WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680 Psalm 24, a psalm of David. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.899 He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:45.740 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face. 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.280 Selah. 00:00:50.620 --> 00:00:57.700 Lift up your heads, O you gates, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. 00:00:57.700 --> 00:00:59.980 Who is this King of glory? 00:01:00.179 --> 00:01:04.159 The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle. 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:06.780 Lift up your heads, O you gates. 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:12.299 Lift up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:14.320 Who is this King of glory? 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:16.159 The Lord of hosts. 00:01:16.579 --> 00:01:18.659 He is the King of glory. 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:19.840 Selah. 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:23.159 This is the word of God for the people of God. 00:01:23.800 --> 00:01:24.760 Thanks be to God. 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:25.719 Please be seated. 00:01:27.700 --> 00:01:39.000 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:01:39.140 --> 00:01:41.260 And no word from God shall be void of power. 00:01:42.140 --> 00:01:43.620 He promises this in his word. 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:46.800 Let's pray. 00:01:46.800 --> 00:01:46.800 00:01:46.799 --> 00:02:13.300 O Lord, in your word, you have breathed out such majestic spiritual truth that our creaturely minds have no ability to comprehend unless your Holy Spirit, the same God who breathed out Scripture, illumines your word to us. 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:15.400 We ask that you will please do this, Lord. 00:02:15.980 --> 00:02:19.960 Cause us with the eyes of faith to behold our King. 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:21.560 Amen. 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:32.199 Well, picture a friend of yours sitting at home, tired, disappointed in himself. 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.419 And you want to approach them and encourage them. 00:02:36.819 --> 00:02:37.939 What can you do for them? 00:02:38.019 --> 00:02:38.799 What can you say? 00:02:39.939 --> 00:02:45.199 He doesn't want to hear any more of those inspirational messages he's been playing on his phone. 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:47.139 He's already heard it all. 00:02:47.379 --> 00:02:48.000 You're a warrior. 00:02:48.959 --> 00:02:50.439 You have everything you need. 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:51.359 You, you, you. 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:53.219 That's not going to cut it. 00:02:53.219 --> 00:02:57.039 What do you say to that friend? 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.180 And it's not just that friend, is it? 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.419 If we're honest, it's, it's our own hearts too. 00:03:03.620 --> 00:03:07.620 You and I can so quickly lose sight of Christ. 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:13.159 We can fuss about whether we have repented enough. 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:18.560 Or how much have we experienced of these blessings of the gospel? 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:23.219 As Sinclair Ferguson has been teaching us in our midweek Bible study, 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:31.199 he said, we often think too much about how much has been accomplished in us, 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:37.599 forgetting that nothing is accomplished in us that wasn't first accomplished for us in Christ. 00:03:39.180 --> 00:03:40.800 What do you say to this brother? 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.260 Well, you do what Psalm 24 does. 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:48.980 You say, come on brother, let's go to the house of God and put our eyes on him. 00:03:49.600 --> 00:03:53.780 We all need to get our eyes off of ourselves and back on to Christ. 00:03:54.500 --> 00:03:57.660 We need to behold who Christ is. 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:00.520 We need to see his work one more time. 00:04:01.540 --> 00:04:04.020 So beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:07.000 behold the King of glory. 00:04:07.700 --> 00:04:09.680 It's been my prayer that God would help us to do that 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.480 as we walk through Psalm 24 together today. 00:04:15.140 --> 00:04:18.800 Can you picture Charles Spurgeon sitting in London, 1800s, 00:04:18.860 --> 00:04:21.240 and looking at his library and picking out a resource? 00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:24.480 The best biblical encyclopedia in his lifetime 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:27.139 was put together by a pastor named John Kitto. 00:04:27.139 --> 00:04:31.199 And in this encyclopedia, Kitto wrote these words. 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:36.039 At the time when God breathed out Psalm 24, 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:41.439 Jerusalem as the city of God was regarded by the hearers at the time, 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:45.759 so David's generation, as a type or a shadow of heaven. 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:48.539 That's what Jerusalem was regarded as. 00:04:49.039 --> 00:04:53.199 The domain inside the walls of the city was seen as God's palace. 00:04:53.719 --> 00:04:56.839 The tabernacle was seen as God's royal court. 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:02.699 And the ark of the covenant inside the Holy of Holies was seen as God's throne. 00:05:04.500 --> 00:05:06.199 You see that movement of three spheres, 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:10.759 from the city walls to the tabernacle to the Holy of Holies. 00:05:13.719 --> 00:05:15.299 I think in this psalm, 00:05:16.179 --> 00:05:19.019 David walks us through those spheres, 00:05:19.359 --> 00:05:21.639 outside the walls of Jerusalem, 00:05:21.779 --> 00:05:22.620 so in the world, 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:24.660 and then approaching the gates, 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:26.740 and then finally in the holy place. 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:32.759 It's likely that God gave this psalm for a special occasion, 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:37.220 but then it continued to be sung for the centuries by God's people. 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:39.720 We don't know for certain what this occasion was. 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:42.959 Some have guessed that maybe it was 2 Samuel 6 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:44.740 when the ark is being brought, 00:05:45.459 --> 00:05:47.860 and now all the people are going to go outside the city gates 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:50.879 and march with the ark as it ascends the hill 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:52.960 and comes into the gates of Jerusalem 00:05:52.960 --> 00:05:54.960 and then goes into the tabernacle, 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.160 and then it was carried on by those priests 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.420 after the ceremonial law can carry it into the Holy of Holies. 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:03.900 Certainly would require a special psalm for such a great day 00:06:03.900 --> 00:06:05.699 if that's the throne of God, 00:06:05.960 --> 00:06:08.439 the portable chariot of God being brought in 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.000 to dwell in his palace. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:13.660 Well, even if that wasn't the occasion, 00:06:13.980 --> 00:06:16.360 we'll be moving with those three spheres 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.339 as I see them in this psalm. 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:21.699 And I would invite you, like me, 00:06:21.779 --> 00:06:24.259 to imagine as if you're part of that great throng, 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:26.240 you know, that great gathered congregation, 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.740 all the tribes having traveled to the capital 00:06:28.740 --> 00:06:30.819 to march up together now 00:06:30.819 --> 00:06:34.620 and watch God take his throne among his people. 00:06:35.180 --> 00:06:37.079 So the first movement is this. 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:42.659 All the earth is ruled by the king of glory. 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:46.579 All the earth is ruled by the king of glory. 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:50.979 Here comes the procession approaching the city of Jerusalem. 00:06:51.919 --> 00:06:53.219 The people are marching. 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:54.180 They're singing. 00:06:55.339 --> 00:06:57.579 God has set them apart for himself. 00:06:58.579 --> 00:07:00.180 But yet they're at the crossroads. 00:07:00.299 --> 00:07:02.819 People travel through Israel from all the other continents. 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:04.500 So as they're singing, 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:07.959 they're declaring who God is to all who have an ear to hear. 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:11.500 Picture these foreigners and all these nations gathering around. 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.160 They're the audience as well. 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:16.939 I even picture some of those Philistines and Ammonites, 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:19.600 the bad guys we've been studying about in 1 Samuel. 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:21.100 Some of them are working, 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:22.620 and they're in the area, and they're trading. 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:25.100 They're hearing this proclaimed to them as well. 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:27.060 Look at verse 1 of Psalm 24. 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:29.500 Here's what the congregation sings. 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:33.220 The earth is the Lord's in all its fullness, 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.740 the world and those who dwell therein. 00:07:38.459 --> 00:07:40.720 Well, what gives this God of Israel such a claim? 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:41.600 Why is that? 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:42.459 Verse 2. 00:07:43.019 --> 00:07:45.800 For he has founded it upon the seas 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:49.060 and established it upon the waters. 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:53.199 This is God's domain. 00:07:54.339 --> 00:07:57.399 All the earth is ruled by the true God, 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:59.560 the King of glory. 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.360 He uses language of creation. 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:04.340 Do you pick up on that? 00:08:04.699 --> 00:08:06.180 It reminds you of Genesis 1-2. 00:08:06.300 --> 00:08:08.939 The earth was without form and void, 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.439 and darkness covered the face of the deep. 00:08:11.620 --> 00:08:13.180 Verse 9 of Genesis 1 says, 00:08:13.180 --> 00:08:14.040 Then God said, 00:08:14.579 --> 00:08:16.060 Let the waters under the heavens 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:18.579 be gathered together into one place 00:08:18.579 --> 00:08:20.740 and let the dry land appear. 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:22.519 And so it was. 00:08:23.540 --> 00:08:26.560 The Lord established the earth. 00:08:26.900 --> 00:08:27.759 He founded it. 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:30.720 He rose it up from the waters. 00:08:31.780 --> 00:08:33.840 It was God who caused the dry land 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.580 to raise up from the watery abyss. 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:38.899 Throughout Scripture, 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:41.159 waters are a picture of chaos, 00:08:41.659 --> 00:08:42.759 death, and judgment. 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:44.279 Think of the flood. 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.799 And so creation being described initially 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:49.500 void and dark, 00:08:50.059 --> 00:08:51.139 chaos, death. 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:55.059 And it's the Lord who brings order and life 00:08:55.059 --> 00:08:57.759 and causes his creatures to flourish. 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:02.319 So here David describes God's continued control 00:09:02.319 --> 00:09:05.559 as creator and sustainer of life 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:08.319 on this blue planet over the waters. 00:09:10.539 --> 00:09:13.039 And so there we have that first movement 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:15.579 that scene in verses 1 and 2, 00:09:15.579 --> 00:09:18.740 declaring that God rules over all the earth 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:19.519 from heaven. 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:22.019 He is the king enthroned above, 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:24.099 and the earth is his footstool. 