RRB notes on Psalm 3

Psalms 3 KJV

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

1. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. [a]

[a] Double application: David in 2 Sam. 15-20, and Israel at the Second Advent (vs. 7).

2. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. [b]

[b] See note on 2 Kings 14:7.*

3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. [c]

[c] Zech. 12:2-3, 14:2-3.

7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

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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 be 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).

 RRB notes on Psalm 2

Psalms 2 KJV

1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? [1]

[1] The entire passage, with the exception of verse 7, is the Second Advent. It is the double application, again, that throws all the scholars off because when they read Acts 4:25-26, they think that was the fulfillment of Psalm 2. It is not close to it. It misses it by eleven verses. This “double application” is the perennial stumbling block that no Bible critic can avoid; therefore, he will lose half of the revelation every time he hits a passage like this one. (For example, Rom. 10:1 – double application, Rom. 9:25 – double application, Rom. 13:12 – double application, Acts 15:17 – double application.)

2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [2] saying,

[2] The United Nations is gathered together not just against God, but against Jesus Christ. The word “anointed” is the word for Messiah, Christos.

3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: [a] the Lord shall have them in derision. [3]

[a] Prov. 1:26-27.

[3] The reason why God thinks the United Nations is a joke is clearly stated in Isaiah 40:17 (see App. 10, 63).

5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6. Yet have I set my king [b] upon my holy hill of Zion. [4] [c]

[b] Isa. 43:15.

[4] Notice “my king” and “my holy hill.” No king has any business on Mount Zion (the Temple Mount where the “Dome of the Rock” is presently located) unless he’s a Jewish king from the tribe of Judah (John 4:22; Rev. 19:16). No Catholic, Protestant, or Moslem has any more business on Mount Zion than any Canaanite (Zech. 14:21), Ishmaelite, Hittite, Jebusite, or Perizzite (Jer. 25:30; Joel 3:17). God’s idea of a “proper king” is given in 2 Samuel 23:3-5.

[c] Psa. 132:13; Isa. 12:6, 31:4, 9.

7. I will declare the decree: [d] the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; [5] this day have I begotten thee.

[d] See App. 47.

[5] This is to settle who the “king” (vs. 6) is going to be. God Almighty tells you it’s going the be His “Son” (Heb. 1:5). Every Moslem will swear God never had a son (see App. 50).

8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. [6] [e]

[6] John Paton, the great missionary to the New Hebrides Islands, claimed this verse for his ministry. That’s fine if God is willing to honor it when you apply it to win souls, but the verse has nothing to do with anybody getting saved or converted.  It has to do with Jesus Christ establishing a military dictatorship over the remnants of the United Nations during the Millennium. What is written takes precedence over what you think or feel. 

[e] Literal (Zech. 14:9; Psa. 19:1-6, 97:1-5, 67:4, 47:8; Isa. 60:12; Ezek. 43:9; etc).

9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; [f] thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

[f] Rev. 2:27, 12:5, 19:15.

10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. [7]

[7] This is a 3,000 year old warning to the United Nations, as well as the “International Court of Justice” with its “judges” (Psa. 98:9). The UN “judges” are going to be judged (James 5:9; App. 63).

11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. [g]

[g] Phil. 2:12.

12. Kiss the Son, [h] lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

[h] They’ll be kissing HIs feet (Psa. 72:9; Luke 7:45).

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App. 10: The Tower of Babel, Samples of International Unification

App. 63: God versus the United Nations

App. 47: Calvin’s “Eternal Decrees” Overruled

App. 50: Mohammed