Psalms 121, 123-125, 128-130

Recently I've been fascinated by the biblical concept of cosmic geography as it relates to the unseen spiritual realm and the way land is emphasized and governed throughout the Bible. For example today's reading: 

Psalm 125:1-3 (NKJV) "Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forevermore. For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity." 

What does this mean? Land allotted to the righteous? We see God's promise of the land of Canaan to Abraham which isn't fulfilled until after many generations led by Joshua. There is a stable certainty about this promise of land to His chosen people that remains through the ages even today in modern Israel which was established in 1948, since I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God written faithfully by men, I can confidently know that what God establishes He will sustain. Trusting in the LORD means standing firmly in agreement with His promises to us - it means not wavering in obedience or in deed because the LORD is faithful in all His ways toward his righteous people called by His Name.

Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (NKJV) "When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD's portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance."

People who trust in the LORD with all their heart and fear him are His people - while God is not limited to location or geography, because He is omnipresent, God dwells near the people who are called by His Name and manifests sovereignly over certain geographies protecting His people and His land from the overreaching hand of the evil one and wickedness. In scripture it seems that supernatural beings govern individual nations what this means for spiritual warfare is implicated by the recurrence of this emphasis of cosmic geography throughout scripture (see also Genesis 11:4,6-7, 9; Isaiah 34:2,4; 24:21; Daniel 10:13, 20-21 & II Kings 5:17). 

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