00:09:24.599 --> 00:09:26.939 God's rule extends over all people, 00:09:27.419 --> 00:09:29.799 even those who don't acknowledge God. 00:09:30.579 --> 00:09:32.519 We need that encouragement, don't we? 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:34.319 This upcoming week, 00:09:34.599 --> 00:09:35.919 God still rules. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:38.360 He still sustains this earth. 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:39.899 He rules over people, 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:43.240 even those who don't acknowledge him as king. 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:47.639 Well, now as this procession approaches 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:49.019 those ancient gates, 00:09:49.560 --> 00:09:52.460 the gates of Jerusalem were built by the Jebusites. 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.879 And then when the Lord gave that city over 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.060 to the Israelites, 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:57.340 David fortified them 00:09:57.340 --> 00:09:58.879 and made that the capital. 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:00.899 What do gates do? 00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:03.440 Think about gates to one of these ancient cities. 00:10:05.800 --> 00:10:08.879 Gates protect the citizens from every harm. 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:11.019 They keep evil out, 00:10:11.560 --> 00:10:14.420 and they keep the citizens safely inside. 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.460 Gates are used to keep out those 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:19.000 who do not belong to the kingdom. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:22.700 The gates are closed to the enemies of God. 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.580 These gates of Jerusalem 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:29.679 had withstood many attacks. 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:32.960 You picture those scenes of an ancient battle 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:33.840 and the rams, you know, 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.779 trying to burst through these ancient gates 00:10:35.779 --> 00:10:38.200 to break in so the enemies could spill over 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:39.600 and take over the city. 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.879 Their hinges were likely loosened 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.059 from the barrages they'd withstood. 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:49.359 He speaks of them as being, 00:10:49.939 --> 00:10:51.459 needing to be lifted up. 00:10:52.199 --> 00:10:54.000 We had this old fence, you know, 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:54.719 around the house, 00:10:54.819 --> 00:10:56.739 and the gates are just scraping on the cement 00:10:56.739 --> 00:10:58.000 and squeaky. 00:10:58.359 --> 00:10:58.959 They're tired. 00:10:59.319 --> 00:11:01.559 These are gates that have not withstood much. 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.519 They're just cheaply made. 00:11:02.839 --> 00:11:04.339 But here we have, you know, 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:06.779 massive wall to the city, 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:08.959 well-built gates that are ancient, 00:11:09.119 --> 00:11:09.919 but they're sagging. 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:10.819 They're battle-worn. 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:12.659 And look at verse 7. 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:13.759 This is the chorus 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.579 that the people would likely sing 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:16.240 in response 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:18.620 as they march toward the Holy of Holies. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:20.800 Lift up your heads, 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:21.639 O you gates. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:24.320 Be lifted up, 00:11:24.400 --> 00:11:25.940 you everlasting doors, 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.440 and the King of glory shall come in. 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:30.300 Who is this King of glory? 00:11:30.400 --> 00:11:30.840 Verse 8. 00:11:31.280 --> 00:11:33.460 The Lord strong and mighty. 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.060 The Lord mighty in battle. 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:38.639 Isn't that a great chorus? 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:40.700 You can only imagine 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:41.640 what that will sound like 00:11:41.640 --> 00:11:42.560 being sung in heaven. 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:46.079 So describing these gates 00:11:46.079 --> 00:11:47.339 being lifted up, 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:49.599 you can picture a fortified citadel 00:11:49.599 --> 00:11:50.859 up on the high ground 00:11:50.859 --> 00:11:53.519 keeping the citizens safe inside. 00:11:54.299 --> 00:11:55.299 And the word for the doors, 00:11:55.479 --> 00:11:57.279 it's either ancient or everlasting. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:58.839 It can be taken both ways. 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.199 Doors that will now open upward 00:12:01.199 --> 00:12:03.659 so that the King of glory 00:12:03.659 --> 00:12:04.759 can come in. 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:07.039 You see the promise, 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:08.259 even in the first two verses 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:09.059 with the chorus, 00:12:09.059 --> 00:12:11.179 is that God the Creator, 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:12.519 the King of glory, 00:12:13.199 --> 00:12:15.119 He is entering His creation 00:12:15.119 --> 00:12:16.159 to dwell. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:18.819 It's now the King of glory 00:12:18.819 --> 00:12:21.219 passing through these gates 00:12:21.219 --> 00:12:22.079 into the city, 00:12:22.219 --> 00:12:23.099 carrying the ark 00:12:23.099 --> 00:12:25.139 of God's covenant faithfulness 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:26.399 to His people, 00:12:26.979 --> 00:12:28.199 His portable chariot. 00:12:30.199 --> 00:12:31.639 So God's people are 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:33.539 His special kingdom on earth. 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:37.019 For you and I, 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.000 when we gather 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.579 in the name of Jesus, 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.759 it's the spiritual kingdom 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.559 of God, 00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:43.299 of heaven, 00:12:43.839 --> 00:12:44.799 joined to earth. 00:12:45.959 --> 00:12:46.879 And the Lord 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.480 dwells with His people. 00:12:49.939 --> 00:12:50.860 He brings us 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:52.059 into the Holy of Holies 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:53.339 spiritually in Christ 00:12:53.339 --> 00:12:54.919 because Christ is with us 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:55.399 spiritually 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:56.639 by the ministry 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.159 of the Holy Spirit. 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:00.519 Jesus says 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:01.759 He gives the keys 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:03.539 to the kingdom of heaven 00:13:03.539 --> 00:13:04.460 to His church. 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:06.819 See, heaven has gates 00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:07.480 and doors. 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.899 Jesus gives those 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:10.740 to the church, 00:13:10.819 --> 00:13:11.740 the local church, 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:13.740 spiritual authority. 00:13:15.059 --> 00:13:15.960 And He encourages 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:16.600 the church 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:19.000 every time we gather, 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:20.360 especially on the Lord's Day, 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.879 I believe. 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:22.899 Lift up your heads, 00:13:23.179 --> 00:13:23.480 church. 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:25.220 Be lifted up. 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:27.179 You might be tired, 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.779 battle besieged. 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.879 Lift up your heads 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:32.279 for the King of glory 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:33.740 dwells with you. 00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:35.720 He is approaching 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:36.379 His people. 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:38.639 He dwells in His holy temple. 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:43.340 Jesus Christ, 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.740 He is strong 00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.419 and mighty. 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:47.360 He is the Lord 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:48.460 who is mighty 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.379 in battle. 00:13:51.059 --> 00:13:52.059 All the earth 00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:52.840 is ruled 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:54.019 by the King of glory 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:55.100 and He rules over 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:56.019 His special kingdom, 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:56.600 the church, 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:57.879 in a special way. 00:13:58.779 --> 00:13:59.720 That's the first movement. 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:00.740 Here's the second one. 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.040 The presence 00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:03.139 of the King of glory 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.860 is a holy place. 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.720 The presence 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:08.240 of the King of glory 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:10.379 is a holy place. 00:14:10.779 --> 00:14:11.620 Look at verse 3. 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.480 This could have been 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.240 arranged in a number 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.920 of different ways. 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.399 We don't know 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:17.560 for certain, 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.800 but it's possible 00:14:18.800 --> 00:14:20.180 that the congregation 00:14:20.180 --> 00:14:21.120 as well as maybe 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:22.460 some professional singers, 00:14:23.160 --> 00:14:23.779 which is now 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.639 the church as well, 00:14:25.180 --> 00:14:26.340 they have this rhetorical 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:27.480 question and answer. 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:28.399 So I picture 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.279 the chief musician 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.460 perhaps asking the question, 00:14:31.920 --> 00:14:32.820 who may ascend 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:34.620 into the hill 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.320 of the Lord 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:36.759 or who may stand 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:38.320 in His holy place? 00:14:40.800 --> 00:14:42.019 Now we picture them 00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:43.180 as the procession 00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:43.779 moved inside 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.680 the gates of the city, 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.580 they're now approaching 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.860 the tabernacle 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:48.300 with the layers 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:49.100 of the tabernacle 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.139 getting closer 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.600 and closer 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:51.039 and closer 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.340 to the holy of holies. 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.720 Who can go in there? 