Morning; we are still in the book of Psalms here on day 43. It's a long book with many great chapters. I pray the Lord God of this Word is with us as we read today and fills us with understanding. Let us eat and we're starting in Psalm chapter 90
Before the beginning of the earth, even before it was formed and before the good old milky way was formed, God was here. I fear a God or Being that creates universes. I could never figure out the black hole stuff and it use to scare me and it still does.
Most are waiting for a rapture but the Bible in other areas speaks on a wilderness a place on the earth to get to when the great tribulation begins. The chapter covers what God will do during that period. If you're able to get to the wilderness this is what you can expect:
7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
During that time many nations will be at war but they won't come near you. Then you will see the reward of the wicked because you've made the Lord your refuge and habitation. 10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
No evil will come upon you in the wilderness, it is a complete place of safety. Furthermore, His angels are giving charge over you to keep you in all your ways. It will be a protective time.
6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
It is a good thing to give thanks to God and sing praises to His name; but brutish man does know this and the fool, because he does not believe in God, does not understand this. He is wondering why people are serving something they have never seen? It is because of facts from the Bible and strong faith in the Words of God.
In Psalm 93, we learn that everything that has been established has been done so by the Lord (as if we didn't know that).
At times we have to remind ourselves, especially in our frustration and anger, that vengeance belongs to God. I use to say, let God pay people back that do you wrong, rather than you. You never know they may repent and see things are you or at the very least God knows how to hit harder than you. So at the very least, their punishment will be more severe if you let God do it rather than yourself.
Many evil doers, since they do not believe it God, think that God doesn't see or hear all that they do and say. God answers that with this:
9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
The Lord planted all ears and eyes; so as I mentioned before, everything you see and hear, God sees and hears as well. The Lord already knows our thoughts are all vanity so we are blessed when God chastens us and teaches us out of His law and commandments. That is when man is of some use to God.
2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: We wear cloths, God wears light and we stretch out a curtain, God stretches out the heavens. Then we have people who like to comment on what God is like and they don't read it out the bible. How can we interpret a mind of a being who puts on light like we put on cloths? We cannot, we have to read His word to know anything about Him.
Just read some of the powers of God; made the clouds His vehicle, walks on the wings of the wind. I guess we humans can do that if we can SEE THE WIND FIRST! He makes His angels spirits just like He is; that is why angels can't and don't die. Satan is still around to this day creating havoc. God laid the foundations of the earth and made it that it is not moved forever.
18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
All the animals and the elements follow what God has told them to do; the lion trust in God that they will get their daily bread or rather daily meat; man is like the lion goes out for his meat in the form of a job or labor. Everything does what God set up for them or it to do; but man violates and do not follow His commandments. I wonder how a goat has more sense and faith than a human being.
29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. When God hides His face from you, we fall into troubles, and if He takes away our breath, we will die and return to the ground or dust (which ever you choose to say). It failed to mention that when we die we go back to heaven where we've never been! Instead we go back to the dust.
Psalm 105
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. Jacob is His chosen; Israel is His chosen priest, not chosen only to be saved among all nations. God is not a vain God to create multitudes of people and chose one out of them to be saved and the rest go to the garbage.
9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
God does not forget covenants, unless you drop your end of it. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not drop their end; and died with following the Lord correctly, which is what we all need to strive for. Anything else is going to be uncivilized.
22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham We see that Joseph while in Egypt taught the Egyptian senators much wisdom. And then Israel as a tribe became a nation dwelling in Egypt, which is on the continent of Ham, we call Africa today.
In this chapter we are getting a brief history on Israel if you have made it out yet. The Lord sent Moses into Egypt to get His people and they came out of the land of Egypt and gave them the lands of the nations so that Israel can keep the Lord's ways.
In Psalm 106 we are getting more abbreviated historical facts.
7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. David's fathers did not understand the greatness that the Lord was doing in Egypt and they provoked God, but He kept with them because He changed their name from Jacob to Israel, which is His name.
Israel did a lot and for the Lord to still love them shows His mercy.
32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
This we read about that God Moses in trouble because he got angry and spoke crazily and it prevented him from going into the land of Canaan. We must control our tempers and not say things that can come back and bit us on the butt.
Israel did not destroy the nations, that the LORD commanded them to destroy; but instead were mingled with them learning their ways. Finally, God was fed up and disperse them into all nations, where we are hear crying for better days...
Psalm 107
21Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
This is the theme here. This chapter names all the great things the Lord does for man; but man keeps pushing God away, and the author keeps saying, "oh that men would praise the Lord..."
