RRB Notes on Psalm 24

Psalms 24 KJV

A Psalm of David

1. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; [a] the world, and they that dwell therein.

[a] 1 Cor. 10:26

2. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. [b]

[b] Vss. 3-5 is a faith-and-works salvation.

6. This is the generation of them that seek him, [1] that seek thy face, O Jacob. [2] Selah.

[1] Not a reference to any generation of Jews between A.D. 33 and the present day. Notice the “Selah” at the end of the verse; it is a reference to the Jews in the Tribulation looking for Christ at the Second Advent (see note on 2 Kings 14:7).*

[2] Notice the peculiar substitution of “Jacob” for God (see note on 1 Sam. 20:12).** You will find a similar thing in Psalm 48:12-14, where “the towers” and “bulwarks” are “God”; see especially Romans 9:17 and Galatians 3:8, where Paul used the word “scripture” instead of God.

7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

8. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. [c]

[c] Vss. 7-8 cf. Zech. 9:8-10, 14:1-11.

9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

10. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. [3] Selah.

[3] The “King of glory” is not Allah (“the god”). The “King of glory” and “God of gods” (Deut. 10:17) is Jehovah – “the LORD,” the tetragrammaton (יהוה – see App. 1).

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*Note on 2 Kings 14:7

2 Kings 14:7 KJV

He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah [1] by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

[1] Here the word “Selah” is [chet-samekh-lamed-ayin]. See Psalm 3:4, 4:2, 4, 21:2, 39:5, etc., for the word “Selah” there [samekh-lamed-ayin]. On a map, it is called Selah-Petra, the “rock city.” There will a reference to the Second Coming of Christ within two or three verses of the word every time it shows up. It is only recognized by scholars as a pause or musical note. The word means “rock” – the “rock of separations” (1 Sam. 23:28). Otherwise, it is the “Rock” mentioned over and over again in the Song of Moses (Deut. 32), with the entire song dealing with the Second Advent (cf. Psa. 107:4, 7, 36, 108:10, 31:21; Eccl. 10:15). The Jewish remnant will be going south of the Dead Sea into the “rock city” to hide in the last few hours before the Lord returns and saves them “in the nick of time” on a white horse (see App. 99).

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**Note on 1 Samuel 20:12

1 Samuel 20:12 KJV

And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, [2] when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;

[2] The wording is remarkable. Jonathan addresses David as “O LORD God of Israel.” How is that for a “type”? Look at the same thing in Deuteronomy 29:6, where the “I am” is coming out of the mouth of Moses. What is going on here is that while a man is talking to somebody, he is talking to God at the same time.

 RRB Notes on Psalm 23

Psalms 23 KJV

A Psalm of David

1. The LORD is my shepherd; [1a] I shall not want.

[1] You can make beautiful spiritual application of this by lining it up with John 10:1-30. A boy once quoted the verse as, “The Lord is my shepherd; I’ve got all I want.”

[a] 1 Peter 2:25, 5:4; Heb. 13:20.

2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: [2] he leadeth me beside the still waters.

[2] Lesson 1: My meat and my mattress are the same. Lesson 2: If you cannot sleep, don’t count sheep; talk to the Shepherd.

3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me [b] in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

[b] He leads me; I don’t lead Him.

4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, [c] I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod [3] and thy staff they comfort me. [d]

[c] See note on Job 17:14: 

The verse is more than a dramatic, figurative statement, as the BIble-correcting scholars and teachers pretend. They forgot that Jesus Christ called Himself the same thing in Psalm 22:6 and warned about being the condition of a man in Hell (Mark 9:44, 46, 48). Jesus extended the classification to a “serpent” in John 3:14. Jesus Christ warned that a man had better not lose his soul (Mark 8:36). When God made Christ to become sin (2 Cor. 5:21), He “lost” His soul (Isa. 53:10); it was made “an offering for sin” (John 18:11; Heb. 5:7).

 and comments on John 3:14 (Num. 21:8-9).

 Mark 9:44, 46.

[3] “The rod of God” (Exod. 4:20) turns out to be Satan (Job 9:34; Isa. 10:5-15; Lam. 3:1; Ezek. 21:13; Mic. 5:1; Rom. 8:28). God uses the Devil to accomplish His own purposes, as He did in the case of Job. No Christian would doubt this if he read Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.

[d] Heb. 12:11; Psa. 119:67 -71.

5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; [e] my cup runneth over. [f]

[e] Literal in the case of David, figurative in the case of a Christian.

[f] Source of the song “Fill My Cup, Lord” by Richard Blanchard

6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me [4] all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. [5]

[4] Lester Roloff (1914-1982) used to say, “The Shepherd has two dogs that follow the flock. The name of one is Goodness, and the name of the other is Mercy.

[5] Here is another example of a passage that is literal historically and doctrinally when applied to David, but figurative and devotional when applied to the Christian in the Church Age. “The house of the LORD” is a reference to the Tabernacle during David’s time (1 Sam. 1:9, 2:22). Prophetically, it’s a reference to the Millennial Temple (Ezek. 46). For the Christian, it’s a reference to the New Jerusalem (John 14:2-3), but if you listen to the average preacher, it’s a reference to a church building. Can you imagine living in your church building forever?