In Psalms chapter sixty eight David said, “The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan”, and in chapter sixty-eight and verse sixteen of Psalms David asked, “why leap you, you high hills?” where we read,
Why leap you, you high hills?
this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
The verse begins, “Why leap you, you high hills?” David began with the words, “why, leap you” or “for what reason and cause do you, high hills, look askant, be jealous and watch stealthily”, “you high hills” which means “you peaks, rounded summits and mountain peaks”? David asked why the mountains watched stealthily over the people of Israel.
The verse continues, “this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.” David added the words, “this is the hill” or “herein lies the mountain or range of hills” “which God desires” which means “wherein the Divine judge, ruler and Supreme God wants, covets, takes pleasure and delights in” “to dwell in” or “to remain, sit, abide and stay within”; “yes, the LORD” which means “even so and indeed, Jehovah who is the existing One and the proper name for the One True God” “will dwell in it for ever” or “shall abide, remain and stay within it, the hill, perpetually, enduringly and everlasting”. David declared the mountain of the Divine judge Jehovah God to be the rising that He wants to live within, and Jehovah God shall abide within His mountain perpetually.
When we think through the words in this verse, we see how David questioned the watching of the “hills” of God because Jehovah God not only desires to abide within it, but actually does. God will live forever, and He steadily watches over the activities of mankind. He invites every person to receive His Son Jesus into their lives because He died on the cross for their sins. When we surrender to Jesus, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life, watch over us and allow us to live with Him perpetually.
Next time David says, “the chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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