This chapter laid out a small amount of great things the Lord does and ends with this: 43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. When you can see that if the sun doesn't shine on you and the earth, we all here would be in bad shape, then you understand how the Lord loves this sometimes foolish man He created.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
One thousand years is a day to God; this is why when it was told Adam would die the same day he sinned against God, people often though the Bible was inconsistent. However, when you understand God's days are 1,000 years it makes more sense because Adam nor anyone else has lived 1,000 years.
Furthermore, when Jesus returns to the earth to establish it, He will have 1,000 years of rest on the earth, which is one day to God. This is the actual seventh day He was referring to in Genesis chapter 2 when He rested from all His work. This is the Sabbath day. What we do weekly today is to remind us of the future seventh day of rest in Jesus kingdom.
10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Ever wonder why no one today is living up to 500 or 900 years like the days of old? Well in Genesis God cut it down to 120 because wickedness was prevailing, then as it got worse He cut it down to 70; 80 if you are strong willed. But people are going past that as well, however when you look at your average life span across the globe, we're still looking at 70 to 80. God's word is on point.
Ever wonder why no one today is living up to 500 or 900 years like the days of old? Well in Genesis God cut it down to 120 because wickedness was prevailing, then as it got worse He cut it down to 70; 80 if you are strong willed. But people are going past that as well, however when you look at your average life span across the globe, we're still looking at 70 to 80. God's word is on point.
Psalm 91
1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. This is a chapter concerning the end times but it doesn't read like it. It reads like it's a prayer for protection and it is. Let us find some clues about the end time and something the Lord is going to do then.Most are waiting for a rapture but the Bible in other areas speaks on a wilderness a place on the earth to get to when the great tribulation begins. The chapter covers what God will do during that period. If you're able to get to the wilderness this is what you can expect:
7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
During that time many nations will be at war but they won't come near you. Then you will see the reward of the wicked because you've made the Lord your refuge and habitation. 10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
No evil will come upon you in the wilderness, it is a complete place of safety. Furthermore, His angels are giving charge over you to keep you in all your ways. It will be a protective time.
Psalm 92
1IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
It is a good thing to give thanks to God and sing praises to His name; but brutish man does know this and the fool, because he does not believe in God, does not understand this. He is wondering why people are serving something they have never seen? It is because of facts from the Bible and strong faith in the Words of God.
In Psalm 93, we learn that everything that has been established has been done so by the Lord (as if we didn't know that).
Psalm 94
1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.At times we have to remind ourselves, especially in our frustration and anger, that vengeance belongs to God. I use to say, let God pay people back that do you wrong, rather than you. You never know they may repent and see things are you or at the very least God knows how to hit harder than you. So at the very least, their punishment will be more severe if you let God do it rather than yourself.
Many evil doers, since they do not believe it God, think that God doesn't see or hear all that they do and say. God answers that with this:
9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
The Lord planted all ears and eyes; so as I mentioned before, everything you see and hear, God sees and hears as well. The Lord already knows our thoughts are all vanity so we are blessed when God chastens us and teaches us out of His law and commandments. That is when man is of some use to God.
In chapter 95 of Psalm, we are being asked to come and worship the Lord our God because of His goodness and salvation. Some people do not know the real truth of God because they lack understanding. They think God loves everyone, that God accepts sodomy, and allow His Sabbath to change from day seven to the first day of the week. All of that is confusion. However, when you read through this bible with understanding, we are to open our minds and accept it and not close off and say we will not hear it because it is not family tradition to go to church on Saturday (the 7th day of the week).
8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Do not be filled with unbelief and harden your mind from listening and accepting true words like the children of Israel did in the wilderness tempting God even when they saw His powerful works. They grieved God for 40 years and God swore in His wrath they they will not enter into His rest.
WHAT REST? I thought He already rested on the Sabbath day after He created the world? No, God gave a blue print then He began to lay it out; the day of rest is not hear yet; and the people in the wilderness that came out of Egypt are not going to be in it. In other words, they will miss out on the first resurrection. We will see more of this in later chapters.
Psalm 96 - 13Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. Sing praises and tell people about the Lord because He is coming, coming soon to judge the earth and He will judge with His truth. This means He will open the bible and ask if you've been keeping the commandments. Have you been keeping His Word? You'll have to have an answer for Him.
Psalm 97's key note is that if you love the Lord then you hate evil. You don't simple turn a blind shoulder at seeing someone get beat to death, or when you watch wars on TV, you don't feel happy for victims who are being blown in pieces. Your heart hates seeing this even if there is nothing you can do.
