On Mount Zion

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD.

After three decades of Christ-following,
I am not often surprised.

So I confess my astonishment
When I learned that
During the time of David
The Ark of the Covenant
Was kept not in
The Tabernacle at Shiloh

But in David’s tent
On Mount Zion
In Jerusalem.

Sacrifices of animals,
The showbread,
The shofar
In Shiloh.

A new dispensation,
A sacrifice of praise,
Of instruments and voices,
Ascending to God
In Zion.

And a closer intimacy between
God and man.