
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

Thank You, FatherGod, You are vast. What is man that You are mindful of Him? Thank You, FatherGod, for the care and love You have given us in giving us Your Son. Thank You for the Scriptures pointing to Your Steadfast Love through all the generations.

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