Behold the power of God in the Psalms!

The future proves the past.

Psalm 22:

Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility

A Psalm of David.

22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?

2 O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer;

and by night, but find no rest.

3 Yet thou art holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.

4 In thee our fathers trusted;

they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 To thee they cried, and were saved;

in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed.

6 But I am a worm, and no man;

scorned by men, and despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock at me,

they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;

8 “He committed his cause to the Lord; let him deliver him,

let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

9 Yet thou art he who took me from the womb;

thou didst keep me safe upon my mother’s breasts.

10 Upon thee was I cast from my birth,

and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God.

11 Be not far from me,

for trouble is near

and there is none to help.

12 Many bulls encompass me,

strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

13 they open wide their mouths at me,

like a ravening and roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are out of joint;

my heart is like wax,

it is melted within my breast;

15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

16 Yea, dogs are round about me;

a company of evildoers encircle me;

they have pierced my hands and feet—

17 I can count all my bones—

they stare and gloat over me;

18 they divide my garments among them,

and for my raiment they cast lots.

19 But thou, O Lord, be not far off!

O thou my help, hasten to my aid!

20 Deliver my soul from the sword,

my life from the power of the dog!

21 Save me from the mouth of the lion,

my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen!

22 I will tell of thy name to my brethren;

in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee:

23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!

all you sons of Jacob, glorify him,

and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel!

24 For he has not despised or abhorred

the affliction of the afflicted;

and he has not hid his face from him,

but has heard, when he cried to him.

25 From thee comes my praise in the great congregation;

my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;

those who seek him shall praise the Lord!

May your hearts live for ever!

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember

and turn to the Lord;

and all the families of the nations

shall worship before him.

28 For dominion belongs to the Lord,

and he rules over the nations.

29 Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down;

before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,

and he who cannot keep himself alive.

30 Posterity shall serve him;

men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,

31 and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,

that he has wrought it.

>>4406073

The future proves the past.

The 22nd Psalm, the indisputable proof that Jesus was "The Messiah"

The 22nd Psalm is the only place that can be definitively cross referenced back to the old testament and show where clear ancient prophetic proof of Jesus being the Messiah can be found. Some of the last words of Jesus on the cross according to the books of Matthew and Mark are "My God, my God why have thou forsaken me?". (Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34)

Now to the novice reader this may seem on the surface that Jesus was crying out that God the Father had abandoned him, but in reality, he was giving out the last and final proof that he was the Messiah. During those times the Psalms were not numbered like they are today, the way that you identified an individual Psalm was to quote the first line.

Now a days we would identify that particular Psalms name by simply saying that it was "the 22nd Psalm". Back then however they were not numbered at all so the traditional and only way to identify that particular Psalm was to say the Psalm's first line of "My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?". (Psalm 22:1/2) Just exactly like Jesus did.

What Jesus really was doing was pointing out that all of the events that were happening around him as he hung there on the cross had already been prophesied and ordained a thousand years earlier in the old testament and were all documented by the 22nd Psalm of David which starts out with the exact same line that he spoke while on the cross of "My God, my God why have thou forsaken me?". (Psalm 22:1/2)

The Jesus Psalm (the 22nd Psalm) then further goes on to accurately describe the crucifixion scene by saying:

"all those that see me mock me" (Psalm 22:7)

"all of my bones are pulled out of joint" (Psalm 22:14)

"a company of evildoers encircle me" (Psalm 22:16)

"I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me" (Psalm 22:17)

"they have pierced my hands and my feet" (Psalm 22:16)

"they divided my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots" (Psalm 22:18)

Note: All these exact things happened just that same exact way, a thousand years after the 22nd Psalm was written about the coming Messiah. As was the common tradition for a crucifixion, the garment that Jesus wore on the cross was given to the solders that executed him as a kind of a "perk" for them to sell. The hand weaving process for cloth was very hard and slow back then and because of that clothing had a great value. The garment Jesus wore was a simple one piece cloth however, it had no seams and therefore and it could not be properly divided without compromising its value. So the Roman soldiers then decided just to gamble for it with a dice game to see who could win the entire garment in one piece. This then fully fulfilled the very old prediction in Psalm 22:18/19 of "they divided my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots".

Now if just the prophecy of the 22nd Psalm's prediction of "there would be gambling for the up coming Messiah's clothes" was fulfilled in the Jesus crucifixion story, it would be a very rare thing to happen. But when you combine that with the 22nd Psalms additional prediction in verse 22:16/17 about the coming Messiah stating that "they have pierced my hands and my feet", you do not run into these types of wounds too often. That could only refer to the wounds of crucifixion. And it was predicted a thousand years before the process of crucifixion was even invented. Then the only person that they could possibly be referring to becomes all to clear. The Jesus crucifixion story constitutes the exact fulfillment of all the predictions of the 22nd Psalm a thousand years after the prophetic psalm was written down. And the exact matching and corresponding details of the crucifixion are written of by all four authors of the four gospels of the new testament.

Read the rest: http://thenewholybible.org/the_22nd_psalm_proof_that_jesus_was_the_messiah.htm

>>4406122

Fear of the Lord (Our Heavenly Father) is similar to how a child may have a healthy fear of their parents finding out when they do something wrong.

It is this healthy fear that is the beginning of true wisdom.

The highest form of Love is to sacrifice for those you love to be able to get that what is best for them – Heaven.

God Bless!

>>4406192

God Bless!

>>4406234

Behold the power of God in the Psalms!

The future proves the past.

Psalm 77:

God’s Mighty Deeds Recalled

A Psalm of Asaph.

77 I cry aloud to God,

aloud to God, that he may hear me.

2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;

in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;

my soul refuses to be comforted.

3 I think of God, and I moan;

I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah

4 Thou dost hold my eyelids from closing;

I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

5 I consider the days of old,

I remember the years long ago.

6 I commune with my heart in the night;

I meditate and search my spirit:

7 “Will the Lord spurn for ever,

and never again be favorable?

8 Has his steadfast love for ever ceased?

Are his promises at an end for all time?

9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?

Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”

Selah

10 And I say, “It is my grief

that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

11 I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;

yea, I will remember thy wonders of old.

12 I will meditate on all thy work,

and muse on thy mighty deeds.

13 Thy way, O God, is holy.

What god is great like our God?

14 Thou art the God who workest wonders,

who hast manifested thy might among the peoples.

15 Thou didst with thy arm redeem thy people,

the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

16 When the waters saw thee, O God,

when the waters saw thee, they were afraid,

yea, the deep trembled.

17 The clouds poured out water;

the skies gave forth thunder;

thy arrows flashed on every side.

18 The crash of thy thunder was in the whirlwind;

thy lightnings lighted up the world;

the earth trembled and shook.

19 Thy way was through the sea,

thy path through the great waters;

yet thy footprints were unseen.

20 Thou didst lead thy people like a flock

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

>>4406274

Exactly right. Satan uses fear of Bodily death to entice you toward spiritual death.

Obviously, at least to me, Jesus saves us from spiritual death if we open our hearts to him.

It is vry sad to see so many who do not accept/understand these TRUTHS!