Opus 2025-479: Gods Mailing Address

I was reading my daily dose of Psalms in chapter 134.  It was only a couple of verses long and I was a bit miffed at the brevity.  Then I took a look at that last verse,

Psalm 134:3 (KJV) The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

And I got to wondering about Zion.  It’s a common word in the Old Testament.  I haven’t checked to see how often it shows up in the new, but it is assumed that it refers to Jerusalem, possibly the temple, and I would say specifically it refers to the mercy seat above the tabernacle.  That seems to be the place where God has announced His presence will be focused on the Earth.

Does that mean that God is confined to one room on one hill in one city?  Preposterous.  This is the God who created the universe with a word.  Somehow I think we forget what a miracle it is that He is willing to touchdown briefly in a location for our benefit.

I have a friend who gets all upset when we spiritualize the Old Testament.  He wants everything to be totally literal.  For him this simply means that one spot and only relates to the Jews.  Excuse me, I tend to believe that the entire Bible is there to instruct us,

(2Ti 3:16 KJV)  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

So I’m going to take this and make Zion a figure of speech or an allegory for us today.  This is a reminder that God is going to bless us from His current mailing address.  I don’t know if you have been checking your political mailers lately, but I’ve gotten one from my state assembly woman and one from our state senator.  Each of them give me multiple ways to get in contact with them.  They give me an address in their capital office and one in their local office.  They include phone numbers.  I think the idea is that I can contact them at either one.

That’s the way it is with God.  Back in the day Zion may have been one spot.  Today Zion can be called upon from anywhere.  In fact, when we think about the fact that we have received the Holy Spirit and have been offered the filling of the Holy Spirit, I would suggest that perhaps Zion is as close as your heart.  Isn’t that great?  It doesn’t even require a postage stamp.  I was commenting recently to someone how it used to be.  You could worry about somebody taking your phone and making long-distance calls because the bill would be very high.  Remember when long-distance calls were very expensive?  On your new phone you can pretty much call anywhere and there’s no extra charge.

Welcome to the world of the New Testament.  And unlike our state senator, when I call Zion, I don’t get put on hold, I don’t get voicemail, I don’t get a secretary.  I get the party to whom I am addressing.

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