Psalm 24:7, The Parousia, part II of III

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

//Yesterday, I explained that in Paul’s understanding, the parousia didn’t mean flying up to heaven forever. It meant meeting and greeting Jesus in the air, welcoming him down to earth.

Paul, when he speaks of meeting Jesus in the air, is using the language and metaphors of a royal visit. Backing up one verse from yesterday’s topic, we read this:

For the Lord himself shall descend from h...