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>>Eric Flickinger:
Welcome to "Sabbath School,"
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brought to you by It Is Written.
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We're glad to have you
back again with us this week.
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We're looking
at lesson number 9,
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"Blessed Is He Who Comes
in the Name of the Lord."
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An exciting week this week.
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We're going to be looking at
someone very, very important,
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and we're glad
that you're with us.
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Let's begin today with prayer.
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Father, we ask
that You'll be with us
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as we open Your Word once again
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and help us to see
someone very significant
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in the Psalms as we study today.
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We thank You for hearing
and answering our prayer,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Well, this week, as
before throughout this quarter,
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we have the
author of this quarter's
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"Sabbath School"
lesson, Dr. Dragoslava Santrac.
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And we're excited to
have her here again this week.
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She has an extensive
knowledge in Old Testament
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and especially in
the book of Psalms.
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Slava, welcome back.
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>>Dragoslava
Santrac: Thank you, Eric.
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>>Eric: So,
this week is probably
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one of the most
significant weeks.
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They're all very important,
but we're looking at someone
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very important this week,
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someone that we
don't want to miss
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as we go through the Psalms.
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You mentioned earlier in
one of our previous studies
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that the Psalms are
really people's prayers to God,
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but they're also
inspired prayers about Jesus
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or about God's
revelation to His people.
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Where do we see
Jesus in the Psalms?
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He is--He's the one
that the Bible is all about.
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We know He
appears in the Psalms,
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but how do we see Him in here,
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and where can we
pick Him up along the way?
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>>Dragoslava: Well, everything
we have studied thus far
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through all these previous weeks
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inevitably
leads to Jesus Christ.
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We spoke about Creation,
and the world was created
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through Him and for Him.
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We spoke about the
glorious King and Judge
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and the redemption and
mercy, covenantal faithfulness.
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Well, all of that,
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all those themes are about Jesus
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and are possible
and made available to us
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only because of Him,
but--and through Him--
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but this week, we
are particularly focusing
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on those psalms that, in
a remarkably accurate way,
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describe and reveal details
of Jesus's incarnate life
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when He came as our
Savior to this world.
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And reading about the prophecies
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that were written hundreds
years before their fulfillment
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and how they are fulfilled
in Jesus with such accuracy
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gives me new
encouragement and reassures me
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in the veracity and
reliability of the Word of God.
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>>Eric: Well, we're gonna
take a look at some of those.
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Where should we begin?
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>>Dragoslava: Yes,
well, I'm very excited for us
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to do this
comparison between the promises
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in the Psalms and
how they were fulfilled
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in our Lord Jesus
in the New Testament.
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So here we are talking
about two types of predictions.
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The first are the
direct prophetic fulfillments,
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and the second type are
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the typological
fulfillments in Jesus.
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So let's dive
in, in some examples
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of the direct
prophetic fulfillments,
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or predictions or
announcements, about Jesus.
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If you agree, Eric,
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I would like to read
a promise or prophecy
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from the psalm, and
then, if you would be so kind,
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to find a fulfillment
in the New Testament.
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>>Eric: Certainly.
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>>Dragoslava: It's
an exciting journey.
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So, the first example
is about Christ's deity,
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and we read in
Psalm 45, verses 6 and 7,
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"Your throne, O
God, is forever and ever;
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"a scepter of righteousness
is the scepter of Your kingdom.
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"You love righteousness
and hate wickedness;
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"therefore God, Your
God, has anointed You
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with the oil of gladness
more than Your companions."
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Clearly here, the psalmist
is not talking about himself.
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He's addressing someone:
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"You, God"-- "Your
God has anointed You."
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So it's a little bit confusing.
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Who is this, if this is
not the psalmist, obviously?
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Who is this divine person
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anointed to do this
marvelous work of righteousness?
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>>Eric: Well,
maybe we should find out.
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>>Dragoslava: In
Hebrews--yes-- in Hebrews,
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chapter 1, I believe.
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>>Eric: In Hebrews, chapter
1, verses 8 and9, it says,
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"But to the Son He says:
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"'Your throne, O
God, is forever and ever;
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"'a scepter of righteousness
is the scepter of Your kingdom.
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"'You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
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"'therefore God,
Your God, has anointed You
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with the oil of gladness
more than Your companions.'"
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>>Dragoslava:
Mm, so here the psalm
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and the book of
Hebrews speak about someone
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who is like God and is
allowed to be called God
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because that's what He is
in His essence of His being,
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and at the same time
He's God's Son, beloved Son.
