We have seen in “God’s Word: Celestial, Written, and Living” that God declared His Word in the great celestial dome above us, in the written words of those who spoke for Him on earth, and in the one sinless person who walked among us. Jesus Christ, the Messiah, is the great subject of God’s celestial and written Word.
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Psalms 61-72 complete the Exodus book in Psalms and show the Messiah’s great atoning work. Psalm 66 gives honor and praise to God for His deliverance in troublous times.
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Psalms 61-72 complete the Exodus book in Psalms and show the Messiah’s great atoning work. Psalm 65 shows God’s blessings and abundance upon those who trust in Him.
Life is a choice—sometimes with pretty stiff consequences.
Deuteronomy 30:19:
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.
How did things get to be so “life and death” around us? Someone made the wrong choice a long time ago.
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Psalms 61-72 complete the Exodus book in Psalms and show the Messiah’s great atoning work. Psalm 64 shows God protecting the righteous and upright from their enemies.
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Psalms 61-72 complete the Exodus book in Psalms and show the Messiah’s great atoning work.
This Psalm includes the title “when he was in the wilderness of Judah.” I Samuel 22:5 says that “the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.” Of another occasion, I Samuel 23:14 says that “David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.”
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Psalms 61-72 complete the Exodus book in Psalms and show the Messiah’s great atoning work.
This Psalm is separated into three sections by the Hebrew term “Selah,” which means to pause. Some Bible teachers say this connects the truths that come before and after the term.
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Psalms 50 through 60 focused on many aspects of the Messiah, Israel’s promised redeemer. Psalms 61-72 complete the Exodus book in Psalms and show the Messiah’s great atoning work.
I remember some pretty cold mornings getting up for school in the middle of a Missouri winter. My Mom’s loving voice let us know it was “time to get up.” After being asleep, it was worth the effort to “rise and shine” and get into the day. When Christ comes back, the “asleep” in Christ are going to get up. And believers who are alive will also get up with new spiritual bodies.