Psalm 24 - The King Comes Home - Page #3 (series: Lessons on Psalms)

by John Lowe
(Woodruff, S.C.)

Someone has said:

“This psalm is accomplished in us when Jesus enters our hearts as our King to reign, and it will have its full realization when the earth and its population welcomes Him as its Lord.



Scripture reference and special notes

{1] (Deut. 33:13) And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

{2] (1 Sam. 4:21-22) And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

{3] (Ps. 80:1) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

{4] (Ps. 100:4) Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

{5] (Eph. 4:8) Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

{6] (Matt. 25:31) When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

{7] (Ge. 14:19, 22) And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

{8] (1 Tim. 6:17) Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

{9] (Isa. 1:15-16, 18) And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

{10] (Matt. 5:8) Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

{11] (Ge. 15:6) And he believed in the LORD, and he counted it to him for righteousness.

{12] (Ge. 44:23) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

{13] (Matt. 15:19) For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

{14] (John 3:3, 5) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

{15] (Isaiah 14:31) Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

{16] (Isa. 6:3) And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

{17] (2 Co. 5:17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

{18] (2 Samuel 6:12-17) And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before the LORD with all his might, and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.