Pentecost is the literal and spiritual fulfillment of the Feast of Weeks.
While it would have been impossible without the Holy Spirit being poured out, it was actually about the first ingathering of souls into the Kingdom of God.
Continue readingPsalms Book I: Psalms 6-8
These Psalms cover God’s chastening of His Own. Pleas for His correction to come with mercy. Grief and weeping all night from the evil attacks of enemies. Cries to God for deliverance. God’s protection and rescue.
This set of Psalms ends with a Psalm of God’s sovereignty over His creation which is also a prophetic foreshadowing of Messiah and events in His earthly life.
Continue readingThe first two Psalms 1 & 2 serve as a type of prelude to the entire first book… even the entire book of Psalms itself.
Pslams 1 focus’ on the importance and power of the God’s word in a humble and obedient heart.
Psalm 2 is all about God’s sovereignty and specifically Jesus’ future Millennial reign.
Psalm 3 is about self-imposed tradgedy and the immutability of God’s calls and His faithfulness to those who submit to Him in trust.
Psalm 4 centers in on God’s faithfulnes to hear us when we pray. Our need to hold Him in dep reverence and the joy that comes from face-to-face encounters with God.
Finally center stage in Psalm 5 is the righteousness God imputes to His Own and how His ear is open to their cry. God will not hold the proud, the wicked or liars guiltless. It concludes with a call to rejoice in God’s delieverance of the godly.
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