psalm 132: Zion, the place where the Lord rests

 In Psalm 32 we read:

11-18 God gave David his word,

    he won’t back out on this promise:

“One of your sons

    I will set on your throne;

If your sons stay true to my Covenant

    and learn to live the way I teach them,

Their sons will continue the line—

    always a son to sit on your throne.

Yes—I, God, chose Zion,

    the place I wanted for my shrine;

This will always be my home;

    this is what I want, and I’m here for good.

I’ll shower blessings on the pilgrims who come here,

    and give supper to those who arrive hungry;

I’ll dress my priests in salvation clothes;

    the holy people will sing their hearts out!

Oh, I’ll make the place radiant for David!

    I’ll fill it with light for my anointed!

I’ll dress his enemies in dirty rags,

    but I’ll make his crown sparkle with splendor.”

The pilgrims go to Zion, the place where the Lord rests and where the place where a son of David reigns. The Lord promises to shower blessings of the pilgrims who go to Jerusalem. For a Jew, it is really confusing this psalm because today, there is no temple, no pilgrimage, no arch of Covenant and no descendant of king David reigning. However, Christians believe that Jesus is Emanuel. He is the descendant of David, the Lord who lived among us. He came to give his life for us and resurrected from the dead and is in fact reigning.