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Seeing Jesus in Psalm 144

  Psalm 144 Open the heavens, LORD, and come down .  Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. Psalm 144:5 Imagine waiting for God to send a sign of His presence that dealt with all your enemies, made you the top of the world order and blessed you with abundance of all things. Sounds too good to be true. And when it happens you think, whoa, wait a minute, this isn’t how it was supposed to happen. When God came to Moses at Mount Sinai It was with such power that anyone in the vicinity would die, the ground quaked, the heaven shook, thunder and lightning filled the skies. It was a scary scene. The people asked Moses to make it stop. Although a baby out in the animal shed may wake the chickens, it seems like it is a far cry from God’s presence in Mount Sinai. He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me. Psalm 144:2 Have you ever felt oppressed and at the mercy of an unfair gover...