Under the Old Covenant, the Chief Priest entered into God’s presence once a year on the Day of Atonement, and with great trepidation. God is no less awesome or fearsome today, and yet we are invited into His presence […]

  Psalm 97 is buried in the middle of a series of Psalms that call us to worship God as our King (Psalms 93-100). This one in particular calls all the earth to recognize God as its loving Sovereign. The […]

  Following close on the heels of the examples of Old Testament faithfulness, Hebrews 12 takes up the theme of suffering as a form of “Godly discipline.” Here, Jesus, is the ultimate sufferer. Crucifixion was such a shameful form of […]

  This verse opens one of the most well-known “kingship” psalms. The reason the psalmist can command all the earth to praise the Lord is that God is King over all the earth. God is the King of all people, […]

  Psalm 70 is a very short Psalm and almost identical to the final verses of Psalm 40. In Psalm 40 the Psalmist’s confidence that God will save him in the present is rooted in God’s faithfulness in the past. […]

  Psalm 104 is a song of praise written in response to the glory of the creation. As the Psalmist reflects upon the beauty of the world he expresses wonder at the God who created it. The Psalm opens and […]