Psalm 132
This, like all of the Psalms, grows more wonderful in our hearts the more we consider it. It has three themes, the last of which includes us. Very likely it was written near the end of the exile. It looks back at the commitment of David to prepare a place for the Ark. It has a near-time hope of rebuilding a temple in Jerusalem. But its greatest promise is the fulfillment of David and the temple in Jesus Christ and the church. (Verses 11-18)
The problem with any temple is always geography. If there was a temple in Jerusalem, how could the poor manage to get there from the other side of the world on a regular basis? But the ‘spiritual David’ has made a temple not of stone and cedar but of His people. The heart of each Christian is the dwelling place of our God. Every Christian is a priest and is clothed with the salvation of Christ. The Tabernacle, the Temple, and the Second Temple were wonderful. But they pale in comparison to the grandeur of the temple that is the church.
“Help me, Lord, to appreciate how wonderful your church is. AMEN.”
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