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Day will have Christians questioning their faith in God. I promise you Steven it will not. It will only reinforce my knowledge that demons are among us and that Jesus was right about everything.
“How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood…. Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; my ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. Then I said, ‘Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart’” (Psa 40:4, 6-8).
Because Psalms 40-41 function as the concluding psalms of Book I of the Psalter (Psalms 1-41), it is fitting that we find meaningful echoes of the opening psalms. Just as Book I begins with the “blessed man” (Psa 1:1) and the “blessed” who take refuge in him (Psa 2:12), so it ends with the “blessed man” (Psa 40:4 [5]) and the “blessed person who considers him” (Psa 41:1). The Psalter thus gently reminds us that true blessedness is found in trusting the LORD from beginning to end.
The strategic placement of Psalms 40-41 in a book that cultivates hope in the coming Messiah invites us to slow down and pay close attention. It is therefore fitting, and consistent with this compositional shape, that the New Testament reads both psalms with reference to Yeshua the Messiah. Hebrews 10:5-10 cites Psalm 40:6-8 in connection with Yeshua’s sin-atoning sacrifice, and John 13:18 cites Psalm 41:9 in connection with Judas’s betrayal. The apostles did not read these words in isolation, but as part of a unified testimony that finds its fulfillment in him.
These Messianic readings are supported not only by their placement in the Psalter but also by their content. When the Davidic speaker declares that he comes in fulfillment of what is written about him in the “scroll,” and since “scroll” in the Hebrew Bible often refers to written prophetic revelation (Jer 36:6, 14, 20-21, 23, 25, 27-29, 32; Ezek 2:9; 3:1-3; Zech 5:1-2), the Messianic sense of this verse fits naturally within that broader pattern. What David spoke finds its fullest expression in the one who perfectly delighted to do God’s will.
The New Testament authors rightly read the Psalms and saw Yeshua, and in doing so, they invite us to do the same.
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Just a reminder on this Tuesday afternoon that you are NOT a mistake.
You are NOT an accident.
God created you in His image and for a purpose.
Don’t give up.
I love you all.
Paul’s words in Romans 1:16 reveal an often-overlooked aspect of God’s redemptive plan. This conversation explores the biblical meaning of “to the Jew first” and why it remains significant in sharing the gospel today! Click here to watch the full episode! https://t.co/MoDMjoWuiR
“A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart” (Psa 15:1–2).
Like Psalm 14, Psalm 15 alludes to the generation of the flood, but from a completely different angle. In Psalm 14, God looks down and sees a world filled with people who have corrupted their ways (Psa 14:1; Gen 6:11–12). “There is no one who does good, not even one” (Psa 14:1, 3). The man in Psalm 15, however, is described as a second Noah, one who is “blameless, righteous, and walks with God” (compare Psa 15:2 with Gen 6:9; 7:1). The connection between this impeccable man and Noah is further strengthened by the priestly imagery. Just as Noah built an altar upon a mountain to offer sacrifices for the renewal of the world (see Gen 8:4, 20–21), so this blameless and righteous man abides in God’s “tent” and “dwells upon his holy mountain” (Psa 15:1; 24:3).
These parallels to Noah, coupled with the strong gravitational pull of the Davidic-Messianic context of the Psalter (Psalm 1–2, 8, 18–19, 20–21), suggest that David is not merely encouraging personal piety, though he certainly does that, but is also pointing forward to humanity’s Savior.
Because this righteous priest-king will never be shaken (Psa 15:5; see Psa 16:8; 17:5; 21:7 [8]), we have a forever priest in the tent of God pleading our case before the Father and making intercession for us. Through this perfectly righteous priest-king, we too may enter boldly into God’s tent and abide with him forever (see Psa 16:8–11).
“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” (Heb 6:19–20).
We woke up today to renewed missile barrages across Israel, including attacks targeting Jerusalem and central Israel. Families are once again staying close to their safe rooms, children are home from school, and daily life has been disrupted as the fragile ceasefire has broken down.
As we share this update, we ask you to stand with us in prayer, for the people of Israel, for protection over our communities, and for wisdom for the leaders of Israel and the United States during these critical days. Thank you for your prayers, your support! We are grateful to know that believers around the world are standing with us. God is faithful, and He remains in control.
“Even a man of my peace [my close friend] in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me” (Psa 41:9).
During his final Passover meal, Yeshua cited Psalm 41:9 as Scripture that had to be fulfilled in his betrayal by Judas Iscariot (see John 13:2, 17). By citing this verse beforehand, Yeshua intended that his disciples, and later the readers of John’s Gospel, would recognize and believe that he is the promised Messiah when they saw it fulfilled (John 13:19).
How can Psalm 41 be Messianic when David says, “for I have sinned against you” (Psa 41:4)? Since Yeshua did not sin, many conclude that the psalm cannot be directly Messianic. Yet this conclusion does not fully account for how Yeshua himself applies the psalm to his own life.
A few observations help clarify this. Psalm 41 stands at the close of Book I, which opens with conflict surrounding the king and includes the betrayal of David by one close to him (Psalm 3). Psalm 3 follows Psalm 2, where opposition to the Messianic King is already anticipated. This arrangement invites us to read David’s life as an analogy that foreshadows the Messiah’s experience.
But what about David’s confession of sin? The Messiah is “like” David, just as Moses said that God would raise up a prophet “like” him (Deut 18:15). This likeness is not in every respect, since both Moses and David sinned. When Moses spoke of a prophet like himself, he did not mean that this future prophet would repeat his failures. Rather, the analogy highlights meaningful and providential patterns that point beyond them. Precisely at the point where Moses and David fail, Yeshua stands apart. Their lives and words not only resemble his, but also direct us to the one who fulfills what they could not.
In Yeshua, the prophetic patterns of David’s life and psalms reach their true fulfillment.