Would you like some ideas for further study in this delightful Psalm 132? This is rich territory! Perhaps you’ll be surprised at the many parallels linking the two sections of Psalm 132 (vv 1-10 and 11-18). Compare the following couplets. “David…swore to the Lord” (vv 1-2) with “The Lord has sworn…to David” (v 11). “Arise, O Lord, to Your resting […]
GOD the SON (Isa 9:6): “Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists?…What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?” (Prov 30:4). As the kinsman Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ is the son of Adam (Lk 3:38). As descendant of the father of […]
“The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge” (Ruth 2:12). This has often been a prayer of mine for those who have helped us in ways we cannot reciprocate. The Lord certainly can make it up to […]
“Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand” (Ps 149:5-6). “The word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and […]
CHRIST the SILENT ONE: “He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth” (Isa 53:7). It is no small thing when the Word of God was silent. […]
“When the people complained, it displeased the Lord…So the fire of the Lord burned among them…Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire was quenched” (Num 11:1-2). We don’t hear often about this story. What a ghastly scene! The people discovered two things that day. One was […]
Arthur Rendle Short, professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, was also founder of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He wrote: “Many men have been great in a few of the attributes that make up life. There have been great teachers; but no one…rises to such a tower of perfection that we cannot find a […]
CHRIST OUR KEEPER (Ps 121:5). Paul’s first taste of persecution came quickly after his conversion: “In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me” (2 Cor 11:32). The words “kept” and “garrison” are the same word—phroureo, to guard militarily. It made a big […]
“For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day” (2 Tim 1:12). It’s not time that tells the tale; it’s eternity. Paul was suffering loss in […]