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:55.420 At what point 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:56.299 do others have 00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.419 to start falling off? 00:14:57.819 --> 00:14:58.500 You can't be in, 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.099 you can't be in, 00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.740 you can't be in. 00:14:59.979 --> 00:15:00.959 Who can get all the way 00:15:00.959 --> 00:15:02.799 in to the holy place 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:03.839 of God? 00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:05.579 It's what verse 3 asks. 00:15:07.459 --> 00:15:08.719 His holy place. 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:12.659 Verse 4 answers this. 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:15.000 He who has clean hands 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.139 and a pure heart. 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:18.419 Hands refer to 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.860 our outward actions 00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:21.199 and the heart refers 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:22.839 to our inward attitudes. 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:24.840 See, it's not enough 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:26.259 to approach the holy of holies 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:27.960 with good actions 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:29.700 if your heart is impure. 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:31.200 It's also not enough 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:32.399 to have all the right intentions 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:34.080 and then make excuses 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.780 for all the ways 00:15:34.780 --> 00:15:35.660 in which our actions 00:15:35.660 --> 00:15:36.220 are sinful 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:37.420 and fall short 00:15:37.420 --> 00:15:38.399 of the glory of God. 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.580 So who's left? 00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:40.420 Who can do this? 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:41.759 Who can enter 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:43.320 into the holy place? 00:15:44.920 --> 00:15:45.820 Verse 4 goes on 00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:47.420 to add on more requirements 00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:48.420 to this criteria. 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.220 One who has not lifted up 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:51.519 his soul to an idol 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:54.379 nor sworn deceitfully. 00:15:55.040 --> 00:15:55.740 Who's left? 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.800 Conditional access 00:15:58.800 --> 00:16:00.180 to the holy of holies 00:16:00.180 --> 00:16:02.440 requires obedience, 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.340 unblemished good works, 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:08.399 and a perfectly pure heart. 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.360 Anyone left still? 00:16:12.160 --> 00:16:13.440 Anyone want to raise your hand? 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.460 I certainly can. 00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:19.160 You see, 00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:21.060 this is setting up 00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:21.639 a reminder 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.900 that to be near 00:16:22.900 --> 00:16:23.480 the presence 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:24.519 of the holy God, 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.180 every worshiper 00:16:26.180 --> 00:16:27.720 needs blood sacrifice. 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:30.000 And it's the priests 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.820 who now have to go 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:32.019 through extra rituals, 00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.780 first for themselves, 00:16:34.040 --> 00:16:34.800 then on behalf 00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:35.379 of the people, 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.879 and then only certain priests 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.879 are allowed this access, 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.540 and then only the chief priests 00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:41.080 at the very special day 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.879 once per year 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.980 is allowed access in. 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:44.480 See, it's setting up 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:46.159 the need for a better mediator 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:47.159 than anyone 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:48.759 in this ceremonial law 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.560 could produce. 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.320 And this also takes us 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:54.120 back in connection 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:55.200 to verses 1 and 2 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.940 at creation, 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.740 how quickly 00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:59.620 man's fall is exposed. 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:00.940 Think of 00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:02.460 the first federal head. 00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:03.259 Adam sets up, 00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.120 Adam, 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:04.980 or I'm sorry, 00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.819 Paul sets up 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.620 Adam and Christ, 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.440 Romans 5. 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.019 So with the language 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:10.720 of verses 1 and 2 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.319 of creation, 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.360 we should think the same. 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:14.380 Adam dirtied his hands 00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:15.420 with the forbidden fruit. 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:17.240 Adam made his heart impure 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.880 when he trusted Satan's lies 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:20.400 instead of God's word. 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:23.460 Adam lifted up his soul 00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.460 to the idolatry 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.299 of self-worship. 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.940 He believed that taking 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:28.200 what God forbade 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.539 would make him God-like. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.039 Do you remember 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.660 that temptation? 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.960 Adam spoke deceitfully 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.880 when he shifted the blame 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.740 off of himself 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.819 onto his wife, 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.839 who God gave him 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.559 as a helpmate. 00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.980 She made me do it. 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:42.019 Can Adam dwell 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.940 in the holy place, 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:44.279 the holy presence of God? 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:45.420 Certainly not. 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.059 And he's the only man, 00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:48.299 apart from Christ, 00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:50.339 who didn't inherit sinfulness 00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:52.120 and have bent towards sin. 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:55.519 And it's not just in Genesis 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.559 where this is made clear. 00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:57.579 You're in the book of Psalms. 00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:59.680 Please turn a few pages forward 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.819 to Psalm 53. 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:03.720 One of many places 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.420 we can look. 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:07.460 Psalm 53. 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:17.140 And notice at the top 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:17.980 of the superscription, 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.440 it's also a Psalm of David. 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:23.160 The theology even for himself 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:24.560 is going to be consistent here. 00:18:26.060 --> 00:18:27.860 Now look at verses 2 and 3. 00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:30.539 God looks down from heaven 00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:32.000 upon the children of man. 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.099 There's the creator 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:34.700 looking upon his creation 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:36.839 to see if there is any 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:38.140 who understand, 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.640 who seek God. 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.579 Every one of them 00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.680 has turned aside. 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.359 Every one of them. 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.900 They have together 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.819 become corrupt. 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:48.559 There is no one 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.200 who does good. 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.279 What are the next 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.180 three words in yours? 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:56.180 No, not one. 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:00.220 So who can ascend 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.740 and enter into 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:03.140 the hill of the Lord 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:04.640 and the holy place? 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.799 Not one here on earth. 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.579 We need this chorus 00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.860 sung back to us 00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.440 one more time, 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.860 don't we? 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:15.019 Verses 7, 8, 9, and 10. 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.019 Oh, here comes good news 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.839 for God's people. 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:21.420 Who is this King of glory 00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.440 who is coming in 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.539 for whom the gates 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.799 and the doors open up? 00:19:26.360 --> 00:19:27.860 Who is this King of glory? 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.640 Verse 10 says, 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.000 it's the Lord of hosts. 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:32.339 He is the King of glory. 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.940 It's God Himself. 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:36.120 The Lord mighty in battle 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:37.819 is the only one 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.440 who can dwell 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.200 on His own hill. 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.259 Amen? 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.380 Amen? 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:47.039 Well, the third movement 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.819 promises blessing 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:51.799 to more than just one person. 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:54.419 The third movement 00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:55.579 is a generation 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:58.099 that will receive righteousness 00:19:58.099 --> 00:20:00.460 from the King of glory. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.139 It's a promise 00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.779 that there will be 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.519 a generation 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.599 who will receive 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.500 righteousness 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.720 from the King of glory. 