Psalm 87

This Psalm sings the praises of the city of Zion (Jerusalem). Of all of Israel, it was the most blessed city, the home of the temple and the center of God’s work here on earth. Some Bible scholars think that this Psalm was written during the time when the temple was destroyed and the city was in ruin… a Psalm designed to stir faith and remind the Jews that a time was soon to come, a time when God would once again make Zion the jewel of his creation.

Today, that promise still rings true. The Bible tells us that during the millennium, Christ will rule and reign from Jerusalem… it will be the center of His kingdom. Beyond that, we know that when the new heaven’s and the new earth are created, we will all dwell in a NEW JERUSALEM… a heavenly city where we need no sun, because God Himself will dwell there and be our light.

So how does this apply to us? By extension, we are ALL citizens of Zion because we have become the children of God through relationship with Jesus. So be blessed, we have new birth in Christ, and have become citizens of a city that is far greater than any earthly city will ever be.

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

(Hebrews 12:22-24)