Psalm 27:1-4 (NASB)
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. 4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. The psalmist declares he has no need to fear for the Lord is his deliverance, protection, and guidance. He is confidence in the protection of the Lord against his enemies, and seeks above all to live in the presence of God and to gaze on his beauty. Isaiah's Servant (Isa 53), however, was said to possess no beauty or majesty by which people would be attracted to him. According to Matthew, among others, Jesus fulfills the Servant's calling to bring healing to God's people (Matt 8:17), and Philip likewise understood this passage to teach about Jesus (Acts 8:32-35). God's presence no longer was confined to the temple, but was revealed to the whole world in Jesus, God-made-flesh.
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