Psalm 47:1-2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. "O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. (2) For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth."
Psalm 47:5 "God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the
sound of a trumpet."
Acts 1:10-11 "And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven
as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; (11)
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."
Scripture will always prove Scripture. Although the various books of the Bible
were written by different people over a period of thousands of years, they
still prove each other. This 47th Psalm speaks prophetically of the
resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ. This Psalm, as well as
all the others, was to be set forward permanently in a place of prominence.
"Shout unto God with the voice of triumph." What is our victory that
we enjoy? Is it because we are, of ourselves, overcomers of all situations and
circumstances? Not hardly! Of ourselves, we are nothing. We can do
nothing without Christ Jesus; therefore our victory - our triumph - is ONLY
found in the risen Lord Jesus Christ. We are as the Apostle Paul when he said,
"God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."
(Galatians 6:14) But the opposite of that is also verily true! "I can do
all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:13)
Again I say, "Shout unto God with the voice of triumph." Before
Jesus ascended back into heaven, He declared that all power was given to Him
both in heaven and in earth. Then He was "gone up with a shout, the LORD
with the sound of a trumpet." The two men in white said that Jesus would
come again in like manner. How is it that He will come back? Let's let
Scripture prove that. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the
dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord." (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) He went up with
a shout and the sound of a trumpet and He shall return with a shout and the
sound of a trumpet. How shall we respond to this great truth? "Sing
praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises."
(Psalm 47:6)