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:08.559 So here the gospel 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.319 is promised. 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.859 We just saw how 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.919 no man is qualified 00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:12.779 yet somehow 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:14.419 God will freely 00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:15.740 give salvation. 00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:17.000 Look at verse 5. 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.680 He shall receive 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.420 Now we'll clarify 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.960 in a moment 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.119 who is this referring to 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.980 that will receive? 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.160 And if you skip 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.420 to the end of that sentence 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.400 at least how I have it 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.960 in English. 00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.559 He shall receive 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.819 from the God 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:32.259 of His salvation. 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:35.559 So the God of salvation 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.900 will give two things 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:38.240 and these are in verse 5. 00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.819 What are the two things 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.900 that the God of salvation 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:41.559 will give? 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:43.220 This is what He promises. 00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.720 A blessing 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:47.440 and righteousness 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.720 from the Lord. 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:51.319 So salvation has two parts. 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.339 It's a blessing 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:54.339 and righteousness. 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.099 That's what God 00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.660 will provide. 00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.779 This is a little kernel 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.859 a kernel seed 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:01.359 of a gospel promised. 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:04.099 Well now we need to unpack 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:05.700 who is this promise for? 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:08.160 Who will receive salvation 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.099 blessing 00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:10.279 and righteousness? 00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.460 In verse 6 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.920 He uses more poetic language 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.259 it's 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.720 we got to work this out now. 00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.799 Verse 6 He says 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:18.240 this is Jacob. 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:21.140 This is Jacob. 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.920 He implies that 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.579 something else 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.559 is not Jacob. 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.579 But this 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.559 that He's about to say 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.220 is Jacob. 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.160 Who is Jacob? 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.839 Jacob was 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:31.019 Abraham's seed. 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.279 He's from the line 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.720 of Jacob 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.379 and his name 00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.519 got turned 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.420 to be Israel. 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.039 And from Israel 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.859 from this one man 00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.460 Jacob came 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.460 the twelve tribes 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.539 the nation 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:42.139 that God set apart. 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.660 So Jacob 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.500 reminds us 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.379 of God's promises 00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.180 to Abraham 00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.500 that are going to 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.900 turn into 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:51.119 blessings on an entire 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.740 nation. 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.879 All those that come 00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:55.240 from Abraham's seed. 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.059 And we're told now 00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.519 this is Jacob 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.359 the generation 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.000 of those 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.879 who seek Him 00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.859 who seek 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.679 your face. 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.500 And then there's 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.740 a very well placed 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.919 pause 00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.599 Selah 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.980 because we need help. 00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:11.240 We need to meditate 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.019 deeply here. 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.779 We need the Holy Spirit 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.839 to illumine. 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:19.159 One thing I want to point out 00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.819 that doesn't answer 00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.659 the question of who 00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.299 just yet 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.940 but I want to point out 00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.679 in verse 6 00:22:23.679 --> 00:22:25.220 do you see how it switches? 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.279 And every time 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.019 David has done this 00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.559 it's been helpful 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.200 to pay attention 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.700 and notice. 00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.460 He refers to God 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.420 in the third person 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.559 in verse 6 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:32.940 he says 00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.140 who seek Him. 00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.220 So he's telling 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.720 the people 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.940 here's the generation 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.839 that will seek God 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:39.100 but then he switches 00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:40.100 to the first person 00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:41.140 and he turns to God 00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.559 and says 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.779 who seek your face 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.880 O Lord. 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:48.100 In a kernel form 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:49.579 we have the promise 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:52.660 that through the seed 00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.460 of Abraham 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:55.840 there will be 00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:57.000 a federal head 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.259 from him will come 00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.800 a nation 00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:03.500 true Jacob 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:06.240 and he's among 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.840 the people 00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:08.060 turning 00:23:08.060 --> 00:23:09.400 instead of bearing witness 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.180 and prophesying 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.040 turning and saying 00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:12.220 seeking your face 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.480 God 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.160 you are here 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:14.220 among us 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.540 and he's saying 00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:16.460 this is true 00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.380 Jacob. 00:23:18.040 --> 00:23:19.420 So as we're reading 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.860 our Bible 00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.500 and we're studying 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.960 God's word 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.720 and we come across 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.960 difficult poetry 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.620 like this 00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:25.279 we have the rest 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.940 of God's word 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.799 we have these tools 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:28.279 to help us understand 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.519 and rightly interpret 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.460 it with God's help. 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.680 So what we want to do 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.660 is pull this in. 00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:35.079 What I want to pull in 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.460 for today 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.980 is helpful 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.680 and more familiar 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:38.340 it's Galatians 3.16 00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:40.380 Paul is clarifying 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.920 to the church 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.600 in Galatia 00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:43.380 that God's promise 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.079 of a seed 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:45.180 is in the singular. 00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.680 The singular seed 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.240 Paul wrote 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.000 by the inspiration 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.660 of God 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:51.040 the singular seed 00:23:51.040 --> 00:23:51.540 of Abraham 00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:53.000 is Christ 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.360 and in Christ 00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.160 God's promises 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.100 find their yes 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.920 and amen 00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.500 they find their 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.580 fulfillment in him. 00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:00.380 Galatians 3.26 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.880 says 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.580 you 00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.720 speaking to this 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.019 mixed church 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.700 you church 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.779 are the children 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.480 of God 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.460 through Christ. 