Psalm 132

If you are on a journey to heaven, Jesus is the way.

Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Son of David. Not only is He the way to the heavenly temple; He is the destination. He is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

David was passionate about the temple of God that would be built in the place of God's choosing. He suffered greatly for it. Jesus was full of desire for the ultimate house of God. Zeal for the Lord's house consumed Him. He knew that His body would be that temple. Though His body would be torn down by men, He said He would build it up again in three days. On the third day after He was cast down through His death on the cross, He rose again from the dead. In His new life, the resurrection temple was brought to earth. We are made living stones in that temple when we are united to Him. We are the body of Christ, the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are the dwelling place of the Mighty One of Jacob.

Though we are already the temple of God now in Jesus Christ, we are on our way to the temple above. Christ in us, a deposit of glory, leads us there to the fullness of glory. We hear of heaven in the midst of the journey, and we are pressed on by His Spirit in us, urging us to keep on going toward the journey's end.

The Father will not reject the voice of His Anointed Son, the Messiah, Jesus Christ. He is our High Priest, and in Him we have been made priests to God. We worship the Lord and we long for the fulfillment of all His heavenly promises. Because of Jesus, because we are in Him, the Lord will not turn us away from our journey to the heavenly Jerusalem.

When David was the King of Israel, the Lord God made a solemn promise to him that one of his descendants would come who would sit on his throne. The chosen Son would have to keep the covenant of God, obeying the voice of the Lord, and teaching His testimonies to His people.

Even the best kings that came from David's line fell far short of this holy requirement, and eventually all the kings that were descended from David came to an end. Yet God had not forgotten His promise to David. He sent His own Son to be that chosen One. Jesus, the fruit of the womb of one of David's descendants, fully obeyed the covenant, even dying the death that was the full measure of His true devotion to the Father. He teaches us the way of the Lord forever. He is our eternal King.

For many centuries, pilgrims traveled from their homes in far off places to Zion, to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They were eager to be in the place of God's blessing. Now all the earth is eager for heaven, where God dwells, and we are eager to have heaven come upon the earth, and to see the kingdom of God established in our hearts and all over the world.

One day Christ will came with all His heavenly host, and the blessings of the realm of light will overcome all the darkness of this world. We rejoice in the Lord today because of the promise of God that He will bless us forever on a renewed earth.

The Lord will dwell with us, and He already does. He will abundantly bless us, and He already does. He will clothe us with salvation, and He already does. We will shout for joy. We should do that even now, because all the promises of God are sure in Jesus Christ.

We are the light of the world. Hell is for somebody else. We have the glory of the heavenly kingdom in us already, through Jesus, the promised Son of David. We walk on toward heaven, but heaven is already dwelling in us by His abundant mercy.