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Seeing Jesus in Psalm 34

The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time. Psalm 34:19 NLT Psalm 34 v.20 “He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken.” cf. “These things happened in fulfilment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,” John 19:36 Jesus had a best friend and his name was John. Jesus showed John things no one else got to see. I think John’s love language must have been quality time because if Jesus went anywhere special or picked someone to go to something with him, John was usually there. “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 21:20, Matthew 17:1, Mark 3:17, John 13:23, John 19:25-27, John 20:8) It’s John that tells us that Psalm 34:20 should be read to be about Jesus. I don’t know if we would have caught it or understood the importance had John not mentioned it. And I’m not sure I understand fully why it is important. But I do see a possible conundrum in common logic that David corrects in Psalm 34: 19-20 v.19 “Many are the affl...