Rough Draft Excerpt from "Dressed for Eternity" Which Hill was David talking about?
Bonnett
The fine linen bonnet reminds us that Christ is our covering, just as we learned in our discussion on ornaments when we discussed the Roman soldier's helmet. One of the definitions of “bonnet” is that of a hill, or high place, or a lifting up.
Psalms 3:3-4 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalms 121:1-2 A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Many teachers and many songwriters have assumed that the hill to which David lifts his eyes in Psalm 121, is not the Hill of the Lord where the Temple stood, but the hills upon which altars to false gods stood instead. They say he is asking a question here, instead of making a statement.
However,what if he's speaking of the hills of Jerusalem? What if it is not aquestion he is asking at all, but a statement instead. In Psalm 3,David says God heard him out of where? God's holy hill! In Psalm121, David lifts his eyes to the Maker of ALL the hills! God isgreater than the groves under which false gods were worshipped. Remember we learned a few pages back that God stamped His initialinto the Jerusalem hills.
Psalms 15:1-2 A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalms 24:3-6 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
But notice who may worship there? Can an unclean heart worship in God's Holy Hill? Can a man with dirty hands stand in His holy place?
Sadly, eventually the people of Israel thought they could, and God had to bring judgement down on the Levite tribe.
