Day 2750 Wisdom Nuggets – Psalm 99:1-9 – Daily Wisdom

Welcome to Day 2750 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Day 2750 – Wisdom Nuggets – Psalm 99:1-9 – Daily Wisdom Wisdom-Trek Podcast Script - Day 2750 Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! I am Guthrie Chamberlain, and we are on Day two thousand seven hundred fifty of our Trek. The Purpose of Wisdom-Trek is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. The Title of Today’s Wisdom-Trek is: The Holy King Enthroned – Trembling Before the Trisagion <0.5#> Today, we reach the summit of the Royal Psalms as we explore Psalm Ninety-nine, covering the entire hymn, verses one through nine, in the New Living Translation. In our previous trek through Psalm Ninety-eight, we joined the global victory parade. We saw the sea shouting, the rivers clapping, and the hills singing for joy because the Divine Warrior had won the battle for the cosmos. It was a psalm of unbridled exuberance and noise. Psalm Ninety-nine shifts the atmosphere from joyful noise to trembling awe. While the previous psalms focused on God’s power and His reign, this psalm focuses intensely on His Holiness. In fact, this psalm is structured around a threefold declaration—a Trisagion—that announces, "He is holy!" at the end of each stanza. It reminds us that the King we celebrate is not just powerful; He is Other. He is transcendent. He is separated from all corruption and chaos. And because He is holy, our approach to Him must be marked by reverence. We move from the cheering crowd to the kneeling priesthood. So, let us take off our shoes, for we are standing on holy ground. The Trembling of the Nations: The Transcendent King Psalm Ninety-nine: verses one through three The Lord is king! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth shake. The Lord sits in majesty in Jerusalem, supreme above all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name. Your name is holy! The psalm begins with the familiar coronation cry: "The Lord is king!" But notice the reaction commanded this time. In Psalm Ninety-seven, the earth was told to "rejoice." In Psalm Ninety-eight, it was told to "shout." Here, the command is: "Let the nations tremble!" (rāgaz—to quake, shake, or be agitated). And "Let the whole earth shake." Why the fear? Because "He sits on his throne between the cherubim." This is a powerful image that bridges heaven and earth. In the earthly Temple, the Ark of the Covenant was the footstool of God's throne, flanked by golden cherubim. But in the Ancient Israelite worldview, this was merely a copy of the true reality in the Divine Council. Yahweh sits enthroned above the living Cherubim—the terrifying, powerful spiritual guardians of His holiness. He is the Master of the spiritual realm. For the "nations"—who...