Psalm 24—This psalm may have been used when David brought the
Ark of the Covenant—the place where the LORD dwelt with His people—into
Jerusalem and in later festivals commemorating the event. How fitting that we
sing this song as we look forward to the coming of the King of Glory to dwell
among us in human flesh in order that we might receive blessing from the LORD
and righteousness from the God of our salvation.
David declares, “The
earth is the LORD’s.” David was a noble, successful king – but of a
relatively small and insignificant kingdom. One might easily think that the
gods of the Egyptians or Assyrians were greater because those kingdoms were
greater. Yet David rightly knew that the LORD, Yahweh, the God of Israel, was
God of all the earth. It wasn’t enough for David to say that the entire earth
belonged to the LORD; he added that all its fullness also belonged to Him.
Collect for Psalm 24: Lord God, ruler and guide of heaven and earth, you made your Son a priest and brought him into your everlasting temple. Open our hearts that the King of glory may enter and bring us rejoicing to your holy mountain, where you live and reign, one God, now and forever.[2] -13 December 2022—
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