Article January 29, 1977 Issue

Words of Current Interest

Related to the Lesson-Sermon for February 6, 1977, in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY Subject: Spirit

Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Ps. 24:7)

Modern biblical form critics connect this psalm with a festival of covenant renewal observed in ancient Israel at the new year. Verses 7-10 of the psalm were composed to be sung antiphonally by choirs stationed both upon the gates of the Jerusalem temple and within a procession moving toward the temple area. The procession may have included the Ark of the Covenant, to be received and enshrined at the opening of each new year as a symbol of renewed loyalty to God.

God is a Spirit (John 4:24)

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