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God's True Home is His People
While this promise was initially for the temple in Zion, commentators explain its ultimate fulfillment is in Christ and His Church. The phrase 'for ever' points beyond a physical building to God's true, eternal resting place: the hearts of His redeemed people. As John Calvin notes, with Christ's arrival, the whole world became an 'enlarged Mount Zion' where God dwells with His followers.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 132:14
18th Century
Theologian
This is my rest for ever - My home; my permanent abode. I will no more remove from place to place—as when the ark was carried in th…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 132:14
19th Century
Preacher
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
God rests in his people; the whole company of the redeemed shal…
John Calvin
On Psalms 132:14
16th Century
Theologian
This is my rest for ever. The same truth is here put into the mouth of God to give it additional weight; and it is declared that the Templ…
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John Gill
On Psalms 132:14
17th Century
Pastor
This [is] my rest for ever
The rest of my majesty, as the Targum; the place of his rest: and this being for ever sho…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 132:11–18
17th Century
Minister
The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest, and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he sh…