Journal Through the Bible: Week 105 Wednesday

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Psalms 1 and 2


Psalm 1

Does God issue any commands?

No, not specifically.

Does God make any promises?

• Although written by the psalmist, because of Divine inspiration God promises that the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful will be blessed.
• The Divine promise of blessing continues in verse 3. The godly person will be like a tree planted by rivers of water that brigns forth fruit in his season, his leaf will not wither, and whatever he does prospers.

Does this psalm teach anything about Jesus?

• When Jesus walked the earth he did not walk in ungodly counsel, nor stand idly around with sinners, nor sit around scorning God. (verse 1)
• Jesus delighted in the law of the LORD and meditated on it day and night. He made this clear when He told His disciples that it was His meat to do the will of His Father.

Does this psalm teach anything about yet-future events?

• Not only does the righteous person receive a measure of God's blessing upon this earth there is an implication of eternal blessing in this psalm. (Verses 1 and 3)
• The ungodly will not be able to stand in the judgment (remember that every knee shall bow); sinners will not stand in the congregation of the righteous (remember that the judgment of the righteous and the judgment of the wicked are separate events). The ungodly shall perish, which means eternally. (verses 4-6)

Psalm 2

Does God issue any commands?

• God commands the kings to be wise and the judges of the earth to be instructed.
• God commands everyone to serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.
• God commands all to kiss the Son.

Does God make any promises?

• Those who "kiss the Son," which means submit to His sovereignty, will be blessed. Those who do not make Him angry and they will perish when His wrath is kindled.

Does this psalm teach anything about Jesus?

• Jesus is the anointed of verse 2.
• Jesus is the king upon the holy hill of Zion that is "set" or offered there as the atonement. He will finally be "set" there as the ruler.
• Jesus is the speaker of verses 7-9. He is the Son, begotten of the Father of verse 7. (Which means the firstborn of the dead. He held the keys to death so He was resurrected three days after His death.)
• The son is the heir of verse 8.
• Jesus is the Son of verse 12.

Does this psalm teach anything about yet-future events?

• The heathen have always raged against God but the time is coming when verses 1-3 will be fulfilled. Nations and armies led by Satan will assemble against Christ and His army at the end of the Millennium. Then the events of verses 4-6 will happen (as a parallel event; Christ has already been set upon Mount Zion once as an offering for the debt of sin). Jesus will defeat them with nothing more than a word. He then will reign forever on Mount Zion.
• It is Jesus that will rule with a rod of iron. Verse 9