And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalm 78 as a whole records that Israel worked constantly against a good God. Through disobedience they were brought into the state that was the sure result of their own course of action, repenting under rebuke and chastisement yet falling again under temptation, self-indulgence, and self-gratification. Within that history God built and established His sanctuary on Mount Zion as the dwelling place He chose for Israel. To build like high palaces means He made it like a royal, lofty palace to display the honor, splendor, and grandeur of His dwelling.
The sanctuary was a sign of His favor to Israel, fulfilled in the first temple built by Solomon according to plans prepared by divine inspiration with exceptional magnificence. By contrast the later temple's greater glory lay not in its architecture or visible tokens of His presence but in Christ's presence there as God revealed in human flesh.
Psalm 78 as a whole records that Israel worked constantly against a good God. Through disobedience they were brought into the state that was the sure result of their own course of action, repenting under rebuke and chastisement yet falling again under temptation, self-indulgence, and self-gratification. Within that history God built and established His sanctuary on Mount Zion as the dwelling place He chose for Israel. To build like high palaces means He made it like a royal, lofty palace to display the honor, splendor, and grandeur of His dwelling.
The sanctuary was a sign of His favor to Israel, fulfilled in the first temple built by Solomon according to plans prepared by divine inspiration with exceptional magnificence. By contrast the later temple's greater glory lay not in its architecture or visible tokens of His presence but in Christ's presence there as God revealed in human flesh.