Psalm 98
Sing and rejoice because the Lord has openly shown His righteousness and salvation, even to all nations and not just Israel. He did not come on a mountain with fire as He did with Israel; but if you have access to this book and read it (especially with understanding), you realized the Lord has not hid anything from you or other nations.
9Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. We get our second dose of admonishment that the Lord is coming to judge the earth, righteously and with equity. What you get you will get and deserve with no retrials.
6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
This also means the the Tree of Life, the Shepherd of Israel, the Holy One of Israel that sits between the cherubims was also the One who spoke to Moses, Aaron from the cloudy pillar off of the Mercy Seat in the Ark of the Covenant. It was Jesus. He was God, He became man to die for the sins of man, and has returned to be the all powerful God He was since eternity. This is excellent understanding to know that it has always been Jesus we have been dealing with in the Old Testament.
Here in Psalm chapter 102, the Lord sends a good message:
This book of Psalm will be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Do not be filled with unbelief and harden your mind from listening and accepting true words like the children of Israel did in the wilderness tempting God even when they saw His powerful works. They grieved God for 40 years and God swore in His wrath they they will not enter into His rest.
WHAT REST? I thought He already rested on the Sabbath day after He created the world? No, God gave a blue print then He began to lay it out; the day of rest is not hear yet; and the people in the wilderness that came out of Egypt are not going to be in it. In other words, they will miss out on the first resurrection. We will see more of this in later chapters.
Psalm 96 - 13Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. Sing praises and tell people about the Lord because He is coming, coming soon to judge the earth and He will judge with His truth. This means He will open the bible and ask if you've been keeping the commandments. Have you been keeping His Word? You'll have to have an answer for Him.
Psalm 97's key note is that if you love the Lord then you hate evil. You don't simple turn a blind shoulder at seeing someone get beat to death, or when you watch wars on TV, you don't feel happy for victims who are being blown in pieces. Your heart hates seeing this even if there is nothing you can do.
Psalm 98
Sing and rejoice because the Lord has openly shown His righteousness and salvation, even to all nations and not just Israel. He did not come on a mountain with fire as He did with Israel; but if you have access to this book and read it (especially with understanding), you realized the Lord has not hid anything from you or other nations.
9Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. We get our second dose of admonishment that the Lord is coming to judge the earth, righteously and with equity. What you get you will get and deserve with no retrials.
Psalm 99
1The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. Who is it again that sits between the cherub angels? The Tree of Life and the Shepherd of Israel, which we know is Jesus. Tremble before Him, just because He came to earth as a man to die for sins does not mean He is not all powerful. Fear before the Lord Jesus.6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
This also means the the Tree of Life, the Shepherd of Israel, the Holy One of Israel that sits between the cherubims was also the One who spoke to Moses, Aaron from the cloudy pillar off of the Mercy Seat in the Ark of the Covenant. It was Jesus. He was God, He became man to die for the sins of man, and has returned to be the all powerful God He was since eternity. This is excellent understanding to know that it has always been Jesus we have been dealing with in the Old Testament.
Psalm 100
This is a short and sweet Psalm that praises God. For all people to make a joyful noise to Him, serve Him with happiness and not grudgingly. Come before Him with singing knowing that He is God and He made us, we did not make ourselves or pop up as evolution as the scientist may believe. His truth is in all generations; so everyone has the opportunity to find it and eat it as we are doing right now.Psalm 101
The Lord will not allow a wicked thing to stay before Him because He is coming with a perfect heart into His house. Those that lie, bear false witness, work deceit, God will destroy them out of His sight, they will not come into the city of the Lord.Here in Psalm chapter 102, the Lord sends a good message:
This book of Psalm will be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Because the Lord is looking down from Heaven at the earth, listening to prisoners who were imprisoned falsely, looking at all of us who were appointed to death (all must die once), and the Lord will declare His name in Jerusalem (as oppose to NYC, Rome, or Paris), when His people are gathered together and everyone is ready to serve Him.
27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. God is the same, He does not change, and He does not die. So even when you die and are woken up, the same God who was in the pillar of cloud with Moses and Aaron, He will be right there judging, this same Jesus.
Chapter 103 of Psalms
1Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
The Lord has done plenty for us; but look at this powerful statement in verse 7: God has made known His ways to Moses and His acts to the children of Israel. So if you want to know the Lord's ways and His acts you simply can read the first five books as we have done already, if you're at this point of the book. This is a powerful statement, because then how can someone say they do not read, deal, nor associate with the Old Testament and the Mosaic customs?
