"Lift up, O gateways, your lintels,
open up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may enter!
Who is the King of glory?
YAHWEH, the strong, the mighty,
YAHWEH, valiant in battle.
Lift up your lintels, O gateways,
open up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may enter!
Who is the King of glory?
YAHWEH of Hosts,
HE is the King of glory!"
- Psalm 24:7-10
(This psalm shares the astonishment of Solomon: 'Will GOD really live with men and women on the earth?' For us that wonder is surpassed. We have seen the Son of GOD pass through the gate of our nature and heard HIM speak 'of the temple of HIS body' [John 2:21]. And this not all! Mystically assumed into that body, our own selves become temples too--but we must throw open the gates of a generous heart: 'If anyone loves ME, MY FATHER will love him; and we will come to HIM' [John 14:23]. We think of this as we sing: 'Let HIM enter, the King of Glory!' 'Come, LORD JESUS' [Revelation 22:20].)
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