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.840 So this promised seed 00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:13.240 gives us insight 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.660 into true Jacob. 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.660 Romans 9.8 00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:15.980 says 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.660 those who are 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.160 the children 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.980 of the flesh 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.360 are not the children 00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.980 of God 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:22.220 but the children 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.019 of the promise 00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.720 are counted 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:25.120 as the seed. 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.860 The principle 00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.539 is this 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:30.240 there is a covenant 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.200 head coming 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.920 a Messiah 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.819 and from this covenant 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.220 head 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.799 the Messiah 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.720 will come 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.620 a generation 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.860 that will seek 00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.819 the face 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.579 of God. 00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.579 God 00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:44.119 we had a family 00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.539 reunion 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.539 this past summer 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.519 and I'm going to 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.299 tell you the actual 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.919 names just because 00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.819 they're fun to say 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.919 what are the chances 00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.559 of two people 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.279 marrying each other 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.819 that both have 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.439 the letter X 00:24:52.439 --> 00:24:53.220 in their first name 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.099 but Max 00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.799 married Dixie 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.839 Max and Dixie 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.960 had four children 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.939 and to keep it 00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.379 confusing 00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:58.980 they named them 00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.259 Jay, Jan, Jeff, and Joe 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.919 so when we do 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.539 the family reunion 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.059 it's you know 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.079 these little fun games 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.720 and so everybody 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:06.299 in generation one 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.159 clap and cheer 00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.639 and stand 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:09.100 so JJ, and Jeff, and Joe 00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.740 and all their spouses 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.500 clap and cheer 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.420 and they try to be louder 00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.759 but no one can be louder 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.920 than like the third generation 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.820 that was the loud one 00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.500 well 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.840 this was helpful for me 00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.940 as I wrestled with this 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.580 verse 6 00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.720 and I don't pretend 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.520 I have all the answers 00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:21.860 but 00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:24.420 there is a generation 00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:27.380 that is begotten 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:29.660 by this promised seed 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:31.460 this covenant head 00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:33.759 and everyone begotten 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.280 directly 00:25:34.280 --> 00:25:36.460 by that covenant head 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.160 will seek the Lord 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:40.680 that's the generation 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:42.240 that receives 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.360 righteousness 00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:44.779 and blessing 00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:48.460 tell me 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.620 if I'm not right on this 00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.720 please do tell me afterwards 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.019 here's how I've worked this out 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.279 all those 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.640 born 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.799 of Christ 00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:58.700 are of the same generation 00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:00.880 no matter what century 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:03.340 all those born of Christ 00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:05.039 are of the same generation 00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.940 generation one 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:08.220 and God has no 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.779 grandchildren 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.980 as Spurgeon put it 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.320 this is the regeneration 00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:14.059 all those who are 00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.200 regenerated are in this 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.740 generation 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.220 that he's talking about 00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:19.900 as a small aside 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.620 that's not the point 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.360 of Psalm 24 00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.700 but 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:23.160 in our practice 00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.779 as a church 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.840 we apply the sign 00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.500 of belonging 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.279 to this covenant 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.660 to those who are 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.539 of that generation 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.360 to those who are 00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.059 born of God 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.320 they are baptized 00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:33.960 that's it 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.640 a generation 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.039 will receive righteousness 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.380 from the king 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.019 of glory 00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.799 that's promised 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:41.140 and now the rest of this 00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.340 Psalm 00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:42.480 verses 7 through 10 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.440 they make 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.720 the people of Israel 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.160 this time 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.960 look forward 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.140 to a future work 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.860 of the Messiah 00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:49.539 that's the fourth 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.279 and final movement 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.880 for today 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.960 it's the chorus 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.400 maybe a double chorus 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.840 the coming 00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:56.000 king of glory 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.039 here's the chorus 00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.799 it's the coming 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.759 king of glory 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:01.160 verse 7 tells 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.079 the city 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.579 the gates 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.059 the doors 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:04.119 be ready 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.700 the king of glory 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.779 shall come in 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.839 who is this king 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.420 of glory 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:10.400 now look at verse 10 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.559 it's the lord 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.460 of hosts 00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.640 we've heard that name 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.339 in 1st Samuel 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.559 it means 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.379 Jehovah 00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.279 or Yahweh 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.660 Sabaoth 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:20.140 it means 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.519 Yahweh of armies 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.500 the lord 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.500 of heaven's 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.160 forces 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:26.640 he is the king 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.579 of glory 00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.680 do you see 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.820 it's the same God 00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.560 who fought 00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:31.720 on behalf of Israel 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.360 with the prophet 00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.920 Samuel 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.759 it's that same God 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.960 who will be 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.840 entering the city 00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.340 gates 00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.480 as the lord 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.080 of glory 00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:42.240 that's why we read 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.860 from Matthew 00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:44.560 the lord entering 00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.440 and the gates opening 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.299 and the palm branches 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.299 welcoming him 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:49.080 but we know 