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Seeing the Psalms and Jesus in Hebrews?

  Seeing the Psalms and Jesus in Hebrews? 1 Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. 2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. 3 The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. 4 This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names. Hebrews 1:1-4 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, Hebrews 1:2a ESV 6 “As for me, I have set my King     on Zion, my holy hill.” 7 I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;     today I have begott...

Seeing Jesus in Psalm 104

  Psalm 104 I join with the writer of this Psalm who begins and ends the Psalm with an exclamation of total praise.  MAIN POINT: Use your breath to Praise the Creator King Jesus who gives you His breath. “ Let all that I am praise the LORD . O LORD my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.” Psalms 104:1 NLT “Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the LORD . Praise the LORD!” Psalms 104:35 NLT And this exuberant, complete surrender to praise flows from the knowledge that the King is the creator and sustainer of all things. Look at the description of God in verse 1 as being robed with honor and majesty. So the King is the creator who has planned every detail of nature and society, and life emanates from Him.  “But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust. When you give them your breath, life is created , and you renew...