944 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 4 Book 79 - Part 4 of the Messianic Prophecies Part 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 79 PART 4 of the MESSIANIC PROPHECIES – PART 4 Psalms 45, 46, and 47 It’s good to see you all back for the last lesson today. I suppose that coffee pot is about empty, isn’t it? Well, good to have everybody in here this afternoon. For those of you joining us on television, I know most of you have this program with a cup of coffee, if I can believe our mail. So we know exactly what you’re doing. Okay, we’re going to continue on in our study in the Psalms. We’re going to go from 46 right on into chapter 47. If we run out of material before we run out of time, I’m going to go on to chapter 68, which would be the next Messianic Psalm. All right, Psalms chapter 47. Now we’ve seen God the Son, the Messiah, pictured as the bridegroom of Jerusalem. Then we saw Him as the great God who intervened in the history of Israel from time to time. That reminds me, I probably should have done this while we were doing the last lesson. But jump up a minute to Zechariah, because a lot of times when I use these verses, people probably wonder—what does he mean by—he has done in the foretime. Zechariah chapter 14 and this is just one example of what the prophet is talking about. How the Lord at the last moment will come in and rescue the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Zechariah 14—we can start at verse 1. This, of course, is the great prophecy concerning His Second Coming. Zechariah 14:1-3 “Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem (See, there’s that city again.) to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; (or raped) and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, (And then when it seems like there is no hope.) and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.” Well, there was more than one time. But the one we just looked at back there in II Kings with King Hezekiah is just one of those times when God interceded on behalf of Jerusalem, in particular, and Israel in general. All right, now we can come back to Psalms chapter 47. We’ll just take these verses one-by-one and see how the God of Israel supplies all their needs. And, of course, they’re going to need this especially in the Tribulation period—which, of course, is making it so appropriate for today, because we certainly feel that the Tribulation is not that far out into the future. It just seems as though everything is coming together so quickly. Psalms 47:1-2a “O Clap your hands, all you people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2. For the LORD most high is terrible;...” Now ordinarily we think of God as what? The God of love. But as Psalms 2 put it—we’ve looked at it often enough—after mankind has rejected the cross and crucified Him, next will come that time of what? Wrath and vexation. And that is exactly what it’s going to be. It’s going to be the wrath of God poured out, and He will indeed be “terrible.” Love will be a past thing. His judgment is being meted out. So now here we have it. Psalms 47:2 “For the LORD most high is terrible; (when His wrath is poured out for--) he is a great King (and again) over all the earth.” Now I’m just reminded. Someone just asked me how to witness to someone. Of course, the first thing I like to impress on someone who is a complete rebel and probably even claims to be an atheist—come back with me to Colossians. I’ve used these verses over and over. You know what I’ve said about them. I want people to know who Jesus Christ really is. Who is He? What has He accomplished so that we can rest on the fact that the rest will be accomplished? Well, Colossians chapter 1, I think these verses are so vivid. They are so simplistic in language that even the most agnostic, the most rebellious, would be able to see who this Jesus of Nazareth with whom we have to do is. All right, Colossians 1 and we’ll start at verse 13. Colossians 1:13 “Who (That is God the Father in verse 12.) hath delivered us from the power of darkness, (in other words, at our salvation) and hath (already) translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:” Now we’re in the Body, but the Body is in the Kingdom. Now verse 14: Colossians 1:14 "In whom (that is the Son) we have redemption (the process of being bought back) through his blood, (Which is the price of redemption. We’ve been bought back by His blood, and along with that we have--) even the forgiveness of sins:” We’re forgiven! We are blameless is the way Paul puts it in two different places. Because we’re forgiven! #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible