Psalms Lesson #04 Part 3e

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PSALMS 75
Lesson #04/P3
GOD WINS IN THE END

• MEMORY VERSE: PSALMS 75:7

• SUBTITLE: “TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN ALTASCHITH, A PSALM OR SONG OF ASAPH”
• ALTASCHITH MEANS DELIVERANCE.
• THEREFORE, THIS IS A SONG OF DELIVERANCE BASED ON FAITH.
• READ PSA 75:1-10

• “…thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.”

(1)

• IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, A NAME WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR IT REPRESENTED THE ESSENCE OF A PERSON, HIS REPUTATION, HIS INTEGRITY, AND THE PROPHETIC NATURE OF HIS LIFE.
• IN OTHER WORDS, THE MEANING OF A NAME TELLS US ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE PERSON AND HIS FUTURE DESTINY.
• THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE NAMES OF GOD REVEALED THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT.
• WE HAVE MANY NAMES FOR GOD IN THE BIBLE.
• ALL OF THESE NAMES TELL US CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD AND HIS WORK ON BEHALF OF MAN. A STUDY OF ALL THE NAMES OF GOD IS VERY ENRICHING OF ONE’S FAITH.
• BECAUSE GOD’S NAME IS SPECIAL AND PART OF HIS BEING, HE WILL GUARD IT ON EARTH.
• GOD’S WORKS DECLARE HIS NAME AND HE WILL GUARD HIS REPUTATION.

THE REVELATION OF GOD BY HIS NAME

OLD TESTAMENT NAME AND MEANING	SCRIPTURE	SIGNIFICANCE	NEW TESTAMENT ASPECTS OR OTHER REFERENCES
(EL) ELYON MOST HIGH GOD	GEN 14:18	GOD, THE HIGHEST, POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; SOVEREIGN	HEB 7:1,14-16
(EL) ROI GOD WHO SEES	GEN 16:12-13	OMNIPRESENCE OMNISCIENCE	EPH 1:3
(EL) SHADDAI ALMIGHTY GOD, ALL-SUFFICIENT ONE	GEN 17:1	ALL-SUFFICIENT COVENANT MAKER; STRENGTHENER, SATISFIER, ALL-KNOWING; GREAT PROVIDER; BRINGER OF JUDGMENT	MAR 6:32-44 JOH 15:2,5,16
(EL) OLAM EVERLASTING GOD	GEN 21:33	ETERNAL GOD OVER ETERNAL MYSTERIES AND WISDOM	JOH 6:47 EPH 3:4
(EL) GIBBOR MIGHTY GOD	ISA 9:6-7	POWERFUL	MAR 6:2 EPH 1:19
JEHOVAH-SABAOTH LORD OF HOSTS	1SAM 1:3	LEADER OF ALL HEAVENLY BEINGS IN SERVICE AND WARFARE	REV 19:14
JEHOVAH-ROHI (RA-AH) LORD OUR SHEPHERD	PSA 23:1	SHEPHERD, TO LEAD, TO FEED; COMPANION, FRIEND	JOH 10:11
EL, ELAH GOD	NUM 23:22	MIGHTY GOD	ISA 9:6-7
ELOHIM GOD CREATOR	GEN 17:7	3 IN 1 OMNIPOTENT SOVEREIGN; CREATOR; COVENANT MAKER	GEN 1:1 JER 31:33 JER 32:40
JEHOVAH (YHWH) LORD; SELF-EXISTENT	GEN 2:4	SELF-EXISTENT ONE WHO REVEALS HIMSELF AS ALIVE; COVENANT MAKER	JOH 8:24 ISA 43:11
ADON, ADONI, ADONAI LORD	GEN 15:1-2 PSA 62:12	MASTER, IMPLIES SERVANT RELATIONSHIP, CONTROLLER, OWNER; 3 IN 1; BESTOWER OF GIFTS; JUDGE OF STEWARDSHIP	PSA 110:1 MAT 22:41-45

