I Pray All Is Well With Everyone… And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion… For Yourselves… And Everyone Else… All Around The World. And Tho We Be Not Ignorant Of The Merciless Darkness That Saturates The World We Live In… Let Us Choose To Revel More In The Loving Light, “Presence”, And Power… Of The Living God That Dwells Within Us – Our Very Own “Mighty I AM Presence”; And Be Led Instead… By The Divine Guidance Of That “Presence” And Power… And All The Ascended Masters And Heavenly Host… Available To Help Us.
Cuz We Never Have To Give In To The Darkness Or Give Up Our Divine Power… When We Acknowledge And Accept That “Presence” And Power… As The Eternal Gift Of Life… That Can Transform That Merciless Darkness… Permeating The Hearts And Minds Of Individuals… Into The Illumining Loving Light… That Can Save… All Humanity! Amen… 🤗💜💜💜
Give Thanks And Praises For Love And Life… 🙏🏾💞
And Y’all Be Love… 💗💗💗
“… The psalmist here, having occasion to give God thanks for the great things he had done for him and his people of late, takes occasion thence to praise him for what he had done for their fathers in the days of old. Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies and revive our grateful sense of them. Let it never be forgotten, that God himself was the guide of Israel through the wilderness, when he had brought them out of their chains, he did not leave them in the dry land, but he himself went before them in a march through the wilderness, (Psalms 68:7). It was not a journey, but a march, for they went as soldiers, as an army with banners. The Egyptians promised themselves that the wilderness had shut them in, but they were deceived; God’s Israel, having him for their leader, marched through the wilderness and were not lost in it.
Note: If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and bring them out of it.
That he manifested his glorious presence with them at Mount Sinai, (Psalms 68:8). Never did any people see the glory of God, nor hear his voice, as Israel did, (Deuteronomy 4:32-33). Never had any people such an excellent law given them, so expounded, so enforced. Then the earth shook, and the neighboring countries, it is likely, felt the shock; terrible thunders there were, accompanied no doubt with thunder showers, in which the heavens seemed to drop; while the divine doctrine dropped as the rain, (Deuteronomy 32:2).
Sinai itself, that vast mountain, that long ridge of mountains, was moved at the presence of God. This terrible appearance of the Divine Majesty, as it would possess them with a fear and dread of him, so it would encourage their faith in him and dependence upon him. Whatever mountains of difficulty lay in the way of their happy settlement, he that could move Sinai itself, could remove them, could get over them.
… David, having given God praise for what he had done for Israel in general, as the God of Israel, (Psalms 68:8), here comes to give him praise as Zion’s God in a special manner: Sing praises to the Lord who dwelleth in Zion, for which reason Zion is called the hill of God, (Psalms 9:11). He compares it with the hill of Bashan and other high and fruitful hills, and prefers it before them. It is true, Zion was but little and low in comparison with them, and was not covered over with flocks and herds as they were, yet, upon this account, it has the pre-eminence above them all, that it is the hill of God, the hill which he desires to dwell in, and where he chooses to manifest the tokens of his peculiar presence, (Psalms 132:13-14).
Note: It is much more honourable to be holy to God than to be high and great in the world. “Why leap you, you high hills. Why do you insult over poor Zion, and boast of your own height? This is the hill which God has chosen, and therefore though you exceed it in bulk, and be first-rate, yet, because on this the royal flag is hoisted, you must all strike sail to it.”
Zion was especially honourable because it was a type of the gospel church, which is therefore called Mount Zion, (Hebrews 12:22). And this is intimated here, when he said, The Lord will dwell in it forever, which must have its accomplishment in the gospel Zion. There is no kingdom in the world comparable to the kingdom of the Redeemer, no city comparable to that which is incorporated by the gospel charter, for there, God dwells, and will dwell forever. He compares it with Mount Sinai, of which he had spoken, and shows that it has the Shekinah or divine presence in it as really, though not as sensibly, as Sinai itself had, (Psalms 68:17).
Angels are the chariots of God, his chariots of war, which he make use of against his enemies; his chariots of conveyance, which he sends for his friends, as he did for Elijah (and Lazarus is said to be carried by the angels); his chariots of state, in the midst of which he shows his glory and power. They are vastly numerous: Twenty thousands, even thousands multiplied. There is an innumerable company of angels in the heavenly Jerusalem, (Hebrews 12:22).
The enemies David fought with had chariots, (2 Samuel 8:4), but what were they, for number or strength to the chariots of God? While David had these on his side, he needed not to fear those that trusted in chariots and horses, (Psalms 20:7). God appeared on Mount Sinai, attended with myriads of angels, by whose dispensation the law was given, (Acts 7:53). He comes with ten thousands of saints, (Deuteronomy 33:2). And still in Zion, God manifests his glory, and is really present, with a numerous retinue of his heavenly hosts, signified by the cherubim between which God is said to dwell. So that, as some read the last words of the verse, Sinai is in the sanctuary, that is, the sanctuary was to Israel instead of Mount Sinai, whence they received divine oracles.
Our Lord Jesus has these chariots at command. When the first-begotten was brought into the world, it was with this charge, Let all the angels of God worship him, (Hebrews 1:6); they attended him upon all occasions, and he is now among them, angels, principalities, and powers, being made subject to him, (1 Peter 3:22). And it is intimated in the New Testament that the angels are present in the solemn religious assemblies of Christians, (1 Corinthians 11:10). Let the woman have a veil on her head because of the angels.
The glory of Mount Zion was the King whom God set on that holy hill, (Psalms 2:6), who came to the daughter of Zion. Of his ascension the psalmist here speaks, and to it his language is expressly applied, (Ephesians 4:8), Thou hast ascended on high. Christ’s ascending on high is here spoken of as a thing past, so sure was it; and spoken of to his honour, so great was it. It may include his whole exalted state, but points especially at his ascension into heaven to the right hand of the Father, which was as much our advantage as his advancement.
For one, He then triumphed over the gates of hell. He led captivity captive; that is, he led his captives in triumph, as great conquerors used to do, making a show of them openly, (Colossians 2:15). He led those captive who had led us captive, and who, if he had not interposed, would have held us captive forever. Nay, he led captivity itself captive, having quite broken the power of sin and Satan. As he was the death of death, so he was the captivity of captivity, (Hosea 13:14). This intimates the complete victory which Jesus Christ obtained over our spiritual enemies; it was such that through him, we also are more than conquerors, that is, triumphers, (Romans 8:37).
Secondly, He then opened the gates of heaven to all believers: Thou hast received gifts for men. He gave gifts to men, so the apostle reads it, (Ephesians 4:8). For he received that he might give; on his head the anointing of the Spirit was poured, that from him it might descend to the skirts of his garments. And he gave what he had received; having received power to give eternal life, he bestows it upon as many as were given him, (John 17:2).
Thou hast received gifts for men, not for angels; fallen angels were not to be made saints, nor standing angels made gospel ministers, (Hebrews 2:5). Not for Jews only, but for all men; whoever will, may reap the benefit of these gifts. The apostle tells us what these gifts were, (Ephesians 4:11), prophets, apostles, evangelists, pastors and teachers, the institution of a gospel ministry and the qualification of men for it, both which are to be valued as the gifts of heaven, and the fruits of Christ’s Ascension.
Thou hast received gifts in man, that is, in the human nature which Christ was pleased to clothe himself with, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God. In him as Mediator all fulness dwells that from his fulness we might receive.”
Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, Psalms 68, by Matthew Henry, 1706
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