But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
The psalm in which this choice is recorded recounts the rich blessings God bestowed on His people and the poor response and return they made for those benefits. Within that history the children of Israel constantly worked against a good God. By disobedience they brought themselves into the sure result of their own course, repenting under rebuke and chastisement but falling again under temptation through self-indulgence and self-gratification.
Out of that history God chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which He loved, as the place where His sanctuary would be built and His dwelling established. That choice and the sanctuary on Zion stood as a sign of His favor to Israel in making His holy house His dwelling place. The temple on Zion was the setting for the later temples, and the second temple's greatest glory came when Christ as God manifest in the flesh taught and healed in its courts.
The psalm in which this choice is recorded recounts the rich blessings God bestowed on His people and the poor response and return they made for those benefits. Within that history the children of Israel constantly worked against a good God. By disobedience they brought themselves into the sure result of their own course, repenting under rebuke and chastisement but falling again under temptation through self-indulgence and self-gratification.
Out of that history God chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which He loved, as the place where His sanctuary would be built and His dwelling established. That choice and the sanctuary on Zion stood as a sign of His favor to Israel in making His holy house His dwelling place. The temple on Zion was the setting for the later temples, and the second temple's greatest glory came when Christ as God manifest in the flesh taught and healed in its courts.