“The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”
This entrance liturgy opens with the declaration the earth is God's and everything in it and the world and those who dwell in it establishes the radical ownership of all creation by God. The comprehensive scope—earth, world, inhabitants—suggests that nothing escapes God's dominion. The ownership language establishes God's ultimate authority. This opening establishes the theological basis for the following questions about access to God's sanctuary.
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