Psalm 125:2

Psalm 125:2

The mountains of Jerusalem

The obvious question is how many mountains surround Jerusalem? Well, there are 7, often referred to as the Judean Hills. Jerusalem's seven hills, or mountains, are: -

1.     Mount Scopus

2.     Mount of Olives

3.     Mount of Corruption (all these three are peaks in a mountain ridge that lies east of the Old City)

4.     Mount Ophel

5.     The original Mount Zion or Moriah (today’s Temple Mount)

6.     The new Mount Zion (where the traditional Upper Room is located) and 

7.     The hill on which the Antonia Fortress was built.

 

As we read this Psalm, we see a mighty picture of God’s steadfast and unmovable love. It is specifically His love for the Jewish people, for Jerusalem, and Israel. The mountain region that surrounds the city of Jerusalem has never been moved. And this is what the Psalmist is explaining – it is a picture of what our God’s love towards Israel is like. God is unmovable and unshakeable in His covenant love and faithfulness towards the Jewish people and the city of Jerusalem! Isaiah reiterates this: “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.” (Isaiah 54:10) 

Over the millennia, just like the mountains that surround Jerusalem have not been moved, neither has God’s love for this city. God’s love surrounds His people no matter where they are in the world. He searches the four corners of the earth to bring His people back to the land of Israel, and to His city of Jerusalem! One day, even we Gentiles will be drawn to it for the Bible indicates that when Yeshua comes to reign, He will do so from Jerusalem. Where else? “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.’” (Zechariah 8:7-8)

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