Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
God made the earth and all it holds, yet He chose the children of Abraham from all mankind to be His peculiar people and erected His sanctuary as His dwelling among them. But the temple stood open to every Jew only in name; God drew near only to those who feared and served Him in sincerity, cleansed from the world's pollution and devoted to holiness.
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Commenting on Psalm 24:1-10
The true Israel are not marked by their bloodline but by their character. The courtiers who stand in God's holy palace are a people purified and made meet to dwell on His hill, not Jews alone, nor Gentiles alone, but all whom God has fitted for His presence.
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Commenting on Psalm 24:3
"This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob." These are the regeneration, these are in the line of grace; these are the legitimate seed. Yet they are only seekers; hence learn that true seekers are very dear in God's esteem, and are entered upon his register.