Our Great God
Stephen Whitney
Psalm 48
In December 1995 the 3,000-anniversary celebration of David’s City, Jerusalem was launched. Marching through the hills of Judah to the shadows of the hand-carved stones walls of the ancient Holy City, 80,000 dancers, musicians and performers from Israel and
around the world came to begin the year-long celebration.
The city is hailed as the gathering spot of saints and prophets.
It is seen as a sacred place for pilgrims and their prayers. The
Wailing Wall is filled with prayers written on pieces of paper
and then stuffed between the cracks of the stones.
For believers, it is God’s city a place filled with divine history
where our Savior taught and where he was crucified. It is filled
with signs and symbols of the holy and a reminder that it was here
God dwelt among his people in the temple that Solomon built.
While Jerusalem was a small fortress city for hundreds of years because it is surrounded by valleys on three sides it was not until 1000 BC when King David captured it to make it the capital of
Israel did the city take on any significance.
The reason that it was insignificant was because no trade routes
went by it, it didn’t sit high on some hill or next to an ocean or
large river. Yet because of its central location it was the ideal site for David to make it his capital city and unite the nation together
even though it was on a small 12-acre plot of land.
This ‘‘City of David’’ became the first capital of the nation. It was to this city David brought the Ark of the Covenant and set up a temporary place of worship where the ark would be kept. Later
his son Solomon would build a large beautiful temple just north
of the city which was dedicated in 950 BC. This temple became
the center and focus of their worship until it was destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.
Background
Although we don’t know the specific historical background to this psalm it seems there must have been some sp ...
Stephen Whitney
Psalm 48
In December 1995 the 3,000-anniversary celebration of David’s City, Jerusalem was launched. Marching through the hills of Judah to the shadows of the hand-carved stones walls of the ancient Holy City, 80,000 dancers, musicians and performers from Israel and
around the world came to begin the year-long celebration.
The city is hailed as the gathering spot of saints and prophets.
It is seen as a sacred place for pilgrims and their prayers. The
Wailing Wall is filled with prayers written on pieces of paper
and then stuffed between the cracks of the stones.
For believers, it is God’s city a place filled with divine history
where our Savior taught and where he was crucified. It is filled
with signs and symbols of the holy and a reminder that it was here
God dwelt among his people in the temple that Solomon built.
While Jerusalem was a small fortress city for hundreds of years because it is surrounded by valleys on three sides it was not until 1000 BC when King David captured it to make it the capital of
Israel did the city take on any significance.
The reason that it was insignificant was because no trade routes
went by it, it didn’t sit high on some hill or next to an ocean or
large river. Yet because of its central location it was the ideal site for David to make it his capital city and unite the nation together
even though it was on a small 12-acre plot of land.
This ‘‘City of David’’ became the first capital of the nation. It was to this city David brought the Ark of the Covenant and set up a temporary place of worship where the ark would be kept. Later
his son Solomon would build a large beautiful temple just north
of the city which was dedicated in 950 BC. This temple became
the center and focus of their worship until it was destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.
Background
Although we don’t know the specific historical background to this psalm it seems there must have been some sp ...
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