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PSALMS 76
Lesson #05/P3
CHRISTS KINGDOM OF PEACE AT A PRICE
- MEMORY VERSE PSA 76:6
- READ PSA 76:1-12
- IN VERSES 1 AND 2 FOUR GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ARE MENTIONED:
- JUDAH
- JUDAH WAS ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL ON WHICH GOD PROMISED THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD COME THROUGH THIS TRIBE.
- READ GEN 49:8-12
- THE SCEPTER REFERS TO THE RULE OF THE MESSIAH AND “SHILOH” IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE MESSIAH.
- READ GEN 49:8-12
- JUDAH WAS ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL ON WHICH GOD PROMISED THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD COME THROUGH THIS TRIBE.
- ISRAEL
- ISRAEL IS GODS NAME FOR THE 12 TRIBES THAT CONSTITUTE HIS OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE.
- WHILE THE NATION OF ISRAEL WAS DIVIDED AT ONE POINT IN THEIR HISTORY INTO A NORTHERN KINGDOM AND A SOUTHERN KINGDOM, GODS PROMISES WERE MADE TO THE WHOLE NATION OF ISRAEL AND HIS FULFILLMENT OF THOSE PROMISES WILL BE TO THE WHOLE NATION OF ISRAEL.
- ISRAEL IS GODS NAME FOR THE 12 TRIBES THAT CONSTITUTE HIS OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE.
- SALEM
- THE ANCIENT NAME FOR THE CITY OF JESRUSALEM WAS SALEM WHICH MEANS = PEACE.
- UNDER KING DAVID JERUSALEM BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE NATION. HOWEVER, GOD CHOSE JERUSALEM BEFORE THAT.
- IN GENESIS ABRAHAM PAID TITHES AND GAVE HONOR TO KING MELCHISEDEK FROM THE CITY OF SALEM.
- READ GEN 14:18-22
- THIS KING WAS A PREFIGURE OF JESUS CHRIST. (HEB 7:1-3)
- READ GEN 14:18-22
- IN GENESIS ABRAHAM PAID TITHES AND GAVE HONOR TO KING MELCHISEDEK FROM THE CITY OF SALEM.
- ZION
- ZION HAS SEVERAL INTERPRETATIONS.
- THERE IS THE LITERAL GEOGRAPHIC PLACE ON EARTH CALLED ZION. THIS IS A SMALL MOUNTAIN RANGE IN JERUSALEM THAT COVERS THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM AND CLIMBS TO A HIGHER POINT AT MT. CALVARY WHERE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.
- ITS IMPORTANCE IS BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THE ANCIENT LOCATION OF THE PLACE WHERE SOLOMON BUILT THE FIRST TEMPLE AND THE NORTHERN PART WHERE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE ABRAHAM OFFERED ISAAC ON AN ALTAR IN GEN 22.
- THERE IS A SPIRITUAL ZION THAT REFERS TO THE LOCATION OF GODS HABITATION AND THRONE. (PSA 48:1-3 SEE PSALMS PART 2 LESSON #06)
- THERE IS THE LITERAL GEOGRAPHIC PLACE ON EARTH CALLED ZION. THIS IS A SMALL MOUNTAIN RANGE IN JERUSALEM THAT COVERS THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM AND CLIMBS TO A HIGHER POINT AT MT. CALVARY WHERE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.
- ZION HAS SEVERAL INTERPRETATIONS.
- JUDAH
- WHY DOES THIS PSALM MENTION THESE FOUR NAMES?
- GOD IS GETTING READY TO TELL US IN THIS PSALM THAT HE WILL FULFILL ALL HIS PROMISES TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, AND DAVID IN THIS SAME LOCATION OF THESE IMPORTANT PAST EVENTS.
- DESTRUCTION OF THE TOOLS OF WAR
- “There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.”
- WHO WILLL BREAK THESE IMPLEMENTS OF WAR?
- JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, WILL COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. HE WILL PUT A STOP TO THAT WAR AND ALL WARS SO AS TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM ON THIS EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS OF PEACE.
- READ ISA 2:2-5
- THE WORLD TODAY DESPERATELY SEARCHES FOR WORLD PEACE. IN FACT, YOU CAN FIND ISA 2:4 WRITTEN ON THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING AS THEIR PURPOSE AND GOAL ON EARTH.
