When I was a child, my hometown would have a parade every Labor Day. I would stand on the street curb with my neck stretched, watching for the first glimpse. The first vehicle was always the village police, followed by the mayor and his family seated in a waxed convertible limo. Boring to a young boy. I wanted to see the antique cars and tractors, horses, marching bands, fire trucks, Shriners in small cars and funny hats, and people throwing candies. Labor Day was surely the day of the grand procession.
David records in stanza eight (verses 24-27) Israel’s God and King’s grand procession. God is going into his sanctuary. Sanctuary is “qodesh” in the original Hebrew, which means “holy” and “sacred place or thing”, and that is not in the abstract. The procession of God going to the temple has singers, musicians, maidens playing tambourines, praise to God in the great congregation, and tribe after tribe of great princes.
David not only sings of God and King going from Mount Sinai to Mount Zion, from tabernacle to temple, and from temple to his people’s souls. He is also prophesying about Jesus coming again. When Jesus comes again, all will know that he is coming with his people. However, I did not realize that up front with him are singers, musicians, and maidens with tambourines praising their God and King. Oh, what a great procession that will be. Jesus will land on the Mount of Olives and walked into the temple again.
