06/06/2024 – Day 004 – Psalm – Chapter 1 – 2 / We will be in the Psalms every Thursday for the entire year ahead! / “Meditate on the Psalms”! (see 1:2)/ Group Discussion questions attached. / Post 1 of 2
Blessings!
My Evidence Bible footnote on 1:2: “Mediation involves studying a passage of Scripture, memorizing it, praying about it, and exhorting oneself to fulfill it (42:5 ; 63:6; 119: 9-10). Spiritual success depends on the constant study and application of God’s Word (Deuteronomy 6: 6-9; Joshua 1:8).”
Here is a short excerpt from the “Psalm Introduction” section:
“The Spirit of God was so directing the hearts and minds of the psalmists, especially David, that the words they used to express their own experiences were designed by God not only to fit the historical occasion but also to be fulfilled perfectly in the person and work of the Son of God, not only in His first coming but also in His coming to glory to reign.”
Psalm 2 is the first Messianic Psalm, the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament.
Verse 2:7: “I will the Lord’s decree: He said to Me, ‘You are my Son; today I have become Your Father.’
Here is the footnote on 2:7:
“The Davidic covenant (2 Samuel 7: 5-16; Psalm 89: 26-27) declared that the king would be God’s ‘Son’. When the king ascended the throne he declared that God called him His son. This was a way of saying that God has installed him as king, heir to the kingdom. Earthly monarchs consistently fell short of this high calling, and the writers of the Scripture realized that the coming Messiah would be a “Son” as no other king had been or could be (Isaiah 9:6). When the voice from heaven declared Jesus to be the beloved Son as His baptism (Matthew 3:17), the Messianic Age was introduced. And when John declared Jesus as the ‘one and only Son,’ he was speaking of Jesus’ divine nature (John 1:14). But Psalm 2:7 is used specifically in the NT for Jesus’ resurrection and exaltation to the right hand of the Father — His coronation, in harmony with the meaning of the psalm (Acts 13: 32-33); Hebrews 1: 3-6; 5: 5-6).”
From the 03/03/2022 – Day 004 post last cycle, let’s share and fellowship on our answers to the questions presented in the link on this reading:
- Since God is sovereign, why doesn’t He just send Christ to crush all rebellion and end all this suffering?
- Can a person accept Christ as Savior without accepting Him as Lord? Cite biblical support.
- How would you answer a critic who said, “If God is sovereign over everything, then He is the author of evil”?
- God’s wrath seems like an outmoded concept in our day. How can we get people to take it seriously?
Thoughts? Meditations?
I will post my answers nlt this coming Sunday, June 9th, but for those of you that are logged on, please jump in front of me either with a separate post or a comment response to this post. Again, a cool feature of the blog, one can post a comment(s) on a post years after the original post, from anywhere in the world.
Before I close, I would like to share some short section excerpts from “Halley’s Bible Handbook” :
Jesus was Very Fond of the Psalms
“So thoroughly they became a part of his Mental Nature, that He uttered His dying Agonies on the Cross in quotation from them (22:1; 31:5; Matthew 27:46; Luke 23:46). He said that many thing in the Psalms referred to Him (Luke 24:44).”
I will give my best efforts to post few more pithy and information sections, not the least of which are the Messianic Passages , with not only the Psalms verse, but the New Testament verse where it is referenced . That will be on Post #2 nlt this coming Sunday.
Lastly, if any of you would like to facilitate the posts and discussion for our Thursday in the Psalms for this year, please let me know. I can assure you that it would be a joyful journey. Or any other day for that matter. Our daily themes for each day: Sunday – Epistles / Monday – Gospel / Tuesday – Law / Wednesday – History / Thursday – Psalms / Friday – Poetry (book of Job for the first 21 weeks) / Saturday – Prophets (Isaiah for the first 12 weeks followed by Jeremiah for 10 weeks…
Soli Deo Gloria indeed!