[Psalm l, 1]—The Majesty of God in the Church.
[Psalm li, 18]—He Prayeth for the Church.
[Psalm lxviii, 7]—For His Care of the Church.
[Psalm lxxii, 1]—David Praying for Solomon, etc.; and The Truth of Christ’s Kingdom.
[Psalm xciii]—The Majesty and Power of Christ’s Kingdom.
[Psalm cxviii, 19]—Coming of Christ’s Kingdom, etc.
The passage referred to, viz., verse [19], is: “Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord.”
The absurdity of the interpretation is evident from the fact that out of one hundred and fifty Psalms the Christian Bible-makers were able to find only five that could be twisted to make allusion to Christ—the [ii], [xlv], [lxxii], [xcviii], and [cxviii], and from these certain sentences were selected, and these verses have as much connection with Christ or his kingdom as they have with the man in the moon. Six of all the chapters are supposed to allude to the church; those are above cited.
David had not the remotest notion what would or could happen at any time during his life, or at any time after his death. He was a child of circumstances like Saul, and like many other men after and before them. The same may be said of Moses and Abraham. Opportunity makes the man, if the man is fitting, able, to seize the opportunity when it occurs. No supernatural power had anything to do with any one of these men, or any man that figured in the Bible, any more than God had to do with men that played prominent parts as leaders, rulers, kings, or governors of other nations. Whatever power, skill, intellect, or imagination was developed, it was the proper sum-total of the experience, observation, and instruction of the world’s progress.
The Hebrews perhaps had special advantages in some respects over other nations, through their migratory instinct or inclination. The contact with so many other nations gave them the advantage of a broader experience and a greater variety of culture.