Have you considered the fourth stanza of the hymn, All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name?

Let every kindred, every tribe

On this terrestrial ball,

To him all majesty ascribe,

And crown him Lord of all.

When we read the story of the call of Abraham in Genesis 12 we see that God makes Abraham a promise. God will bless him and through him and his family bless all nations on earth. We see this promise echoed to Abraham’s descendants in the Exodus when God tells Israel that although the whole earth belongs to him, they will be his treasured possession out of all nations and will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. You may have heard Israel described as “God’s chosen people.” We see that chosenness and its purpose right there. Israel was God’s chosen people to reach all the rest of us.

We see the result of that truth in this stanza. While the hymn appeals to “Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race” in the second stanza, by this point we’re looking at the fulfillment of God’s purposes. We see this prospectively in Jesus’ Great Commission when he says, “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations.” We see the outcome in Revelation 7:9-10 – “After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:

‘Salvation belongs to our God,

who sits on the throne,

and to the Lamb.’

By the final stanza we’re no longer addressing various groups of people, calling on them to “Hail Jesus’ name” and to “Crown him Lord of all.” Now it’s “we” – “O that with yonder sacred throng” – the “sacred throng” is those groups of people who have come together to worship. We now declare that we are joining them as we fall at his feet and “join the everlasting song” of praise to Jesus.