“‘Who shall sojourn in thy
tabernacle?’ The flesh that is given to man’s soul
for it to dwell in is called God’s tabernacle. Who will be
found to treat this flesh as though it were not his own?
Sojourners, when they hire land that is not their own, till the estate
at the will of the owner. So, too, to us the care of the flesh
has been entrusted by bond, for us to toil with diligence therein, and
make it fruitful for the use of Him Who gave it. And if the flesh
is worthy of God, it becomes verily a tabernacle of God, accordingly as
He makes His dwelling in the saints. Such is the flesh of the
sojourner. ‘Lord, who shall sojourn in Thy
tabernacle?’ Then there come progress and advance to that
which is more perfect. ‘And who shall dwell in thy holy
hill?’ A Jew, in earthly sense, when he hears of the
‘hill,’ turns his thoughts to Sion. ‘Who shall
dwell in thy holy hill?’ The sojourner in the flesh shall
dwell in the holy hill, he shall dwell in that hill, that heavenly
country, bright and splendid, whereof the Apostle says, ‘Ye are
come unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem,’ where is the general assembly of ‘angels,
and church of the first-born, which are written in
heaven.’” Heb. xii. 22, 23.