Some people are confused about who the Messiah would be. Who did the Judeans in Jesus’ time think that the Messiah would be? They knew the promised savior would be God’s Son who would save the world.
Author: Gene Slavit
We have seen that Jesus said he was what the scriptures promised he would be: the seed of the woman who would crush the serpent’s head, the Son of God, the anointed one, the Messiah. Religious leaders tried to kill him NOT because he said he was God, but because he claimed to be the Messiah. This was blasphemy to them. Now we will see how the Old Testament, specifically the Book of Psalms, spoke of the Messiah. This promised redeemer was not God, but His Son.
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Psalms in Poetic Form: PSALM 109
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Background
Psalm 109 is in the Deuteronomy Book of the Psalms (Psalms 107-150). These 44 Psalms, like the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, show God’s Word as the source of salvation, deliverance, and healing. This would be fully carried out in the life of the coming Messiah, the living Word, Jesus Christ. Psalm 109 declares the Messiah as the suffering savior who would be delivered by God from his enemies, including death.
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Psalms in Poetic Form: PSALM 108
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Background
Psalm 108 is in the Deuteronomy Book of the Psalms (Psalms 107-150). These 44 Psalms, like the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, show God’s Word as the source of salvation, deliverance, and healing. This would be fully carried out in the life of the coming Messiah, the living Word, Jesus Christ. Psalm 108 declares the Messiah as God’s promised lawgiver from David’s line in Judah.
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Psalms in Poetic Form: PSALM 107
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Background
Psalm 107 begins the Deuteronomy Book of the Psalms, which concludes the entire book with Psalm 150. These 44 Psalms, like the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, show God’s Word as the source of salvation, deliverance, and healing. This would be fully carried out in the life of the coming Messiah, the living Word, Jesus Christ. Psalm 107 declares the Messiah as God’s living Word of deliverance.
The entire Bible is a tapestry of truth that shows the basics of life and also the details of how things work. Man has basic needs: security, sustenance, and enjoyment. God provides all three. But the Devil has tricked people into going to him for the basics. This always leaves the seeker hurt, incomplete, and lifeless.
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Psalms in Poetic Form: PSALM 106
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Background
Psalm 106 is the final Psalm in the Numbers Book of the Psalms (Psalms 90-106). God’s rest is a major theme of these 17 Psalms, and in this specific Psalm, we see God’s repeated care for His people, despite their rejection of His promised rest in the Messiah.
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Psalms in Poetic Form: PSALM 105
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Psalm 105 is the sixteenth in the Numbers Book of the Psalms, which goes to Psalm 106. God’s rest is a major theme of these 17 Psalms, and in this specific Psalm, we see God’s promise to send the Messiah throughout Old Testament events.
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Psalms in Poetic Form: PSALM 104
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Background
Psalm 104 is the fifteenth in the Numbers Book of the Psalms, which goes to Psalm 106. God’s rest is a major theme of these 17 Psalms, and in this specific Psalm, we see the Messiah coming in power and glory. God has foreknowledge, and He knew that His Son would redeem mankind and restore all creation to God’s blessings and peace. Thus, the Father set things in order knowing what Jesus Christ would someday do (Colossians 1:15-20). This Psalm parallels God’s setting the heavens and earth in order as recorded in Genesis 1.
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Philippians 2:1-11
Some religious people try to isolate New Testament selections to prove that Jesus was a God-man who came to earth. One of these is Philippians 2:1-11. Yet, when viewed in the beauty with which God had the Apostle Paul write this truth, we see that Jesus Christ is our lord and savior, and NOT equal with God our Father, the Creator.