Psalm 133-134 | Songs for Summer

So where are the people when they're singing these? Remember, they are pilgrims.

They are walking up to Jerusalem, right? So Jerusalem's up on a hill in the middle of what is modern-day Israel, and they would travel either the coast route or the valley route.

valley being the Jordan Valley, and when they would get to the mountains that they had to walk through to go up to Jerusalem, the most dangerous part of the trip, by the way.

The valleys in the mountains were called the Valley of the Shadow of Death because this is where robbers and other criminals would hide.

And so they began singing these songs together to remind themselves of where they're going and what is the end result.

So have any of you been on a trip this summer? I know a couple of you have.

You know, you start seeing on the horizon where you're going, right? And then literally, Jerusalem's on the top of a hill.

They call it a mountain, but it's a hill, right? We know what mountains look like here in the Northwest.

They've been singing these songs, reminding themselves of their past, their present, and their future, reminding themselves of how good it is to be God's chosen people.

And now they can see the city up ahead.

You ever driven up to Disneyland with children? You ever done that? Right? And you're driving along and it used to be, I'm going to say my age here, but it used to be the tallest thing around was the Matterhorn and Sleeping Beauty's castle, right? Now there's all these hotels.

So it's kind of hard to see, but it's really fun when you're driving up and you hear a squeal from the back of the van or the car.

Ooh, I saw it.

I saw it.

Right? What did you see? What did you see? It was a big white mountain in the middle of California.

It was a castle.

It was a castle.

I think it's Sleeping Beauties.

Well, it's the only castle there, so it's gotta be Sleeping Beauties.

I experienced the same thing when we were driving up to Washington, D.C. And I was like, whoa, there's the Washington Monument.

I mean, tear, right? I'm a nerd when it comes to, the places I go for fun are like Washington, D.C., not Disneyland, but that's just me.

So the pilgrims are singing, they're singing about this temple and you can imagine as they're coming into the city catching glimpses of it.

Did you see that? I think that was the temple.

Did you see? There's the, whatever the thing is they're looking for.

Maybe they start catching up with people that they had seen on previous trips.

So where are the people when they're singing these? Remember, they are pilgrims.

They are walking up to Jerusalem, right? So Jerusalem's up on a hill in the middle of what is modern-day Israel, and they would travel either the coast route or the valley route.

valley being the Jordan Valley, and when they would get to the mountains that they had to walk through to go up to Jerusalem, the most dangerous part of the trip, by the way.

The valleys in the mountains were called the Valley of the Shadow of Death because this is where robbers and other criminals would hide.

And so they began singing these songs together to remind themselves of where they're going and what is the end result.

So have any of you been on a trip this summer? I know a couple of you have.

You know, you start seeing on the horizon where you're going, right? And then literally, Jerusalem's on the top of a hill.

They call it a mountain, but it's a hill, right? We know what mountains look like here in the Northwest.

They've been singing these songs, reminding themselves of their past, their present, and their future, reminding themselves of how good it is to be God's chosen people.

And now they can see the city up ahead.

You ever driven up to Disneyland with children? You ever done that? Right? And you're driving along and it used to be, I'm going to say my age here, but it used to be the tallest thing around was the Matterhorn and Sleeping Beauty's castle, right? Now there's all these hotels.

So it's kind of hard to see, but it's really fun when you're driving up and you hear a squeal from the back of the van or the car.

Ooh, I saw it.

I saw it.

Right? What did you see? What did you see? It was a big white mountain in the middle of California.

It was a castle.

It was a castle.

I think it's Sleeping Beauties.

Well, it's the only castle there, so it's gotta be Sleeping Beauties.

I experienced the same thing when we were driving up to Washington, D.C. And I was like, whoa, there's the Washington Monument.

I mean, tear, right? I'm a nerd when it comes to, the places I go for fun are like Washington, D.C., not Disneyland, but that's just me.

So the pilgrims are singing, they're singing about this temple and you can imagine as they're coming into the city catching glimpses of it.

Did you see that? I think that was the temple.

Did you see? There's the, whatever the thing is they're looking for.

Maybe they start catching up with people that they had seen on previous trips.