00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.779 spiritually 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:51.560 Jesus was rejected 00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:52.840 on earth 00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:53.820 the gates of the city 00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.799 were closed to him 00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:56.380 the priests 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.019 were the ones 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.960 hunting him down 00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.660 to kill him 00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:00.180 oh but when he 00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.200 accomplished his work 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.320 God himself 00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:03.320 tore the curtain open 00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:04.400 the lord 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.360 of glory 00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.380 will enter 00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.580 his holy of holies 00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:09.320 not just the shadow 00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.740 on earth 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.279 but the reality 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.640 for all time 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:15.759 and so this chorus 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.980 prepares God's people 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.880 to receive 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.980 the Messiah 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.440 the repetition 00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:22.220 is for effect 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.920 and emphasis 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:25.460 verse 8 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.940 is really 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.300 praise for a king 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.079 who is coming back 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.639 fresh from battle 00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.980 that's the imagery 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.379 here 00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:32.899 and picture this 00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.799 great military 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.339 general 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.180 the king himself 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.279 on the front lines 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.919 maybe even with 00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.899 the arm and a sling 00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.159 you know 00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:40.059 wounded from battle 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.740 he's done it 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:42.000 he's coming up 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.599 to the gates 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.119 of the city 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.159 and secured 00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:44.839 the liberation 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.819 of all the citizens 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.440 inside 00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.200 they're gonna 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.000 throw open 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.419 the gates 00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.039 for their king 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.819 and welcome him 00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.279 that's the anticipation 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.940 built for the people 00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.220 for the Messiah 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.819 and the work 00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.500 that he would do 00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.940 it was so interesting 00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.839 for me to learn this 00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.480 and I actually 00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.180 double checked it 00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.860 by looking at 00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.319 current 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:02.100 traditional Jewish 00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.660 sources 00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:04.759 that in Judaism 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.819 Psalm 24 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.740 is designated 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.839 as the psalm 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.900 of the day 00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.920 of the first day 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.480 of the week 00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.640 which for us 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.079 is Sunday 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.519 and it was sung 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.299 by the Levites 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.460 after the offering 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.539 of the regular 00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.559 daily sacrifice 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.160 in the temple 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.720 and this tradition 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.420 continues 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.920 in the diaspora 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.440 the people 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.319 who are nationally 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.899 Israelites 00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.980 but are spread 00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.480 everywhere 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.480 so you can go 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.399 to synagogues 00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:28.220 around the world 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.599 today 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.539 and if they're 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.079 following this 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.019 traditional order 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.980 of reading psalms 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.179 Psalm 24 00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.779 would be one 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.339 of the psalms 00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.659 read on the 00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.159 first day 00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.639 of the week 00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.099 which is 00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.960 the Lord's Day 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.679 Sunday 00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.099 the day 00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.859 of the resurrection 00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:43.619 verse 9 00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:43.939 says 00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.740 lift up 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.460 your heads 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.099 oh you gates 00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.000 lift up 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.659 you ancient 00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.519 or everlasting 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.079 doors 00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:50.179 and the king 00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.079 of glory 00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.480 shall come in 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:54.940 there is one 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.599 who is coming 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.180 who will be 00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.640 worthy 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.740 to stand 00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.700 in God's 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.599 holy place 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.779 this one 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.759 he will be 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.720 the one ascending 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.779 God's holy hill 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:06.559 the gates 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.799 and the doors 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.620 will be thrown 00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.420 open for him 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.440 he will be 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.099 joyfully 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.900 welcomed 00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:14.039 these gates 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.579 of heaven 00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:16.180 are only 00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.660 open 00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.500 for him 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.900 these are 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.720 the everlasting 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.400 doors 00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:22.519 it's for him 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:24.080 and because 00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.660 these gates 00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.100 will not 00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.860 reject him 00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.500 the victorious 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.940 one 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.880 the king 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.400 of glory 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.940 the lord 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.560 of armies 00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.660 he's the one 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.060 in charge 00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:31.519 of all the 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.060 host of 00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.340 angels 00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.780 armies 00:30:32.780 --> 00:30:33.720 they'll 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.259 joyfully 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.700 sing 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.519 and welcome 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.860 him 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.700 and these 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.019 might be 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.320 some of 00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.780 the words 00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.340 the angels 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.740 sung 00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.440 to our 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.620 lord 00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:39.920 jesus 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.400 christ 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.240 when he 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.840 ascended 00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.920 having 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.400 completed 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.980 his work 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.800 on earth 00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:45.120 can you 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.580 imagine 00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.300 the sound 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:50.299 now here's 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.779 the promise 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.159 for me 00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.500 and you 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:59.819 the lord 00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.720 of hosts 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:02.099 enters 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.720 these gates 