Psalms Chapter 50:Verses 1-6 | You Are Not the Only One Ministries and Consulting Services Inc.
This psalm is not a prayer. It is a divine edict from God. God talks to humanity, but specifically to His covenant people, Israel. Psalm 50 reads like a prophetic message more than anything else. God brings charges against Israel. The charges are levied against those who pretend that they are obeying Him by offering sacrifices; however, they choose to break the law in other areas. He calls them back to proper covenant observance while praising those who do obey him.
Day 1: Introduction: This is who I am and what I look like, Israel: verses 1-6.
Second Charge: A Rebellious Attitude verses 6-21.
In the Hebrew “Mighty God” “אלוהים אדירים” or “el” Elohim reads El, Elohim, Jehovah. Could the use of these names for God used with a singular verb in some way be saying the same thing as is mentioned in 1 John?
Only one perfect being has come out of Zion. That person was Jesus Christ Our Lord. NO human being can claim perfection. The book of Revelation chronicles that Jesus resides in all churches who profess that Jesus Christ is the Messiah and Savior of this world. As such, the church shines like a lighthouse beacon into the darkness of this world. Every time the word of God is shared with this sin-sick world light emanates to all who hear, see, or read it.
He is the perfection of beauty.
Ps. 48:2 “Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
We have a lot to look forward to. We must remain focused on the big picture which is God’s Kingdom Mission. Put aside all of the plethoras that the devil is throwing at the church to place its focus on anything BUT GOD and the gospel.
When a farmer wants to produce something with his land first, he plows the field. Then he scatters the good seed on the ground. Then it feeds the grain with the minerals from the soil, but without water and sunlight, the seed WILL NOT germinate. So it is with us and the dissemination of the gospel. God wants the church to produce fruit. He sent His Son as the Farmer. He prepared his people for the message of the good news. But the soil was not fertile. So, He added the fertilizer/minerals of the blood of Jesus Christ, and the booster of the Holy Spirit. Then he sent workers out into the field with the seeds of His holy word. That would be the writing of the NT Canon.
Cayce provided us with some historical information that clarifies this verse for us.
“The Targum interprets this of the angels above on high, and of the righteous on the earth below. And so Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, explain it of the angels of heaven, and of the inhabitants of the earth” (Cayce 2018, Psalm 50:4).
“That he may judge his people” Note that neither the “heavens and the earth’ nor the inhabitants of either the heavens nor the earth” judge God’s people. When God corrects His children, He does so in love.
There are times when I look at things that are posted in social media and I just sit at the computer and shake my head. I cannot believe that we could be so comdemning towards others. I don’t worry about what the ungodly state in social media. However, I am shocked at the name calling and finger pointing that I see in social media from people who are my brothers and sisters in Christ. Lat night was one of those instances. There was a very negative and inflammatory post about Ms. Obama’s book. The putrid names that folks used in their address of Ms. Obama shocked my socks off. I had to unfollow several people. I just did not want that toxicity to enter into my mind. God knows her heart. How dare we condemn anyone? However, people can condemn themselves by their usage of words. We will be held accountable for the words that we type and speak to others. It appears that we forgot this Scripture.
When I read this verse about “gathering my saints,” I visualize a mother hen gathering her chicks. Scripture talks about “the angel using the sickle” to reap the harvest.
Revelation 14:15-16 “I looked up, I caught my breath!—a white cloud and one like the Son of Man sitting on it. He wore a gold crown and held a sharp sickle. Another Angel came out of the Temple, shouting to the Cloud-Enthroned, “Swing your sickle and reap. It’s harvest time. Earth’s harvest is ripe for reaping.” The Cloud-Enthroned gave a mighty sweep of his sickle, began harvesting earth in a stroke.” Christians today do not need to be concerned about making “a covenant with [Him] by sacrifice.” Why? Christ is our living Passover sacrifice! Thank you, Jesus!