Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 150 1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary;     praise him in his mighty heaven! 2 Praise him for his mighty works;     praise his unequaled greatness! 3 Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn;     praise him with the lyre and harp! 4 Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;     praise him with strings and flutes! 5 Praise him with a clash of cymbals;     praise him with loud clanging cymbals. 6 Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord! Psalm 150 3 And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “ Great and marvelous are your works ,     O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways,     O King of the nations.[a] 4 Who will not fear you, Lord,     and glorify your name?     For you alone are holy. All nation...

  Psalm 148 “ he issued his command, and they came into being.” Psalm 148:5 Who made the universe and everything in it? The Bible says Jesus is the creator of all things. There are some people who find it unbelievable that Jesus was the creator of all things. But the Bible is full of references to God as creator and the New Testament tells us that the member of the triune God that is responsible is Jesus. “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 t hrough the Son he created the universe. ” Hebrews 1:1-2 Yes of course it is a joint effort like all that God does. But it is still crucially a work of Jesus. “But for us, There is one God, the Father, by whom all things were created, and for whom we live. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created, and through whom we live.” 1 Corinthians...

  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...