INHABITANTS OF THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined (Psalm 50:2).
Paul, in his letter to the Galatian Christians, referenced the allegory of Sarah and Hagar (Galatians 4). Through the two women, Abraham had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac. Sarah and Hagar represented two covenants. Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia, and is a figure of the present city of Jerusalem in the middle East, which the Bible says is in slavery with all its people (Galatians 4:25).
Then, thereโs the Jerusalem that is above: โBut Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us allโ (Galatians 4:26). How beautiful! Read the 30th to 31st verses: โNevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.โ
The Jerusalem that is above is the mother of us all; thatโs the one to which we belong; weโre there now! Hebrews 12:22 tells us, โBut ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem….โ In Isaiah 60:14 (MSG), Zion refers figuratively to Israel as the people of God: โThe descendants of your oppressor will come bowing and scraping to you. All who looked down at you in contempt will lick your boots. Theyโll confer a title on you: City of GOD, Zion of The Holy of Israel.โ
But today, in the New Testament, Zion refers to Godโs spiritual Kingdom, which weโre a part of. Hebrews 12:18,22-23 (MSG) says, โUnlike your ancestors, you didnโt come to Mount Sinai–all that volcanic blaze and earthshaking rumbleโโฆNo, thatโs not your experience at all. Youโve come to Mount Zion the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just.โ So, in the mind of God, we live in Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, NOW, in the same way that the natural born Jews live in Jerusalem thatโs in the Middle East. Hallelujah!
CONFESSION
Iโm not of this world; Iโm born from heaven and live the life of heaven now in the earth! Iโm conscious of my heavenly blessings, rights and privileges, and I walk in them to the full. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY
Psalm 48:11 AMPC; Psalm 50:2; Psalm 69:34-36
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Amen!