Rex Gentium

Isaiah 60
Rex Gentium
The Seven O Antiphons, Part Six of Seven
Sermon Notes for Sunday, January 4, Epiphany Sunday, 2008 by Pastor Dennis R. Tuuri

O KING OF THE GENTILES and their desired One, the Cornerstone that makes both one: Come, and deliver man, whom You formed out of the dust of the earth.

1. Advent and Music
   Psalm 98 A Psalm.
   Section 1- God's New Gospel to Israel (earth)
   1 Oh, sing to the LORD a new song!
   For He has done marvelous things;
   His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
   2 The LORD has made known His salvation;
   His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations.
   Nations
   3 He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
   Israel
   All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
   Israel
   Section Two - Call For Praise
   4 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth;
   Break forth
   in song, rejoice,
   and sing praises.
   5 Sing to the LORD with the
   harp,
   With the harp
   and the sound of a psalm,
   6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
   Shout joyfully before the LORD, the King.
   Section 3 - God's new gospel to the nations
   7 Let the sea roar, and all its fullness,
   The world and those who dwell in it;
   Nations
   8 Let the rivers clap their hands;
   Nations
   Let the hills be joyful together before the LORD,
   Israel
   9 For He is coming to judge the earth.
   With righteousness He shall judge the world, And the peoples with equity.