Psalm 122

Psalm 122
Jerusalem rightly comes next in the songs of degrees, for there the hopes of redeemed Israel will be centered; to it they will earnestly hope to come. (See Zechariah 8:3-83Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. 4Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. 6Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts. 7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; 8And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. (Zechariah 8:3‑8); Psalm 147 verses 2, 12-14; Isaiah 2:2,32And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. (Isaiah 2:2‑3); and 45:18, 19). Jerusalem once was and will be again the city of God’s earthly dwelling place, and to be there while the long rejected, once crucified and slain Messiah reigns, will be the bright hope of the godly while waiting for that day.
We whose hopes are heavenly; how much is the eternal day of glory before us! how much is the admonition in Colossians 3:1-41If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:1‑4) effective in our lives? Does the thought that the Lord is coming soon to take His heavenly people away to spend eternity with Him thrill our hearts with joy unspeakable and full of glory? O, it should!