- WHY WILL MAN AND THE UNITED NATIONS BE UNABLE TO FULFILL THIS VERSE AND BRING WORLD PEACE?
- THE SCHEMES OF MAN DO NOT HAVE THE WISDOM OR THE POWER TO ACCOMPLISH ONLY WHAT GOD CAN ACCOMPLISH.
- THE TITLE AND ROLE OF JESUS CHRIST IS “THE PRINCE OF PEACE”. GOD HAS KEPT THAT TITLE AND THAT ROLE ONLY FOR HIS SON.
- WHY WILL MAN AND THE UNITED NATIONS BE UNABLE TO FULFILL THIS VERSE AND BRING WORLD PEACE?
- JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, WILL COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. HE WILL PUT A STOP TO THAT WAR AND ALL WARS SO AS TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM ON THIS EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS OF PEACE.
- “SELAH”.
- THIS IS THE MUSICAL REST USED FOR EMPHASIS. THE PURPOSE FOR US TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE STATEMENT THAT APPEARS JUST BEFORE THE WORD, SELAH.
- THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL MEANS OF WAR IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT! JUST IMAGINE THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MAN AND SOCIAL PROGRESS IF SO MUCH MONEY WAS NOT SPENT ON WEAPONS OF WAR.
- WHILE PEACE GROUPS HAVE PROPOSED THIS IDEA FOR YEARS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT A GUARANTEE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE.
- THEREFORE, IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD, THE ANTICHRIST WILL BE THE PERSON WHO WILL GUARANTEE INTERNATIONAL PEACE. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE JEWS WILL THINK IS THEIR LONG AWAITED MESSIAH.
- WHILE PEACE GROUPS HAVE PROPOSED THIS IDEA FOR YEARS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT A GUARANTEE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE.
- THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL MEANS OF WAR IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT! JUST IMAGINE THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MAN AND SOCIAL PROGRESS IF SO MUCH MONEY WAS NOT SPENT ON WEAPONS OF WAR.
- IT IS ONLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM THAT CHRIST WILL PROVIDE THE GUARANTEE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE.
- THIS IS THE MUSICAL REST USED FOR EMPHASIS. THE PURPOSE FOR US TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE STATEMENT THAT APPEARS JUST BEFORE THE WORD, SELAH.
- “ the mountains of prey”
(4)
- BECAUSE JERUSALEM HAS BEEN SURROUNDED AND ATTACKED BY ENEMIES 27 TIMES IN HISTORY, IT IS CALLED THE MOUNTAINS OF PREY.
- THE ANTICHRIST OF THE FUTURE TRIBULATION PERIOD WILL ALSO HAVE HIS EYES ON JERUSALEM.
- ISRAEL WILL BE SURROUNDED BY THE ARMIES OF THE WORLD IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
- THE ANTICHRIST OF THE FUTURE TRIBULATION PERIOD WILL ALSO HAVE HIS EYES ON JERUSALEM.
- “ they have slept their sleep ”
(5)
- THE WORLD WILL BE SPIRITUALLY DECEIVED BY THE PROMISES OF WORLD PEACE BY THE ANTICHRIST. IN A WORLD SPIRITUALLY ASLEEP, THE ANTICHRIST WILL BE ABLE TO FULFILL HIS PLANS OF WORLD DOMINATION. (1JOH 5:19)
- “At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob ”
(6)
- THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WILL REBUKE THE ANTICHRIST AND THE ARMIES OF THIS WORLD IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
- CHRISTS COMING IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE WILL SAVE THE JEWS FROM COMPLETE DESTRUCTION.
- THE TITLE, “GOD OF JACOB” IS USED TO CALL OUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT GOD WILL SAVE THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT DESERVE HIS MERCY AND FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF THEIR REBELLIOUS NATURE LIKE THAT OF THEIR ANCESTOR, JACOB.
- CHRISTS COMING IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE WILL SAVE THE JEWS FROM COMPLETE DESTRUCTION.
- “Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?”
