Who is this King of Glory?

 Who is this King of glory?
   The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates!
   And lift them up, O ancient doors,
   that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
   The LORD of hosts,
   he is the King of glory! Selah
Psalm 24:8-10

Will we ever lose the wonder or cease to ask the worship question posed by this psalm of David? Will we not always stand in awe and amazement at the unfathomable glory of the Son of God crucified and Son of man risen and glorified? Who is this King of glory? Is He not like any earthly king we know of? What other king would stoop to serve, die to live, and suffer to reign?

On verse 8, Augustine writes: "Mortal nature is awe-struck in wonder, and asks, Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty. He, Whom thou didst deem weak and overwhelmed. The Lord mighty in battle. Handle the scars, and thou wilt find them made whole, and human weakness restored to immortality. The glorifying of the Lord, which was owing to earth, where it warred with death, hath been paid."

And Calvin comments: "The repetition teaches us that true believers cannot be too constant and diligent in meditation on this subject. The Son of God, clothed with our flesh, has now shown himself to be King of glory and Lord of hosts, and he is not entered into his temple only by shadows and figures, but really and in very deed, that he may dwell in the midst of us. There is, therefore, nothing to hinder us from boasting that we shall be invincible by his power."

Let us then repeat the wondrous and awestruck question - Who is this King of glory? Let us hear the answer of Scripture and the anthem of angels: "Jesus, he is this King of glory!"