Psalm 107:1-3
“And he gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.”
King James Version
God gathering the redeemed from all four compass points, fulfilled in Pentecost's universal gathering and Israel's regathering.
Fulfillment References
Acts 2:5-11 Isaiah 43:5-6 Amos 9:14-15
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe LORD who gathers the redeemed 'from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south' is the saving God revealed in Jesus. At Pentecost the gathered nations heard the gospel (Acts 2:5-11), and the redeemed of the Lord are gathered into the one Name (Acts 2:38). The Gatherer is the Lord Jesus.
JewishA thanksgiving for God's gathering of the exiles from every direction; sung of return from captivity and the ingathering hope.
CatholicThe gathering of the redeemed from all nations, fulfilled in the catholic (universal) Church drawn from every land.
ProtestantGod's deliverance and gathering of His people; applied both to the regathering of Israel and to the worldwide gathering of the redeemed in Christ.
AcademicA communal thanksgiving opening Book V of the Psalter; the four-directions formula expresses comprehensive regathering after exile.
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