THE SEVEN REDEMPTIVE NAMES OF GOD

OLD TESTAMENT NAME AND MEANING	SCRIPTURE AND CONTEXT	SIGNIFICANCE	NEW TESTAMENT ASPECTS
JEHOVAH-JIREH THE LORD WILL PROVIDE	GEN 22:14 OFFERING OF ISAAC	TO SEE AND TO PROVIDE	PHI 2:5-8 ROM 8:32 JOH 3:16 HEB 11:19
JEHOVAH-RAPHA THE LORD THAT HEALETH	EXO 15:22-26 HEALING OF BITTER WATERS	HEALING OF BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT	1PET 2:24
JEHOVAH-NISSI THE LORD OUR BANNER	EXO 17:8-16 WAR WITH AMALEK	BANNER IN WARFARE; ROD, POLE	ISA 11:1-5 NUM 21:8 JOH 3:14
JEHOVAH-M’KADDESH THE LORD THAT SANCTIFIES	LEV 20:7-8 MOSAIC LAW IN BOOK OF WORSHIP	SET APART, DEDICATE, CONSECRATE, HOLY	HEB 10:10-14 1PE 1:15-16
JEHOVAH-SHALOM THE LORD OUR PEACE	JDG 6:11-24 CALL OF GIDEON AGAINST MIDIANITES	RESTITUTION, RECOMPENSE, PERFECT, WHOLE, FINISHED, WELFARE, PEACE	ISA 9:6 JOH 14:27 MAT 11:28-29 PHI 4:7
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS	JER 23:1-6 PROPHECY DURING BACKSLIDING	RIGHTEOUSNESS. JUSTIFICATION, ACQUITTAL	1COR 1:30
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH THE LORD IS PRESENT	EZE 48:35 PROPHECY FOR AGE OF MESSIAH	PRESENCE, DWELLING, TABERNACLE	JOH 1:14 2COR 6:16 REV 21:1-3,22

• “When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.”

(2)

• AT AN APPOINTED TIME, AT THE SECOND COMING OF CHIRST HE WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS. HIS BELIEVERS WILL REGIN WITH HIM.
• IT IS AT THE SCOND COMING THAT CHRIST WILL JUDGE THE NATIONS
• IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
• NATIONS OF THE EARTH THAT FIGHT WITH THE ANTICHRIST AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LORD WILL BE DESTROYED.
• IN THE JUDGMENT OF NATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM.
• READ MAT 25:31-33
• NATIONS THAT HELP THE JEWS DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD WILL EXIST AS NATIONS IN THE MILLENIAL KINGDOM.
• “The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.”

(3)

• THIS IS A PROPHECY THAT RELATES TO THE END OF THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF CHRIST ON EARTH.
• DURING THE 1000 YEARS OF CHRIST’S REIGN, THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE BORN DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. JUST AS IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME, PEOPLE MUST RECEIVE CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR. EVEN THOUGH THEY EXPERIENCE THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND REIGN OF CHRIST, A LARGE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WILL REBEL AGAINST CHRIST.
• READ REV 20:7-9
• SATAN WILL GATHER THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A FINAL WAR AGAINST CHRIST. THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE WAR OF GOG AND MAGOG.
• TO PUT DOWN THIS FINAL REBELLION, GOD WILL SEND FIRE FROM HEAVEN TO DESTROY THEM AND TO DESTROY THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN POLLUTED BY THE PRESENCE OF SATAN.
• READ 2 PET 3:7, 10-11
• IT IS AFTER THIS THAT GOD WILL CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH FOR A FUTURE ETERNITY WITH CHRIST.
• THE WORD “SELAH”:
• AS IN ALL OTHER SECTIONS OF LESSONS ON THE PSALMS, WE FIND THIS LITTLE WORD SPRINKELD THROUGHOUT THE PSALMS.
• THE WORD, SELAH, IS A MUSICAL REST ADDED TO A PIECE OF MUSIC FOR A DRAMATIC EFFECT.
• IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN WE COME TO THIS WORD, IT IS LIKE A MARK OF EMPHASIS FOR THE THOUGHT THAT OCCURS JUST BEFORE THIS WORD.
• IF WE STOP AND CONTEMPLATE THE THOUGHT JUST BEFORE THE “SELAH”, WE SEE THAT GOD WILL SUSTAIN THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH EVEN THROUGH THE FINAL DESTRUCTION OF IT BY FIRE, GOD MAINTAINS CONTROL. HIS PEOPLE WILL BE PROTECTED THROUGH IT ALL WITHIN THE NEW JERUSALEM PREPARED FOR THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.
• GOD IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OVER ALL.
• GOD PUTS PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY (4-7)
• THE FOOLISH NON-BELIEVER THINKS THAT MAN RAISES PEOPLE TO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY, TO BLOW THEIR OWN HORN FOR ATTENTION, WHEN IN FACT GOD EXALTS AND PUTS DOWN THOSE IN AUTHORITY ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD.
• DISCUSSION:

