Psalms 24:8-10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty — he is the King of glory.
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a borrowed donkey at His “Triumphal Entry,” the crowds that had come out to see Him asked: “who is this?” (Matthew 21:10) Had the people known who Jesus was, the response would have been: The LORD Almighty — he is the King of glory (Psalms 24:10). This psalm, although not the shortest psalm in the Bible, that honor goes to Psalm 117 with only two verses, is filled with the shouts of jubilation and triumph that will be displayed when Jesus comes into the Holy City to set up His Kingdom here on the earth. Just as God’s anointed Prophets foretold his first coming, His second coming is also prophesied in precise detail. Through these Prophets, we know of the joyfulness and exultation that will occur when Christ Jesus comes back, just as the Angels foretold that day at the Mount of Olives when He ascended back to heaven after His resurrection.
These verses of scripture (Psalm 24:8-10) begin with a rhetorical question: Who is this King of glory? Who will be welcomed with great joy and delight when He comes through the gates ordered to open? Who is the one that will enter through the doors that will open? We find the response in the 10th verse, The LORD Almighty — he is the King of glory. David Guzik wrote that Campbell Morgan connected these three psalms of David (22, 23, and 24) Interestingly. “By our calendars, yesterday He passed through Psalm 22. Today He is exercising the office of Psalm 23. Tomorrow, He will exercise the authority of Psalm 24.”
The faithful followers and believers in Christ Jesus should be giving all the honor and glory to the true King of the World. There have been many great kings that desired to be the ruler of the world. However, God has brought them down to the depths of despair. One example is King Nebuchadnezzar, who God humbled for his boastful arrogance, then went insane and grazed and lived like an animal for seven years.
We must understand and acknowledge that to have communion with the King above all other kings, our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, requires purity in thought, word, and deed. We must find a way to achieve the necessary virtue to stand before such a King. That is why God took on a fleshly nature and dwelt among us as the Son of God to live that life of perfection that none of us could ever hope to achieve. Because of God’s perfect plan of salvation, we can know the righteousness of Christ and be able to approach the throne of God through prayer when we surrender our lives to Christ Jesus and accept Him as our Lord and Savior. Place our faith and trust in His sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary and not attempt to find the purity required to stand before God on our own.
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