Psalms 24:3

"Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah?

And who shall stand in his holy place?

He that hath clean hands and a pure heart;

Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood,

And hath not sworn deceitfully."

The usually accepted explanation of this is that when the `procession' approached the gates of Jerusalem (or the temple mountain), the question of "Who shall ascend?" was intoned by some element of the singers. It is very difficult for this writer to imagine such a thing as really happening. We view the passage as a very abbreviated message to the effect that "Without holiness, no man shall see God." We cannot conceive of any Jewish congregation of any age whatever who would unanimously pass such a test. Rather this is a description of that "King of Glory" who will be introduced a moment later.

George DeHoff stated that these two verses describe, "Who is worthy to stand before God now, and to ascend into heaven itself at the end of the journey."[14] Spurgeon also discerned that, "In the fullest sense, there was but One in Whom all these things were fulfilled."[15] This undeniable truth supports our conviction that the principal meaning of this psalm is focused upon the Ascension of Christ.