Psalm 48 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 2 Corinthians 1:20 ESV If you want to skip right to the thoughts from Psalm 48 click here or scroll down to the end of this section. I have some very simple exegetical guidelines that I use when reading the Bible and trying to make sense of it. (Don’t worry I have not forgotten Psalm 48 but I feel like I need to set some guidelines before I offer my interpretation of this Psalm.) It’s all about Jesus. ( And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:27) Whenever I read the Bible I know it is about Jesus and so I look for Jesus. Of course there will be contextual, historical and thematic truths that will need to be understood as well but they are tools to make my way to Jesus. It’s not all about me. It is easy to try to apply everything to myself and try to make my...
Viewing all the Psalms as Messianic, I will read the Psalms consecutively for 150 days and try to write a outline for teaching with thoughts about the day's Psalm's unique contribution to the revelation of Jesus Christ our Messiah the Word of God and King of kings, the eternal Son of David.