RRB notes on Psalm 84

Psalms 84 KJV

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

1. How amiable are thy tabernacles, [1] O LORD of hosts!

[1] The word “tabernacles” is used because God’s dwelling place had been one Tabernacle in the wilderness, then one sanctuary under Solomon, another Temple under Herod, and then in the Millennium, it will be a rebuilt Temple (Ezek. 40-46) containing “courts” (plural; vs. 10 cf. Ezek. 40:19-20) and “altars” (plural; vs. 3 cf. Ezek. 40:39-42, 41:22, 43:19-27).

2. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. [a]

[a] The psalm is mainly devotional, without much doctrine or prophecy.

3. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, [b] O LORD of hosts, my King, [c] and my God.

[b] Figurative speech (see note on Psa. 6:6; App. 104).

[c] “King,” the Jewish designation; “head” (Eph. 5:23) and “Lord,” the Christian designation.

4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. [2]

[2] Here’s a place where the apostates try to make a passage literal (a journey or pilgrimage to the Temple) because they do not understand the spiritual dealings of the heart. “The man” of this verse is “blessed” because in his “heart” are “the ways” of the people who served the Lord in the Temple (vs. 4). Those kind of people were characterized by continual praise (vs. 4) and reliance on God for strength (vs. 7), despite their circumstances. In the New Testament, the Christian who can believe and claim Romans 8:28, can turn his tears into refreshing water (vs. 6). 

6. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

7. They [d] go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

[d] “The man” of vss. 5-6.

8. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9. Behold, O God our shield, [e] and look upon the face of thine anointed.

[e] 2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Sam. 17:7; Eph. 6:16; 1 Chron. 12:24.

10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. [3] I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

[3] The prophetic application is to the Millennial “day” (2 Pet. 3:8) when Jesus Christ is reigning as King in the Temple (Ezek. 43:1-7). The devotional application is that it is better to meet with God’s people and hear the word of God preached and taught than it is to be anywhere else. Sunday with Lester Roloff is better than 25 Super Bowls. A service with Maze Jackson or Billy Kelly is better than thirty nights with Madonna, Presley, Crosby, or Sinatra.

11. For the LORD God is a sun [f] and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. [g]

[f] Mal. 4:2; Psa. 19:4-5.

[g] The New Testament equivalent of this promise is 2 Cor. 9:8, but that promise is conditioned on not being stingy in your giving (2 Cor. 9:7).

12. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

>>>>>>>Additional Notes<<<<<<<

Note on Psa. 6:6 KJV

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; [1] I water my couch with my tears. [a]

[1] Notice the figurative language (see note on Job 21:24). Figurative speech is very common in the Bible, and our language is rich with it (see App. 104). The hermeneutical rule is solid: always take the Bible absolutely literally if it’s possible to take it literally; if a passage is absolutely impossible to take literally, then and only then can you take it figuratively (Matt. 26:27-28).

[a] Like Job (Job 7:3-4, 13-15, 16:16, 20, 23:2).

_______

Appendix 104 – Figurative Expressions

_______

 RRB notes on Psalm 83

Psalms 83 KJV

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

1. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2. For, lo, thine enemies [a] make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

[a] See App. 58 for vss. 2-3.

3. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

4. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; [b] that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

[b] Ezek. 23:24; Zech. 12:2-3, 14:2; Isa. 29:8.

5. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate [1] against thee: [c]

[1] The “confederacy” of verses 6-11 is made up of the descendants of Ham (whose seed was cursed by God – see note on Gen. 9:25) and the rejected sons of Abraham. The list includes Esau (Gen. 36:1; Mal. 1:2), Ishmael (Gen. 21:9-10), Amalek (Gen. 36:12; Exod. 17:14-16), the Philistines (Gen. 10:6-14), the Zidonians (Gen. 10:15; Judg. 10:12; 1 Chron. 22:4), the Assyrians (Gen. 10:6-11; Ezra 4:2), Midian (Gen. 25:1-6, 37:27-28), the Canaanites (Gen. 10:6-18; Judg. 4:2), and Moab and Ammon, the bastard sons of Lot (Gen. 13:10-17, 19:37-38; Deut. 23:3}.

[c] Israel is the only member of the UN with no military ally (see note on Num. 23:9; App. 63).

6. The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7. Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8. Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

9. Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10. Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

11. Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

12. Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. [d]

[d] Vss. 13-17 are a prayer for Mal. 4:1-3 to take place. See also Dan. 2:35.

14. As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; [e]

[e] Second Advent (Ezek. 20:47-49).

15. So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. [f]

[f] Isa. 28:2, 30:30; Job 27:20-21; Psa. 11:6.

16. Fill their faces with shame; [g] that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

[g] Second Advent (Dan. 12:2).

17. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: [h]

[h] Second Advent (Ezek. 38:199-23).

18. That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, [i] art the most high over all the earth.

[i] Exod. 6:3 (see App. 1).

>>>>>>>Additional Notes<<<<<<<

Appendix 58 – Israel and Israel’s Enemies

_______

Note on Num. 23:9 KJV

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. [1]

[1] This dramatic verse is another notice about the end of the United Nations exactly as it is prophesied in Zephaniah 3:8. This says that Israel cannot be a member of the United Nations. The people cannot be “reckoned among the nations.” At present, they are. To fulfill this prophecy, Israel must be kicked out  of the United Nations by all the nations who take the “anti-Semitic” position on Israel (Lev. 20:24, 26; Deut. 4:7, 7:6, 14, 10:15, especially 26:19, 33:28).

Israel is not going to be simply restored; Israel is going to take over 191 +/- nations, and they are going to serve Israel according to the prophet (Isa. 60:12) who wrote a whole chapter on the blood atonement of Jesus Christ (see Isa. 53).

These Old Testament passages are telling you clearly that God is going to obliterate the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican State, the United Nations, the CIA, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Levitical Judaism, Humanism, the NEA, the NAACP, the CFR, UNESCO, and all democratic, socialistic, communist, republican, monarchial, and dictatorial forms of government in less than twenty-four hours.

_______

Appendix 63 – God Versus the United Nations

_______