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.220 of heaven 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.559 and he 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.980 will not 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.539 be denied 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.859 he will 00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.460 be welcomed 00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.659 and he 00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.059 will not 00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.639 be alone 00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:10.119 he welcomes 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.039 with himself 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:12.180 his whole 00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.500 army 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:14.299 his whole 00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.879 army is 00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.519 brought in 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.299 and secured 00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.339 and the 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.680 gates 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.259 and doors 00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.819 of heaven 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.319 open 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.299 for you 00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.740 and me 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.480 who are 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.160 in christ 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:24.500 this king 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.980 of glory 00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.299 will 00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.440 enter into 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.319 and stand 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.379 before the 00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.000 holy god 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.519 in the 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.319 holy place 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.139 he stands 00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.779 as righteous 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.700 as blessed 00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.799 his hands 00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.339 are clean 00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.879 his heart 00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.480 is pure 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.639 and his soul 00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.480 loves god 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.240 alone 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.639 and he 00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.059 preaches 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.799 to his people 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.539 and his words 00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.319 are truth 00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.579 and he 00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.119 guarantees 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:46.019 with his 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.759 true words 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.439 you 00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:48.339 my people 00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.739 you have 00:31:48.739 --> 00:31:49.339 entrance 00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.059 with me 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.619 into these 00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.019 gates 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.619 and through 00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.359 these doors 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:54.879 you're safe 00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.879 secure with me 00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.659 forever 00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:58.639 these gates 00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.239 and these doors 00:31:59.239 --> 00:31:59.959 keep out 00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:00.799 my enemies 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.559 and it's only 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.519 those purified 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.599 by god's grace 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.259 and covered 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.819 in christ's 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.299 righteousness 00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.500 that can 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.179 enter into 00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.759 god's 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.959 holy presence 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:14.779 no palace 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.240 court would 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.680 reject 00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.819 the king 00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.319 returning 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.000 triumphant 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:19.279 and we can 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.720 know for 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.180 certain 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.480 that if you 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.059 are in christ 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.559 you will 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.380 not be 00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.000 rejected 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.500 either 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:26.579 look at 00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.019 verse 8 00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.460 one last 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.740 time 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.240 who is 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.860 this king 00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.680 of glory 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:31.880 will you 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.360 pray and 00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.680 proclaim 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.160 with me 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.400 and ask 00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.799 the lord 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.400 to reveal 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.240 his majesty 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.859 it's jesus 00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.440 christ 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.759 it's been 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.599 god the son 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:42.539 prepared to 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.299 accomplish the 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.400 mission that 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.059 god gave him 00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.839 all along 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.620 he is the 00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.359 lord strong 00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.819 and mighty 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.660 jesus christ 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.319 is the lord 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.660 mighty in 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.019 battle 00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.579 at the cost 00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.120 of his own 00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.779 blood our 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.279 lord jesus 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.740 christ 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.900 fought and 00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.299 won 00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.539 that bitter 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.220 war against 00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.660 sin 00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.819 satan 00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.740 death 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.700 and hell 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:04.220 he proved 00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.940 himself mighty 00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.400 in battle 00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.380 he went up 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.080 into heaven 00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.759 as the 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.340 risen king 00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.880 of glory 00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:13.340 he lives 00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.980 in heaven 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.120 to pray 00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.960 to minister 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.440 for his 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.820 people 00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:19.100 would you 00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.360 look 00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.700 at the 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.160 order of 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.700 these psalms 00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.400 and this is a 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.280 fitting way to 00:33:23.280 --> 00:33:23.840 end our little 00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.560 series for the 00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:25.240 summer we're in 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.880 psalm 24 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.600 turn back to 00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.019 psalm 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:29.500 21 00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:35.980 psalm 21 00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.400 promises the 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.480 messiah a 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.259 great victory 00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.140 joy and 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.680 salvation 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:44.079 psalm 22 00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.619 describes the 00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.480 suffering of 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.079 the messiah 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.839 it's the 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.359 psalm of the 00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.779 cross 00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:51.039 psalm 23 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:52.740 it's the 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.220 lamb of 00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.579 god 00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:55.539 trusting and 00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.480 resting in the 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.559 faithfulness of 00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:59.919 god and 00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:01.039 now psalm 24 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.480 it's the 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.159 great psalm of 00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.819 the ascension 00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.700 of this 00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.720 victorious king 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.879 this lion 00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.500 lamb 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:09.840 entering the 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.199 gates 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.179 standing in 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.559 the holy 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.119 place 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.219 notice he 00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.860 doesn't go in 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.299 there to be 00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.500 passive he 00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.019 goes in there 00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.599 