THE KING OF GLORY
PSALM 24:1-10
PSALM 24:1-10
Introduction:
This sacred hymn was probably written to be sung when the Ark of the Covenant was taken up from the house of Obededom, to remain within curtains upon the hill of Zion. It looks beyond the bringing up of the Ark, to the ascension of the King of Glory, the true Redeemer, who has opened heaven’s gates for the entrance of his elect.
I. THE GLORIES OF THE LORD
A. The earth is the Lord’s, vv. 1-2; Psalms 50:12, “If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.”
1. God demonstrates His dominion over the earth to Pharaoh, Exodus 9:29, “And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’S.”
2. The heaven of heavens is the Lord’s, Deuteronomy 10:14, “Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.”
3. The sea is His, Psalms 98:7, “Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”
B. The people are the Lord’s, v. 1; Exodus 19:5, “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:”
1. The Jews said, “The holy land is God’s, and the seed of Abraham are his only people;”
2. But their great Monarch had long before instructed them, v. 1b, “the world, and they that dwell therein” are His.
II. THE TRUE ISRAEL
A. Who will come up to the Lord? Psalm 15:1, “LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?”
1. He that has clean hands, v. 4; Psalms 18:20, “The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.”
2. He that has a pure heart, Psalms 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
B. He who is clothed in the garments of God’s righteousness, Zechariah 3:4, “And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”
1. God has taken away the filthy garments for a robe of righteousness, Isaiah 61:10, “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.”
2. Those that God has taken their iniquity away, Isaiah 43:25, “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.”
a. They are clean from all their filthiness, Ezekiel 36:25, “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.”
b. Those who have God’s righteousness, Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
C. Who will stand in God’s holy place, v. 3; Hebrews 12:28, “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:”
1. It is only the grace of God that enables us to worship God in a right manner, Hebrews 2:9, “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”
2. Those that FEAR the Lord will stand in God’s heaven, Hebrews 5:7, “Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;”
III. THE ASCENT OF THE TRUE REDEEMER
A. Who is the King of Glory? v. 8; Revelation 19:11-21.
B. Open the gates and let the King of Glory come in, vv. 9-10; Proverbs 8:34, “Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.”
1. To dwell in the house of the Lord, Psalm 27:4, “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.”
2. To be a doorkeeper in God’s house, Psalm 84:10, “For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.”
CONCLUSION