Psalm 99, HIS HOLINESS

Psa 99:1, The LORD reigns; LET THE PEOPLES TREMBLE! He dwells between the cherubim; LET THE EARTH BE MOVED!

Saints quiver with devout emotion, and sinners quiver with terror when the rule of Jehovah is fully perceived and felt.” (Spurgeon)

Psa 119:120, My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I AM AFRAID OF YOUR JUDGMENTS. 

Psa 99:2-3, The LORD is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name—HE IS HOLY.

The Psalmist says three times that the LORD is HOLY 3,5,& 9.  Holiness is who HE is and what HE does; HIS power is HOLY, HIS love is HOLY, HIS righteousness, mercy, and HIS judgements are HOLY! It’s not HIS personality BUT THE ESSENCE OF HIS ENTIRE BEING!

Psa 99:5, EXALT THE LORD OUR GOD, AND WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL—HE IS HOLY.

HIS footstool is the entire earth, let all that has breath praise HIS HOLY NAME!

Isa 66:1, Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? 

HE cannot be contained. HE doesn’t dwell in buildings; HIS presence fills eternity!

Isa 57:15, FOR THUS SAYS THE HIGH AND LOFTY ONE WHO INHABITS ETERNITY, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY: “I DWELL IN THE HIGH AND HOLY PLACE, … 

Psa 99:9, EXALT THE LORD OUR GOD, AND WORSHIP AT HIS HOLY HILL; FOR THE LORD OUR GOD IS HOLY. 

HE calls us to follow HIM and HIS example through JESUS HIS SON!

1Peter 1:15-16, but as HE who called you is HOLY, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”

We are going to fall short of HIS calling, but it doesn’t mean we should give up! We need to confess our sins and move on!

1Jn 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Isa 6:3, And one cried to another and said: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!”

Ezra 1, called out by name!

Ezr 1:1, NOW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD BY THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH MIGHT BE FULFILLED, THE LORD STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA… 

Josephus and others believe that the prophet Daniel showed the book of Jeremiah to Cyrus!

Dan 1:21, 9:2, Thus Daniel continued until the FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS…. I, Daniel, UNDERSTOOD BY THE BOOKS the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD THROUGH JEREMIAH THE PROPHET…

Ezr 1:2-3, Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN HAS GIVEN ME. AND HE HAS COMMANDED ME TO BUILD HIM A HOUSE AT JERUSALEM WHICH IS IN JUDAH…. LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem.

In the prophecy of Jeremiah, written about 150 years before the birth of Cyrus, GOD CALLED CYRUS BY NAME!

Isa 45:1, 4-5, “Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, … I HAVE EVEN CALLED YOU BY YOUR NAME; I HAVE NAMED YOU, THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ME. I AM THE LORD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER; THERE IS NO GOD BESIDES ME. I WILL GIRD YOU, THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ME.

Cyrus didn’t know the LORD, yet GOD anointed him, guided him, blessed him and used him for HIS work! HOW MUCH MORE US WHO SAY WE KNOW HIM! HAS HE STIRRED YOUR HEART FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY?

Pro 21:1, THE KING’S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, LIKE THE RIVERS OF WATER; HE TURNS IT WHEREVER HE WISHES. 

Remember in the eyes of the LORD, though we don’t at all deserve it, we are kings and priest!

Rev 1:6, AND HAS MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS TO HIS GOD AND FATHER, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

Cyrus was indeed honored by GOD as HE called him by name! YET, TRUE HONOR AND GLORY WILL BE FOR THOSE WHOS NAME ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE!