Deuteronomy 33:26

Deu. 33:26. The universe is the chariot in which God rides and makes progress towards the last end of all things on the wheels of His providence; and the place of the chariot on which God has His seat is the highest heavens, as in Psalms 68:33, and also verse 4; the pavement of the chariot, above which God's throne is, is the firmament or the sky, as Ezekiel 1:25; Ezekiel 1:26. Therefore this verse signifies as much as that God governs the whole world for the good of His Church; the wheels of the chariot of the universe move for them, and the progress that God makes therein on His throne above the firmament, the pavement of His chariot, is for them, and every event in the universe is in subserviency to their help and benefit. - Corol. Hence it was meet that Christ, when He came to be invested with the government of the universe, as Head over all things to the Church, to govern the motions of this chariot, and make progress on it for their help and salvation, should ascend into the highest heavens above its pavement, to sit on the throne of this chariot; and therefore in Psa. 68, which is on the subject of Christ's ascension, mention is made once and again of God's riding on the heavens, as in verses 4 and 33. The underpart of the wheel of a chariot seems to run backward, but it is not so; the whole machine is constantly moving forward towards the journey's end. So when the Church of God is brought low in the world, it is like that part of the wheel that is brought next the ground. The course of things seems to be backward and away from the proposed and promised end; but it is a mistake, God is still constantly making progress towards the Church's promised glory.