as the great 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.440 high priest he 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.880 goes in there 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.579 to minister 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:22.299 to proclaim 00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:23.059 his blood 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.299 don't need the 00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:25.299 sacrificial system 00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:26.059 anymore it's his 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.719 own blood shed 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.519 for his people 00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:30.559 and that's what 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.320 comforts you and 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.880 me our lord 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.759 stands in the 00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.639 holy of holies 00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:36.719 ministering himself 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.699 to you and me 00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:39.480 you and i have 00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.199 entrance into 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.639 heaven based on 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.299 our justified 00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:43.599 standing in 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.940 christ by faith 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.519 in him 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:48.460 not by anything 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:50.039 else not by 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.559 how much you 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.360 and i repent 00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.679 not by how much 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.259 you and i are 00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:54.159 even sanctified 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.799 right now 00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:56.739 not based on 00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.259 how you and 00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.759 i feel 00:34:57.759 --> 00:35:00.139 our entrance 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.759 into heaven 00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.500 is based on 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.019 our union 00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.039 to christ 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.099 alone 00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:07.079 hold on pastor 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.480 are you trying 00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.000 to say that 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.859 growth and 00:35:08.859 --> 00:35:09.719 holiness doesn't 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.019 matter 00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:12.279 that sanctification 00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.920 doesn't matter 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.719 we just live a 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.519 licentious life 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.039 however we 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.440 please 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.440 no 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.500 john 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.899 flavel 00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.539 when i'm 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.460 as he's my 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.839 all the way 00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:22.000 favorite puritan 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.880 he wrote 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.559 so in love 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.280 is christ 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.039 with holiness 00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.380 that he bought 00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.219 it with his 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.860 own blood 00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:30.219 heaven is a 00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.980 holy place 00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.920 and it is 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.840 christ's promise 00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.940 his work 00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.739 to make you 00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.480 and me fit 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.820 body and soul 00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.840 to enjoy 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.820 heaven when we 00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.639 do enter it 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.519 in christ 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.260 amen 00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:43.780 so brothers and 00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.559 sisters nothing 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.059 will be accomplished 00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.940 in your life and 00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:48.340 mine that wasn't 00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.420 first accomplished 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.260 for us 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:51.780 by jesus christ 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:53.840 because jesus christ 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.920 became mediator 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:56.700 you and i have 00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:58.700 faith in him 00:35:58.700 --> 00:36:00.639 because jesus christ 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.340 lived a holy 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.099 life 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:03.579 you and i are his 00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:05.000 we have righteousness 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.860 in him 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:07.700 because jesus christ 00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.940 died a cursed 00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.480 death 00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.440 you and i 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.119 are his 00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:12.059 and we can no 00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:13.119 longer be punished 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.099 for sins 00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.139 that he's already 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.700 paid for 00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:17.480 because jesus christ 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.440 bore your sins 00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.579 and then he died 00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.800 and he was buried 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.860 bearing your sins 00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.360 buried 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.960 the stone closed 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:26.200 you and i 00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:27.179 can trust 00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:28.659 that our sin 00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.360 died 00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.300 and was buried 00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.159 with him 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:32.039 it has no more 00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.659 power over us 00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:35.840 because jesus christ 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.760 rose victorious 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.559 from the grave 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.820 you who are his 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.900 are made alive 00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:41.240 as a new creation 00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.760 in him 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:43.400 because jesus christ 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.300 lives to pray 00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.159 for you 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:46.200 from heaven 00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:47.400 you who are his 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.099 can be certain 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:49.039 that he will 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.920 prepare for you 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.199 for all eternity 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:52.699 he will make you 00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.579 fit and ready 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:55.219 to dwell in his 00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.920 holy place 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.739 with him 00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.799 and to enjoy it 00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:59.039 to be at home 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:00.219 in his presence 00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:01.360 in his glorious 00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.799 kingdom 00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:04.000 so come 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.039 now again 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:06.099 by faith 00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.980 and keep 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.980 coming to the 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.719 house of god 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.880 behold who christ 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.299 is 00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:13.059 behold his work 00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.239 not yours 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.559 behold 00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.679 your king 00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.440 of glory 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:19.000 let's pray 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:24.820 oh lord 00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:26.679 how majestic 00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:27.440 is your name 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.420 in all the earth 00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:31.000 you rule as creator 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:33.719 and sovereign king 00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:35.840 you are the king 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.539 of glory 00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:38.579 we pray that you 00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.559 continue to stretch 00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.079 our mind 00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.679 our faith 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:42.019 to behold more 00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.719 and more and more 00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.119 of you 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.539 though you're 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.539 incomprehensible 00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.259 in your goodness 00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:47.059 and majesty 00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.739 and holiness 00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:49.919 we can apprehend 00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:50.379 truly 00:37:50.379 --> 00:37:51.339 you 00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:52.419 in christ 00:37:52.419 --> 00:37:53.319 thank you for this 00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:54.079 wonderful gift 00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.439 please apply this 00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:56.059 to your people 00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.539 for your sake 00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.039 we ask 00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.659 amen 00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.819 miracle 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.819 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