Behold how good and how pleasant it is

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Behold how good and how pleasant it is,
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
Behold how good and how pleasant it is,
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
 
It is like the precious ointment upon the head,
That ran down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard:
  That went down to the skirts of his garments.
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Behold how good and how pleasant it is,
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
 
It is like the precious ointment upon the head,
That ran down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard:
  That went down to the skirts of his garments.
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As the dew of Hermon, And as the dew that descended
Upon the mountains of Zion:
For there the Lord commanded the blessing,
Even life forevermore.
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五月 12 2025
Un Hermano

United States

TWO ASPECTS OF ONENESS

This psalm is so profound that it is difficult to speak about it. Verse 1 says, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is / For brothers to dwell in unity! ” Notice that the psalmist uses two adjectives to describe brothers dwelling together in oneness. He says that this is good and pleasant. The reason two adjectives are used is that in the following verses the dwelling together in oneness is likened to two things: to the precious ointment on the head of Aaron and to the dew of Hermon on the mountains of Zion. These two adjectives point to two aspects of oneness. The oneness is good and pleasant: good as the precious ointment and pleasant as the descending dew.

Of these aspects, the first—Aaron—is a person, and the second—Zion—is a place. Have you ever seen that the church has these two aspects? On the one hand, the church is a person; on the other hand, the church is a place. As a person, the church includes the Head with the Body. As a place, the church is the dwelling place of God. Elsewhere in the Bible we see that the church is the bride, the new man, and the warrior. These, however, are aspects of the church as a person. Actually, the church has just two main aspects: the aspect of a person and the aspect of a dwelling place. Related to these two aspects of the church are the ointment and the dew.

The Genuine Ground of Oneness

Chapter 6 (LSM)

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五月 4 2025
David Frimpong

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Lord teach us to build only on the ground of oneness!!

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五月 5 2024
Plumptre Richard Adeniran

Lagos, Nigeria

What a way to dwell among the believers in the presence of the Lord.

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五月 29 2022
Lydia Barlow

Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom

What an encouragement

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三月 13 2021
Jennifer Conroy

Zhubei, Taiwan

Hallelujah. We are enjoying this hymn in our group meeting right now.

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一月 18 2021
Laura Burbano

Troutdale, Oregon, United States

Oh Lord Jesus... helps us to dwell in unity with your will and spirit! Align our hearts to yours. We are the ones who pray for your coming! Your overcomers!

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十一月 23 2020
Jason Ramirez Gutierrez

Bakersfield, California, United States

Behold how good and how pleasant it is, behold how good and how pleasant it is for the brethren to dwell in unity and God's economy and oneness we will worship him forever and ever amen.

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七月 11 2020
Ruth Balla

Tirane, Albania

Behold how good and how pleasant it is,

For brethren to dwell together in unity!

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五月 6 2020
Elizabeth Malan

London, United Kingdom

Praise the Lord for the commanded blessing if we behold Him as brothers in unity!

Last night was the first prayer meeting of the whole church in London together on zoom! The whole church in London prayed together in unity and harmony! What a blessing ! Behold how good and how pleasant it was!

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十月 6 2019
Cosette

Gainesville, FL, United States

Hallelujah it is good and pleasant for brethren to dwell together in unity! Thank you for this divine commission to keep the oneness in Christ! By keeping this oneness, we become more and more blent with the saints and the Triune God Himself!

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In Deuteronomy 12, 14, 15, and 16, God repeatedly charged the children of Israel to go to the place of His choosing so that they could keep the oneness of God's children. Without this restricting command from God, the children of Israel would have become divided shortly after entering into Canaan. For example, the Israelites in the tribe of Dan, who lived in the northernmost part of the land, could have said, "Since a worship place has been set up in the south, we can set up a place in the north. Why do we have to go so far to worship God?" This would have established another center for worship. Once there were two worship centers, the children of Israel would become even more divided. Those in the tribe of Naphtali would say something similar about wanting their own worship center apart from the one in the north and the one in the south. Eventually, every tribe would establish their own worship center, and the children of Israel would be divided into many parts.

Our God is truly wise. He guarded against this by repeatedly charging the children of Israel through Moses to go to the place of His choosing, Jerusalem. This situation is described in Psalm 133, which is one of the Songs of Ascents. The Songs of Ascents were sung as the children of Israel began to ascend the hill upon which Jerusalem was situated. Three times a year, from every village and town, the children of Israel gathered at Jerusalem, and as they ascended the hill to Jerusalem, they would sing a hymn about brothers dwelling together in harmony. At this time, people from all directions — east, west, south, and north—and from all the tribes came together. There was no division among them. Hence, although the unique ground was a great restriction, it also was a great protection.

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