Psa 97:1, THE LORD REIGNS; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad!
The LORD REIGNS, there is no contender to the throne; HE made the earth and rules it! The day is coming where HE will be called “THE KING OF ALL THE EARTH”! REJOICE!
Zec 14:9, AND THE LORD SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. In that day it shall be “The LORD is one,” And His name one.
Psa 97:2-4, CLOUDS AND DARKNESS SURROUND HIM; … A FIRE GOES BEFORE HIM, And burns up His enemies round about. HIS LIGHTNINGS LIGHT THE WORLD; THE EARTH SEES AND TREMBLES.
The Psalmist is describing the day when the LORD of all came down on the mountain of GOD! HIS AWESOME PRESENCE!
Exo 19:16, 18, … THUNDERINGS AND LIGHTNINGS, AND A THICK CLOUD ON THE MOUNTAIN; and the SOUND OF THE TRUMPET WAS VERY LOUD, so that all the people who were in the camp TREMBLED…Now Mount Sinai WAS COMPLETELY IN SMOKE, BECAUSE THE LORD DESCENDED UPON IT IN FIRE. …, THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN QUAKED GREATLY.
The LORD used Dark clouds to surround HIM, because HIS presence would have been too much for anyone to bear!
1Ti 6:16, …, DWELLING IN UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT, WHOM NO MAN HAS SEEN OR CAN SEE, …
Psa 97:6, THE HEAVENS DECLARE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THE PEOPLES SEE HIS GLORY.
My father came to faith just by looking at everything around him! THE HEAVENS SHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF HIM WHO MADE IT! THERE IS NO EXCUSE!
Rom 1:20, …HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE,
Psa 97:7, Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. WORSHIP HIM, all you gods.
YET, fools worship their so-called gods made by men’s hands! Don’t trip, you may break to pieces the god you bow down to! WORSHIP THE LORD ALL YOU MEN OF THE EARTH FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!