WHY DO YOU THINK GOD PUTS BAD LEADERS IN AUTHORITY OVER GOOD PEOPLE?

• IN GOD’S ULTIMATE LOVE AND WISDOM, WE CAN DISCERN THAT GOD GIVES MAN WHAT IS BEST. SOMETIMES WHAT IS BEST IS WHAT WE CALL “TOUGH LOVE” SO AS TO WAKE US UP TO GOD’S REALITIES, TO OUR NEED TO TRUST HIM MORE. WHEN GOD GIVES A PEOPLE OR A NATION OVER TO A DESPOTIC RULER, IT IS THE ULTIMATE IN CHASTISEMENT.
• WE CAN SEE THE REALITY OF THIS POINT IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL WHERE GOD GAVE THE ISRAELITES INTO THE HANDS OF THE ASSYRAINS AND THEN THE BABYLONIANS TO DRIVE IDOLATRY OUT OF THEIR HEARTS.
• THE ENEMY THAT WOULD WANT TO DOMINATE ISRAEL DOES NOT COME FROM THE EAST, THE WEST, OR THE SOUTH. (6)
• NOTICE THAT THE NORTH IS NOT MENTIONED. IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD THE ATTACK WILL COME FROM THE NORTH ACCORDING TO EZE 38:15.
• THE CUP OF WINE IN THE HAND OF GOD (8)
• THE BIBLE INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SUPREME LEVEL OF INIQUITY THAT GOD HAS DETERMINED FOR THIS EARTH. WHEN THE CUP OF INIQUITY IS FULL TO THAT PREDETERMINED POINT, GOD WILL INTERVENE IN MAN’S HISTORY.
• READ REV 14:9-10
• UNTIL THAT TIME WHILE THE CUP OF INIQUITY IS BEING FILLED, GOD EXTENDS THE CUP OF SALVATION TO ALL WHO WILL RECEIVE IT.
• READ PSA 116:13 CUP OF SALVATION
• IN THE END THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WICED AND THE RIGHTEOUS IN FINAL JUDGMENT. (10)

HOMEWORK
PSALMS 76
This is a self-study. Please do not send homework answers to the teacher forcorrection.

• APPLICATION OF PSA 75
• FROM THE LIST OF THE NAMES OF GOD, FIND ONE NAME THAT BEST FITS THE GREATEST SPECIFIC NEED. IN YOUR LIFE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF HEALING IS YOUR GREATEST NEED, YOU COULD CHOOSE THE NAME JEHOVAH RAPHA , THE LORD THAT HEALETH. THANK GOD FOR THIS REVELATION AND CONCENTRATE ON THIS ASPECT OF CHRIST EVERY DAY.
• PREPARATION FOR PSA 76
• READ PSA 76:1-12
• WHY WILL MAN NEVER BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WORLD PEACE?

MEMORY VERSE: PSA 76:6