Read 2 Sam 5:1-8
David is a type of Jesus. He came to be king at 30 and reigned 33 years over all Israel and Judah. Jesus came to his earthly ministry at 30 and lived on this earth 33 years.
So David comes to take Jerusalem that belonged to the Jebusites who called it Jebus. It was their principal city. "Jebusites" means "trodden; to trample or tread under foot; be polluted". David was going to take a very evil, unclean place that exemplified Satan's stronghold and he make it his holy city. That is redemption. These Jebusites were a people spiritually blind and their walk was crooked. They had eyes but could not see and feet that ran to do evil. But first, David took the stronghold of "Zion" which means a "parched place" and made it the City of David. It was a mountain north of Jerusalem which is synonymous with salvation and a dwelling place of God.
Among the Jebusites were many blind and lame. These are unclean and sinful people. Their infirmities mirrored their heart so they were detestable to God. They were parched because their was a famine of the Word of God which is water to thirsty land. But Jesus, our redeemer, came to seek and save the lost. He came to give the blind man sight, the deaf man hearing, the lame man a new walk, and the leper cleansing. Because we are all blind, deaf, lame, and leprous before we are saved, we are not allowed to come into the house of God (vs. 8).
Romans 11:26 says that a Deliverer shall come out of Zion and turn away ungodliness from Jacob. In Heb. 12:22 the City of David is now called the city of the living God. In Revelation the Lamb will stand on mount Zion with 144,000 followers with God's name written in their foreheads.
God is always in the business of Redemption. If he can do that for land, he can do that in the soil of our hearts. We have land that has been the devil's. We can make it the city of God if we take it by spiritual force. Our prayers and God's Word are powerful to the tearing down of strongholds. Let's do some tearing down.
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