Psalm 24 Commentary
In the first two verses, the LORD claims ownership of the earth and the world. There is a serious tone of exclusivity to the claim. There is no shared ownership!
Unlike pagans, believers understand and appreciate the LORD’S exclusive ownership of both the earth and the world. The earth may be thought of as the house, while the term world can be the equivalent of the term home. The LORD owns both.
Attention may be drawn to man’s appreciation of the facts of ownership.
Idolatry is when men and women begin to distribute ownership and control amongst themselves, and other created things or things. We include man’s imagination on the list. At this point, man will have broken the first two commandments.
Of more interest, probably, is the fact that the LORD owns the world. The devil didn’t exactly make the same claim, but he, instead, told the man Jesus Christ that the world had been given to him. Luke 4 verses 5 to 7. He could, therefore, give it to anyone he wished to.
Satan is the father of lies. The LORD Jesus reigns; His government knows no end! He is on the throne!
But who may stand in the holy place? The pagans? No.
Then the call is made, probably to the remnant: “Lift up your heads, you gates.” It’s a call to abandon idolatry and allow the King of Glory to come in. Let Him reign. The saint must forget the make-believe world, the virtual world created by either drug abuse or technology, and focus on the realities of the kingdom of the LORD Jesus Christ.
The chapter closes with verse 10 declaring that the Creator God still reigns over all the earth. The title of ‘King’ is a very strong reference to the universal reign of the Creator God, the LORD God Almighty, over His entire creation.
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