The Messiah’s thoughts and feelings are described in the present tense for the first half of Psalm 22: “They have compassed me”, “I am poured out”, “my bones are…”, “they pierced”, “they part”. All these are describing what Christ felt moment by moment, at the time.
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What an amazing transition. The one who had felt in anguish that God “hearest not” (v2), now came to proclaim openly that God “had heard” (v21) and that he would be saved from the power of his enemies.
Yet the opening phrase of Psalm 22:22 uses the future tense; “I will declare”…
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Despite the mockery of some, the Messiah was the son of God. Fearfully and wonderfully made, taken from the womb and cast upon God, he was the one whom his Father delighted in, for he was called by God, “my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”. He had come into the world for one purpos…
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Psalm 22 provides us with a powerful insight into the very mindset and emotions of Christ as he went through these trials. It is vital for us to see that Jesus did feel alone, having been abandoned by his disciples, and despised of men. When overwhelmed with the grief and pain of such suffer…
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Whatever the possible background events in David’s life from which Psalm 22 could have been written, we can certainly be encouraged by his desire to focus on the Messiah during his trials. David was God’s prophet who “testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should foll…
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The Gospels record the amazing life of the greatest man who ever walked the earth. There, the events, miracles, actions, words and character of Jesus of Nazareth clearly demonstrate him to be the Son of God with power.
Yet despite all their detail, it is the Psalms that add another and equally …
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We saw in the previous article how life-hanging it had been for James to have personally witnessed the newly-risen Lord (1 Cor 15:7). How wrong he had been, and now humbled by his conversion, how he threw himself into converting his family (Acts 1:14). This was then followed by selfless service �…
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The Epistle of James is one filled with immense power. We often think of it as being a very practical book and, although this is true, it is so much more. It is a letter that drills down deep into our hearts and asks us to consider the genuineness of our faith. It challenges us about what really m…
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