05/08/2025 – Day 312 – Psalm – 128 – 130 // Psalm 129 – One thing is certain, final victory for Israel is coming…
See Romans 11: 25-26. Here is commentary for these verses out of the Apologetics Study Bible:
“11: 25-26 Paul showed here that hardening is not a permanent sentence against Israel, even though it resulted from their rejection of the message about Christ. First, he reaffirmed that only a part of Israel was hardened . That is, many Jews of Paul’s day did acknowledge Jesus as Lord and were saved. Nevertheless, at the end of the age, the Jews will turn en masse to Christ or some believe that Jews throughout the church age will respond to the gospel). When Paul sated that all Israel will be saved, he did not intend ‘all’ without exception but ‘all’ as in a very large number (see 1 Samuel 25;1; 1 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 12;1; Isaiah 45:25; Deuteronomy 9;11; Mark 1:5; Luke 3:21; Acts 13:24). Paul used similar connotations for “all” and “many” in Romans 5: 18-19 (cp. a similar usage of ‘all’ in 11:32).”
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Here is the entire chapter commentary from “Matthew Henry’s Commentary”, the concise version:
https://www.christianity.com/bible/commentary/matthew-henry-concise/psalm/129
Better yet, the complete version, also available free on-line by each chapter of the Bible.:
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/psalms/129.html
Soli Deo Gloria!
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Questions for fellowship generation, the lifelong sanctification process:
- What does the text reveal about God’s character?
- How has this reading generated prayer for you and/or us?
- What themes stand out to you in this bible study?
- How does our reading fit into the bigger picture (creation, the fall, restoration, etc.)?
- What verse(s) jumped out at you like never before? Is it explainable at this point?
- Do you have any questions you would like to put before the group as to how to interpret any particular verse(s) in our reading. Let scripture testify to scripture: Share with us where you sense contradiction between passages elsewhere.
- What did you find convicting and inspiring at the same time? Share with us how the Spirit of God is working within you as a messenger, both within and outside of our fellowship group.
- Share with the group how our study is calling or confirming to you a new mission to glorify God in our times.