The Bible Recap - Day 144 (Psalm 108-110) - Year 3

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible recap. Today we have a trio of songs written by David. The first one, Psalm 108, has a lot of overlap with two chapters we've already covered, Psalm 57 and Psalm 60. David opens by saying his heart is steadfast and that God is to be praised. In verses 7-9 he lists a bunch of places with names you've probably never heard or seen before, but that may not really stick out to you as significant in any way. So here's what you need to know. These places form a circle around Jerusalem, and these verses are pointing out that God

Starting point is 00:00:43 owns all that space around Jerusalem. Tribal allotments, enemy territory, it's all his. Some of it he uses for reputable purposes, and some of it, like Moab, he uses but as his wash basin. He owns it, but it's not his most prized possession. And Edom is his footstool. Then after David declares God's dominion over all these places, he expresses his feelings that God has rejected Israel and isn't fighting on their behalf anymore. And he knows he needs God's help, so he cries out for it trusting God will come to their rescue. Psalm 109 is tough.

Starting point is 00:01:21 These are the words of David in his lament to God. He's being honest about how he feels, and it's pretty clear he's not holding back. There are a few things we want to remember here. First, David is not personally retaliating. He's lamenting to God and asking God to act. In verse 4, David says, In return for my love, they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. He's lamenting to God and asking God to act. God can be trusted to do what is right even when our feelings are wrong, so David is taking

Starting point is 00:01:52 his problem to the one place where it will be resolved in righteousness. The fact that this prayer is inscriptured doesn't mean God agrees with it or answers it with a yes. It just shows us that God can handle receiving the honest outpouring of all our emotions, even the ones that don't honor him or align with his plan. He is the safe space. Second, even though these words are primarily describing offenses toward David, those offenses are against God as well, since David is God's anointed over this unique nation-state. David had treated Saul with respect when Saul was in this position, but here David suffers the betrayal and attack of many other Israelites, covenant people who are acting against God

Starting point is 00:02:33 and his covenant. They've rejected David and God with contempt in their hearts, and David asked God to act for God's names sake, not David's. Many people have compared David's situation here to Jesus' situation before his crucifixion. It's not technically considered to be a prophetic psalm, but there are definitely some prophetic elements to it. For instance, Jesus is an innocent man who is accused and treated with contempt, and Jesus apostles even reference verse 8 when they seek to replace Judas after his death.

Starting point is 00:03:04 It says, may another take his office. Some commentators say it can't be prophetic, because they can't imagine Jesus saying most of the things David says here. But then others point out that scripture only records Jesus praying for the soldiers to be forgiven, not Pilate or Judas who also participated in his death. Since it's hard to know how much of this might apply prophetically, it's probably wise to just read this through the lens of it being David's emotional prayer. Psalm 110, however, is pointing us to Jesus in a lot of places. It's a royal psalm with two halves, a prophecy, and a divine oath. And this psalm is quoted in at least six New Testament books, including three of the four

Starting point is 00:03:45 gospels where Jesus quotes at himself. Jesus points out that verse 1 is about him. It says, the Lord says to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. Yahweh has Jesus sit at his right hand, the position of honor, while Yahweh gets to work making footstools out of enemies. And this ties in with what we read about Adam in Psalm 60 verse 8, which says, Upon Adam, I cast my shoe, like a footstool.

Starting point is 00:04:14 God is at work, even in the midst of his enemies. In Israel, the king and the priest were supposed to be separate roles, but in this unique situation they've been fused. The king and the priest are the same person. In verse 4 it says that Yahweh has sworn, you are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Remember him? We talked about him a long time ago on day 16. His name means King of righteousness, and he was the king of a place called Salem, which means peace. So he was also the king of peace, the king of peace and righteousness. And he was the king of a place called Salem, which means peace. So he was also the king of peace, the king of peace and righteousness.

Starting point is 00:04:48 And he was a king and a priest. And by the way, Salem was an ancient name for Jeru Salem. So here we see those roles fused again. The king who will be from David's line and who will sit on David's throne and who will also be a priest. In the book of Hebrews in the New Testament, also makes lengthy references to this idea of Jesus as our great high priest. This song praises him for being a conquering king who is victorious over his enemies, our victorious king and our great high priest. Even though Psalm 110 is so clearly about Jesus, my God shot for today came from 108, 12-13. I love the reminder in verse 12 that says,

Starting point is 00:05:30 Vain is the salvation of man. This is true on so many levels. I can't set my hopes on humanity or even on this earth. And most of all, I can't set my hopes on myself. I can't save myself. The gospel is not self-help. I do nothing to accomplish my salvation. He saves me, despite myself. And verse 13 reminds me that even though I do valiantly with God, He is the one doing the

Starting point is 00:05:58 doing. It says, with God we shall do valiantly. It is He who will tread down our foes. He's the one who works on my behalf, as my protector, as my savior, as my priest, as my king, as my peace, as my righteousness, and He's where the joy is. Things are probably about to get more hectic in your life with summer coming, so we've put together a list of our best, digital, organizational tools and tips to help you stay on top of things this summer. We do have an ulterior motive in mind, which is that we don't want your life to get so crazy that you fall out of the habit of staying in the word. We believe these tools will help streamline your life a bit and diminish the overall chaos so we can keep you around over the Hectic summer months.

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The Bible Recap - Day 144 (Psalm 108-110) - Year 3

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