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The Heritage of Nations and Psalm 47
Psalm 47 reads as follows from the King James Version of the Bible:
[1] O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
[2] For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
[3] He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
[4] He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
[5] God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
[6] Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
[7] For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
[8] God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
[9] The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
The landscape of languages and nations has and will change, but this psalm endorses the universal call to all nations and languages past, present and future to heed the call of the glorious and eternal salvation of the Lord.
What turns the key on this is a scene from the Acts of the Apostles, where through the presence of the Holy Spirit, individuals of various heritages and languages all hear the discourse in their own language.
This scene is indicative of the call going all people and all nations within the Kingly presence of the Holy Spirit.
From Acts Chapter 2 verse 5 through 7 say:
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. 7 Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Look, are not all these who speak Galileans?
The new Promised Land is presented here of including all nations and all languages in the abiding power and presence of the majesty of the Holy Spirit.
Verse 3 says,
[3] He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
This verse recalls the situation of Caleb and the scouts as they approached the Promised :Land and saw giants and just about all were dismayed about his except Caleb who trusted the power of the Lord to bring them past this daunting obstacle and into the long yearned for Promised Land.
The meaning of verse 3 in this psalm is of spiritual connotations.
The nations the subjecting is in the sense of coming under the presence and power of the Holy Spirit towards the uttermost call of eternal salvation. So it is all good
The power of the Holy Spirit can emanate through the power of intercessory prayer for the salvation of nations.
So the words of verse 3 in this psalm could even refer to a little old lady in the corner of the church who is praying in the power of the Holy Spirit for nations, and of course in the natural sense she is not going to subdue the nations.
This is the landscape of the now, the Promised Land is for all nations, beginning now in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit and reaching into the call for all of eternal salvation where each and every individual is called upon through the grace, majesty and power of the Holy Spirit operating through the means of the Spirit.
The presiding voice of the eternal call has a here and now presence to heed the voice and promptings of the Holy Spirit, a voice which extends across every land and to every heart.
All nations and all languages are called and called not without understanding on their part.
The blueprint given in this psalm does not change; it is the blueprint from here on in, that all nations are called, no matter what the changing landscapes
The heritage of nations, the new covenant, is the unified presence and glory of the Holy Spirit to all.
Promised Land, is the call through the actions of the Holy Spirit to a universal understanding in praise, relationship and worship of the Lord to the utmost even unto eternal and everlasting salvation brought forth as a call to all.
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