The Christ of Psalm 24
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Hebrews 1:3 talks about the "heir of all things", who is One in the same as the God Who created them.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Colossians 1:17 says that the Lord Jesus is "before all things, and by Him all things consist."
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?Who could possibly be worthy to ascend the "mountain of the Lord" ? Psalms speaks of "the Anointed" as "the King Whom I have set upon My Holy hill of Zion." (Psalm 2:6)
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. Another Psalm speaks in the same language of the One Who would come to take away the sins of man by saying that "Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands..." (Psalm 18:24)
Isaiah wrote that the One Who would come to bear "the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:6), that He would be without guile, "neither was there any deceit in His mouth" (Isaiah 53:9) This One Who would come would be counted worthy to be the "heir of all things" because He would be "as of a Lamb without blemish or spot." (1 Peter 1:19)
5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 72:1 says "Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son." This wise King Who had the wisdom of the Most God, would also be One in the same with "the King's Son." The righteousness of the Eternal God was embodied in the person of the Lord Jesus, for "in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." (Colossians 2:9)
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah."...and the armies which were in heaven did follow Him on white horses." (Revelation 19:16) This great commander of a Host, is the King of Glory, the Lord Jesus Christ.
This Psalm could be speaking in poetic tones to His ascension into heaven after His death, burial, and resurrection. However, whatever event it may be referring to, it can only be true of the Lord Jesus.
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