The Lord has done plenty for us; but look at this powerful statement in verse 7: God has made known His ways to Moses and His acts to the children of Israel. So if you want to know the Lord's ways and His acts you simply can read the first five books as we have done already, if you're at this point of the book. This is a powerful statement, because then how can someone say they do not read, deal, nor associate with the Old Testament and the Mosaic customs?
13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. When you sin by accident, by the thoughts of your mind that pop up like toast out the toaster, and you rebuke yourself and stop your evil thoughts and deed, the Lord has pity and mercy on those that fear Him. 14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. He knows we are dust of the ground shaped by the people around us. So we must read His word to be shaped like Him.
It is not so for those that know the commandments but outrightly go about to do whatever they wish. Those will be punished, some with plenty of strips.
Psalm 104
1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: We wear cloths, God wears light and we stretch out a curtain, God stretches out the heavens. Then we have people who like to comment on what God is like and they don't read it out the bible. How can we interpret a mind of a being who puts on light like we put on cloths? We cannot, we have to read His word to know anything about Him.
Just read some of the powers of God; made the clouds His vehicle, walks on the wings of the wind. I guess we humans can do that if we can SEE THE WIND FIRST! He makes His angels spirits just like He is; that is why angels can't and don't die. Satan is still around to this day creating havoc. God laid the foundations of the earth and made it that it is not moved forever.
18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
All the animals and the elements follow what God has told them to do; the lion trust in God that they will get their daily bread or rather daily meat; man is like the lion goes out for his meat in the form of a job or labor. Everything does what God set up for them or it to do; but man violates and do not follow His commandments. I wonder how a goat has more sense and faith than a human being.
29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. When God hides His face from you, we fall into troubles, and if He takes away our breath, we will die and return to the ground or dust (which ever you choose to say). It failed to mention that when we die we go back to heaven where we've never been! Instead we go back to the dust.
Psalm 105
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. Jacob is His chosen; Israel is His chosen priest, not chosen only to be saved among all nations. God is not a vain God to create multitudes of people and chose one out of them to be saved and the rest go to the garbage.
9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
God does not forget covenants, unless you drop your end of it. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not drop their end; and died with following the Lord correctly, which is what we all need to strive for. Anything else is going to be uncivilized.
22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham We see that Joseph while in Egypt taught the Egyptian senators much wisdom. And then Israel as a tribe became a nation dwelling in Egypt, which is on the continent of Ham, we call Africa today.
In this chapter we are getting a brief history on Israel if you have made it out yet. The Lord sent Moses into Egypt to get His people and they came out of the land of Egypt and gave them the lands of the nations so that Israel can keep the Lord's ways.
In Psalm 106 we are getting more abbreviated historical facts.
7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. David's fathers did not understand the greatness that the Lord was doing in Egypt and they provoked God, but He kept with them because He changed their name from Jacob to Israel, which is His name.
Israel did a lot and for the Lord to still love them shows His mercy.
32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
This we read about that God Moses in trouble because he got angry and spoke crazily and it prevented him from going into the land of Canaan. We must control our tempers and not say things that can come back and bit us on the butt.
Israel did not destroy the nations, that the LORD commanded them to destroy; but instead were mingled with them learning their ways. Finally, God was fed up and disperse them into all nations, where we are hear crying for better days...
Psalm 107
21Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
This is the theme here. This chapter names all the great things the Lord does for man; but man keeps pushing God away, and the author keeps saying, "oh that men would praise the Lord..."
This chapter laid out a small amount of great things the Lord does and ends with this: 43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. When you can see that if the sun doesn't shine on you and the earth, we all here would be in bad shape, then you understand how the Lord loves this sometimes foolish man He created.
Psalm 108
God is speaking here, He tells that Gilead is His, Manasseh also. Ephraim is the strength of His head, and Judah is His law giver. What happened to Levi? Jesus happened to Levi. Jesus was a man of Judah so the law comes from Jesus so Levi is out, Judah in.
But other nations have concerns with God too. Moab His washpot, and Edom He will throw His shoe at. He will triumph over Philistia and when He returns He is going first to Edom to deal and plead with them. Praise our God. Thank you for joining today; we will see tomorrow; in Jesus name.
But other nations have concerns with God too. Moab His washpot, and Edom He will throw His shoe at. He will triumph over Philistia and when He returns He is going first to Edom to deal and plead with them. Praise our God. Thank you for joining today; we will see tomorrow; in Jesus name.
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