{"id":3813,"date":"2011-03-05T21:32:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T01:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2011-03-05T21:32:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T01:32:28","slug":"the-king-of-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=3813","title":{"rendered":"The King of glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Psalm 24<\/h6>\n<p> <b>Of David. A psalm.<\/b>  <\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> The earth is the LORD\u2019s, and everything in it,     <br \/>&#160;&#160; the world, and all who live in it;     <br \/><sup>2<\/sup> for he founded it on the seas     <br \/>&#160;&#160; and established it on the waters. <\/p>\n<p><sup>3<\/sup> Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD?     <br \/>&#160;&#160; Who may stand in his holy place?     <br \/><sup>4<\/sup> The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,     <br \/>&#160;&#160; who does not trust in an idol     <br \/>&#160;&#160; or swear by a false god.<\/p>\n<p><sup>5<\/sup> They will receive blessing from the LORD     <br \/>&#160;&#160; and vindication from God their Savior.     <br \/><sup>6<\/sup> Such is the generation of those who seek him,     <br \/>&#160;&#160; who seek your face, God of Jacob.<\/p>\n<p><sup>7<\/sup> Lift up your heads, you gates;     <br \/>&#160;&#160; be lifted up, you ancient doors,     <br \/>&#160;&#160; that the King of glory may come in.     <br \/><sup>8<\/sup> Who is this King of glory?     <br \/>&#160;&#160; The LORD strong and mighty,     <br \/>&#160;&#160; the LORD mighty in battle.     <br \/><sup>9<\/sup> Lift up your heads, you gates;     <br \/>&#160;&#160; lift them up, you ancient doors,     <br \/>&#160;&#160; that the King of glory may come in.     <br \/><sup>10<\/sup> Who is he, this King of glory?     <br \/>&#160;&#160; The LORD Almighty\u2014     <br \/>&#160;&#160; he is the King of glory.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is one of my favorite psalms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The imagery of the ancient doors lifting up their heads<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>with the gates so that the King of glory may come in<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>has always held my attention.&#160; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Not once, but twice the gates and doors are lifted for<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>the King of glory.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And who is this King of glory?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Who is the King of glory, we ask once again-<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>the LORD Almighty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Lord who owns the earth and everything in it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Lord, our maker. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Almighty- strong in battle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The King of Glory.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our father.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 24 Of David. A psalm. 1 The earth is the LORD\u2019s, and everything in it, &#160;&#160; the world, and all who live in it; 2 for he founded it on the seas &#160;&#160; and established it on the waters. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=3813\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}