2. Beautiful for situation. Jerusalem was so
naturally; the church is so spiritually, being placed near God’s heart, within
the mountains of his power, upon the hills of his faithfulness, in the center
of providential operations. The more the church is above the world the fairer she
is. The joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion. An ardent Israelite would
esteem the holy city as the eye of the nations, the most precious pearl of all
lands. Certainly the church of God, though despised of men, is the true joy and
hope of the world. On the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Either meaning that Jerusalem was in the northern extremity of Judah, or it may
denote that part of the city which lay to the north of Mount Zion. It was the
glory of Jerusalem to be God’s city, the place of his regal dwelling, and it is
the joy of the church that God is in her midst. The great God is the great King
of the church, and for her sake he rules all the nations. The people among whom
the Lord deigns to dwell are privileged above all others.
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