“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.”
The repeated imperative to lift up gates and everlasting doors for the King of glory to come in repeats the summons with increased urgency. The repetition suggests the ceremonial significance of the entry. This verse maintains the liturgical momentum toward the divine king's entry.
Church Fathers on Psalms 24:9
A psalm of David himself, on the first day of the week. 1. A Psalm of David himself, touching the glorifying and resurrection of the Lord, which took place early in the morning on the first day of the week, which is now called the Lord's Day. 2. “The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, the compass of the world, and all they that dwell therein” Psalm 23:1; when the Lord, being glorified, is announced for the believing of all nations; and the whole compass of the…
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