(7)
- GOD WILL POUR OUT HIS ANGER ON ALL NATIONS THAT TURN AND FIGHT AGAINST HIS COMING IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. NO NON-BELIEVERS WILL BE ABLE TO STAND JUSTIFIED BEFORE CHRIST. AS A RESULT, ALL NON-BELIEVERS DIE AT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. (REV 6:17)
- THEREFORE, AS CHRIST ESTABLISHES HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS, ONLY BELIEVERS INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
- “Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,”
(8)
- THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON IS GODS JUDGMENT ON THE ARMIES OF THE WORLD.
- THEN AS THE WORLD IS CLEANSED FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON AND ALL THE PLAGUES OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, CHRIST WILL HOLD A JUDMENT OF NATIONS TO DETERMINE THEIR STATUS IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM. (MAT 25:31-33)
- “When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.”
(9)
- THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST WILL OCCUR WHEN MAN IS THE MOST VULNERABLE AND AT THE POINT OF TOTALLY DESTROYING HIMSELF FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
- GOD WILL NOT PERMIT MAN TO DESTOY HIMSELF TOTALLY BECAUSE HE MADE PROMISES TO ABRAHAM AND DAVID THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN TOTALLY FULFILLED. THESE PROMISES MUST BE FULFILLED FOR GOD IS FAITHFUL AND DOES NOT LIE.
- MAT 5:5 SAYS, “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
- THE WORD MEEK MEANS = TO BE UNDER DIVINE CONTROL.
- IN OTHER WORDS, BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND ARE THEREFORE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE SPIRIT WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.
- THE BEATITUDES AND THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IN MAT 5, 6, AND 7 ARE THE CODE OF LAW FOR THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.
- SELAH
- THAT IS SOMETHING CERTAINLY WORTH THINKING ABOUT THAT ONLY BELIEVERS SURIVE THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM. NOT ONLY DO BELIEVERS INHERIT THE KINGDOM BUT THEY RULE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST FOR 1000 YEARS. (REV 20:6)
- THE WORD MEEK MEANS = TO BE UNDER DIVINE CONTROL.
- “Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain”
(10)
- DURING THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST ON EARTH, HE WILL RULE WITH A ROD OF IRON. IN OTHER WORDS HIS KINGDOM WILL ONE OF PEACE AND RULED WITH STRICT AUTHORITY.
- MANY PEOPLE BORN DURING THIS 1000 YEAR PERIOD WILL DESIRE TO REBEL BUT THEY WILL BE FORCED TO OBEY AND WORSHIP CHRIST.
- AT EHE END OF THE 1000 YEARS, SATAN WILL BE LOOSED FROM PRISON TO RAISE AN ARMY AMONG THOSE WHO DESIRE TO REBEL AGAINST CHRISTS REIGN. IT IS THIS REMAINDER OF REBELLIOUS PEOPLE THAT CHRIST WILL ULTIMATELY RESTRAIN AND DESTROY IN THE FINAL WAR OF GOG AND MAGOG AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIAL REIGN.
- “Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.”
(11)
- THOSE PEOPLE IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM THAT DO NOT REBEL AGAINST CHRIST WILL BRING OFFERINGS AND TRIBUTE TO CHRIST, THE KING.
- READ ZEC 14:16-20
- “He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth
.” (12)
- ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM IS TO FULFILL GODS PROMISE TO DAVID THAT A DESCENDANT OF DAVIDS WOULD REIGN FOREVER IN A KINGDOM ON THIS EARTH AND FOR ETERNITY.
- THERE IS NO OTHER PERSON WORTHY TO REIGN AS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, BUT JESUS CHRIST.
HOMEWORK
PSALMS 77
This is a self-study. Please do not send homework answers to the teacher forcorrection.
- APPLICATION OF PSA 76
- ARE YOU READY FOR THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF CHRIST?
- HAVE YOU MADE JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR?
- ARE YOU PREPARING YOURSELF IN THE WORD OF GOD TO BE ABLE TO REIGN WITH HIM WHEN HE COMES/?
- WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREPARE YOURSELF TO MEET YOUR KING?
- PREPARATION FOR PSA 77
- READ PSA 77:1-20
- OF WHAT VALUE IS THE CHURCH EXPERIENCE TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE?
MEMORY VERSE: PSA 77:13
