God Chooses His Place - Psalms 131-133

 Psalms 132:13 (ESV)

For the LORD has chosen Zion;

he has desired it for his dwelling place:

God picked Jerusalem (Zion) for His city to dwell in.   Of all the places on the planet He picked this little place in the mid-east.   To put that into framework we have to remember what God said about anyone trying to build a “house” for God.  That is what Psalm 132 is all about.   David swore he would not rest until God had a place to dwell.  Up until that time God was, of course, manifesting His glory over the Tabernacle.  And although the curtains and boards of the Tabernacle were the exact design of God (right down to the type of boards and colors of the curtains), nothing can actually “contain” God.  Note what Solomon stated when he actually started to build the Temple:

2 Chronicles 2:6 (ESV)

But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?

Note what God Himself said:

Isaiah 66:1-2 (ESV)

The Humble and Contrite in Spirit

Thus says the LORD:

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth is my footstool;

what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

All these things my hand has made,

and so all these things came to be,

declares the LORD.

But this is the one to whom I will look:

he who is humble and contrite in spirit

and trembles at my word.

God made a choice that Zion would be His place to show His glory.  Just as He choose Israel to be His people and Christian believers to be the Body of Christ.  God chooses.   And, someday He will return to the same place as He completes His plan:

Zechariah 8:3 (ESV)

Thus says the LORD: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.