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not limited to a region but expands the entire earth. God of the scriptures is not just the God of the United States, as preached by the Mormons and some other western culture religions, nor is His domain limited to Jerusalem as was the focus of Judaism. David said the earth is the Lord’s and all that dwell therein. III. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.vs.3, 4---David says that God would arrange “subdue” the people under us and the nations under our feet “authority”. For the children of Israel this meant an increase in territory. The original promise to Israel was the land of Canaan and the God promised more to David and Solomon, now He extends the dominion to the ends of the earth. God would ultimately place man back in a position of dominionship over the earth as He originally gave it to Adam and Eve before the fall. The inheritance of Jacob was not based upon the righteousness of Jacob but the righteousness of God himself. It is important to note that he promise was given to Jacob “the grabber” before he become Israel. As believers our inheritance is extended beyond the earth. We have a citizenship in the third heaven with Christ Jesus. This citizenship is based upon the love of God demonstrated in the giving of His son on the cross and our acceptance of that love by faith. We need to keep this in mind as a continuous thought, Selah. IV. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. Vs.5- 7---David in verses 5-7 gives the picture of a victorious King taking his seat upon his throne because the victory has been won. This is a time of great jubilee because the enemies have been put under foot. These latter verses in this Psalm are a picture of the victorious Lord returning to rule from his throne. Paul gives us a picture of this when he speaks of the return of Jesus in 1 Thess. 4:16. When the trumpet of God sounds is the signal that the King is coming to sit upon his throne on earth. Five times in these verses the people are told to sing praises unto God. First they are to sing praises to God because He is God. Second they are to sing praises because He is our King. Third they are to sing praises because He is king of all the earth and then finally we are to sing praises because we truly understand His person and power. When Jesus returns
we shall truly know him for who He is. Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess. Note: Singing praise is a future and present assignment of the people of God. People of every generation and nationality have expressed their joy and thanksgiving through music. There is a distinctive sound between music of praise and music of sorrow. You don’t even have to know the word to experience the mood between praise and the blues. God’s children are not to be blues singers but singers of victory. V. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. Vs.8-9---As David started this Psalm with focus on the person of God, he ends the Psalm in the same manner. These last verses are all about the person and power of God. First, God rules over all men, saved and unsaved, saint and sinner. Second, God judges all men upon His throne of holiness. Finally,” all” people fall under God’s protection. David goes from the heathen, those outside of the common wealth of Israel, to the rulers of the kingdoms of the earth, princes of the people, and finally to the house of Israel, the people of the God of Abraham. All fall under his shield, protection. Since God protects all then He is to be exalted by all.
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