In her sermon on Psalm 46 this morning, the preacher cited verses 4 and 5: "There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns."
She told us that the church is the new city of God. I thought that many people feel safer living in the suburbs.
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I'm wondering if, for the Psalmist, the city was a place of refuge, rather than a place to live.
I think that kinda messes up the identification of the City of God with the Church, too.
I think that the Psalmist probably was referring to Jerusalem--but as an actual place and as a metaphor.
But, if I were to accept the modern-day church with the City of God, I would still assert that many of us find it too much trouble to meet with being the church--that is, doing what God expects the church to do. So, I like the metaphor of the suburb as a place where we can avoid the difficulties of the city--that is, those expectations of God.
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