Mar 12, 2014, Psa. 22 II. FINALLY, THE MESSIAH’S RECOGNITION. 21b-31 A. His Return. 22-26 Heb. 2:12 quotes Psa. 22:22 referring to Jesus Christ, in a context that demonstrates His superiority. MacDonald, “The cross has been exchanged for a crown! Between these two verses the Psalmist transports us in a moment of time from Christ’s First Advent to His Second…By this point in the Psalm Christ has returned to earth to reign as King…The Messiah of Israel is ready to testify to His Jewish brethren.” B. His Reign. 27-31 30 …the coming generation. 31 They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it – the point is that one generation will proclaim it to the next generation, that Messiah has righteously finished the work of redemption. He has performed it – “The Hebrew word translated “has done this” is one word. Asah, used one other time in Scripture (2 Chron. 4:11). In that passage the word, Asah, is translated “finished.” Huram was hired by Solomon to help furnish the temple and he finished the work he was hired to do. Just as Huram finished work on Solomon’s temple, Jesus finished the work necessary to fashion us into a temple of living stones (1 Pet. 2:5).” [Courson] Boice, “It is finished,” this phrase is a quotation from Psa. 22:31. The English reader will not find this phrase in the most common English translations of Ps.22, but it is a legitimate translation of the one Hebrew word that occurs there.” “Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain; He washed it white as snow.” There is nothing left for us to do but receive the finished work of Christ – anything we might add to it would only take from it. Reminds me of a farmer who was trying to explain the gospel to his friend who was a carpenter. He could not get the concept of the finish work of Christ to his friend. His friend insisted that he must do something. So he asked his carpenter friend to make him a gate. He finished the gate and hung it. When he was finished he was surprised to see his farmer friend approaching the gate with a drawn axe! The carpenter cried out, “What is that axe for?” The farmer said, “I’m just going to add a few improvements to your work.” The carpenter protested, “There is no need to do that, the gate is perfect.” But the farmer proceeded anyway and with his axe he copped away until the gate was ruined. The carpenter said, “Now look what you have done! You have ruined my work!” The farmer said, “Yes, I have. And if you try to add anything to the finished work of Christ, you will also ruin it! All your works can do is ruin what Jesus Christ has accomplished for you at the cross.” Trans: One day our precious Lord Jesus will return and will be recognized as who He is – the King of kings and Lord of lords. This is a great prophetic Psalm, as are many of the Psalms, as one put it, “Every important detail of the great Tragedy has been written down beforehand. The betrayal by a friend (Psa. 41:9); the forsaking of the disciples (Psa. 31:11); the false accusations (Psa.35:11); the being crucified (Psa. 22:16); the mockery of the spectators (Psa. 109:25); the taunt of non deliverance (22:7-8); the gambling for His garments (22:18); the being forsaken by God (22:1); the thirsting (Psa.69:21); the yielding of His spirit into the hands of the Father (Psa. 31:5); the bones not broken (Ps. 34:20); - all plainly foretold centuries before they came to pass. What a convincing evidence of the divine inspiration of the Scriptures.” These things all happen as predicted and so will the rapture of the church (1 Thess. 4:16-18). While we never set dates, the next prophetic event on God’s calendar cannot be far off. Look up brothers and sisters, our Redemption draws very near! Con: 1. Messiah was Rejected and will be universally Recognized. 2. Let us praise our Good Shepherd with every breath in us. 3. During hard times in the dead of winter, in an Alaskan Eskimo village a young man would go into the bitter cold in search of food for his people. Armed only with a pointed stick and his compassion for his starving village. Polar bears will stalk and eat a man, so he would wander around waiting to be found by one of them. The bear would hover over the man and come down upon him. The man would position his spear, braced to his foot so that the weight of the bear would drive it through the bear’s heart. The bear would live long enough to crush and tear the man apart. The people of the village would send out a team of men who would follow the good hunter’s tracks and find food for their very survival. What a picture of the Good Shepherd! Johnny A Palmer Jr.
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