Psalms 24:7

"Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 24:7, the imagery of lifting "gates" and "everlasting doors" likely refers to the gates of Jerusalem, symbolizing the entrance into the holy city where God's presence was manifest. This verse anticipates the arrival of the "King of glory," a title that could refer to both King David and ultimately the Messiah, highlighting the significance of His entry as a momentous event worthy of celebration.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Lift up your heads, O ye gates -Either the gates of the city, or of the house erected for the worship of God; most probably, as has been remarked, the former. This may be supposed to have been uttered as the procession approached the city where the ark was to abide, as a summons to admit the King of glory to a permanent residence there. It would seem not improbable that the gates of the city were originally made in the form of a portcullis, as the gates of the old castles in the feudal ages were, not to “open,” but to be “lifted up” by weights and pullies.

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