Psalm 68:15 ¶ The hill of
God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this
is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell
in it for ever. 17 The chariots
of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is
among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led
captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the
rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily
loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 20 He that is our God is the God
of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his
enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his
trespasses.
Remember in 1Samuel 10:5 something referenced as the hill of
God is referenced as a place where a Philistine fort was?
1Samuel 10:5 After that
thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines:
Gill wrote that some say the hill of God was the place where the
Ark was brought, to the house of Abinadab.
1Samuel 7:1 ¶ And the men
of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into
the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the
ark of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass,
while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty
years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
It is likened to another hill, the hill of Bashan, with
both being prominent hills. Gill and others refer to this as the Church in
typology. We will dwell with Him and He with us, for ever.
The chariots are referred to as angels of God, remembering
Elijah’s departing.
2Kings 2:11 And it came to
pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot
of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up
by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and
the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own
clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
But apart from prophecy David is still proclaiming God’s glory and
His victory over his enemies. He has delivered His people. Paul links this with
Christian doctrine and the actions of Christ toward us with regard to God’s
grace, His unmerited favor in delivering us from damnation.
Ephesians 4:7 But unto
every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on
high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
God is in control of what happens after we die and our deliverance
from the second death, in a lake of unquenchable fire. He is the God of our
salvation. But He also is the doom of those who go on and persist in their
rebellion against Him.
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