2. Lord JEHOVAH--Jah, Jehovah. The
repetition of the name
denotes emphasis, and the unchangeableness of God's character.
strength . . . song . . . salvation--derived from
Ex 15:2;
Ps 118:14.
The idea of salvation was peculiarly associated with the feast
of tabernacles (see
Isa 12:3).
Hence the cry "Hosanna," "Save, we beseech thee," that
accompanied Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on that day (the
fifteenth of the seventh month)
(Mt 21:9;
compare with
Ps 118:25, 26);
the earnest of the perfected "salvation" which He shall bring to His
people at His glorious second appearance at Jerusalem
(Heb 9:28).
"He shall appear the second time without sin unto salvation."
Compare
Re 21:3,
"The tabernacle of God is with men." Compare
Lu 9:33,
"three tabernacles: one for thee," &c. (the transfiguration
being a pledge of the future kingdom),
(Ps 118:15;
Zec 14:16).
As the Jew was reminded by the feast of tabernacles of his wanderings
in tents in the wilderness, so the Jew-Gentile Church to come shall
call to mind, with thanksgiving, the various past ways whereby God has
at last brought them to the heavenly "city of habitation"
(Ps 107:7).
JFB.
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