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Well, the next
example, perhaps, let's see,
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in Psalm, chapter 2, verse 7.
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It's a prophecy
about the sonship of Jesus,
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Jesus as the Son of God.
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Verse 7, it says in Psalm
2, "I will declare the decree:
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"The Lord has said
to me, 'You are My Son,
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today I have begotten You.'"
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So here the psalmist speaks
about the Son, and obviously,
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again, this is not
the psalmist himself
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because this goes
beyond a human creature
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who can be
identified in this text.
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And maybe in the New Testament
we can find fulfillment.
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>>Eric: We have a
couple of verses here.
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Matthew 3, verse 17 says,
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"And suddenly a voice
came from heaven, saying,
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'This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.'"
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And that's a
very familiar text to,
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I think, just
about every Christian,
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at Jesus' baptism, and
here, of course, it calls Him
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His Son, in whom
He is "well pleased."
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Also in the book of Hebrews,
Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 5,
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it says, "For to which of
the angels did He ever say:
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"'You are my Son,
today I have begotten You'?
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"And again: 'I
will be to Him a Father,
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and He shall be to me a Son'?"
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>>Dragoslava: So this
is a Messianic prophecy
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right there in the Psalms.
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Then we have
many other examples.
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Perhaps I should mention now
the prophecy about resurrection
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because the text in the Psalms,
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and the ones you
read in the Hebrews,
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mention that God
has begotten His Son.
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So some people may get the idea,
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"Oh, so Jesus
was created by God.
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"Is that what the
prophecy in Psalms says?
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Is He someone--
somehow lower than God?"
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That's obviously not
what the prophecies meant.
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This is a prophecy
about Jesus's resurrection,
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and perhaps I can
read Psalm 16, verse 10--
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which is very similar to the one
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we read previously in
Psalm 2-- 16, verse 10 says,
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"For You will not leave my soul
in Sheol"--or in the grave--
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"nor will You allow Your
Holy One to see corruption."
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Psalm 2:7, about God saying,
"I have begotten You" to Jesus,
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and Psalm 16 are
about resurrection,
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as we can see in
the book of Acts.
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>>Eric: So in Acts,
chapter 2, verses 25-28,
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it says, "For David
says concerning Him:
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"'I foresaw the Lord
always before my face,
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"'for He is at my right
hand, that I may not be shaken.
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"'Therefore my heart rejoiced,
and my tongue was glad;
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"'moreover my flesh
also will rest in hope.
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"'For You will not
leave my soul in Hades,
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"'nor will You allow Your
Holy One to see corruption.
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"'You have made known
to me the ways of life;
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You will make me full
of joy in Your presence.'"
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>>Dragoslava: And we
find a similar fulfillment
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in chapter 13.
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>>Eric: It says, "God
has fulfilled this for us
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"their children, in
that He has raised up Jesus.
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"As it is also
written in the second Psalm:
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"'You are My Son,
today I have begotten You.'
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"And that He
raised Him from the dead,
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"no more to return to
corruption, He has spoken thus:
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'I will give you the
sure mercies of David.'"
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And verse 35: "Therefore
He also says in another Psalm:
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'You will not allow Your
Holy One to see corruption.'"
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>>Dragoslava: Yes, so
we see these prophecies
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are about Jesus's resurrection,
that God has, through Jesus,
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created a new life as a
gift and promise of resurrection
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for all those
who believe in Jesus
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and trust in God through Him.
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This is a wonderful promise.
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Perhaps another one about
Jesus's zeal for God's house:
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In Psalm 69, verse 9,
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we read that Jesus
loves God's temple,
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and those services represent
a message of His salvation.
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It says, "Because zeal for
Your house has eaten me up,
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and the reproaches of those who
reproach You have fallen on me."
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And this is a
prophecy about Christ.
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>>Eric: And we find the
fulfillment over in John.
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John, chapter 2, verse 17 says,
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"Then His disciples
remembered that it [is] written,
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'Zeal for Your
house has eaten me up.'"
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So over and over, we're
seeing these psalms referenced
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over in the New Testament,
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seeing the
connections between the prophecy
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and then the
fulfillment in Jesus' life.
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>>Dragoslava: Yes,
and what is interesting,
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we find also
prophecies that Jesus Himself
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did not have control
over their fulfillment.
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Let's say this one about
the zeal. Someone could say,
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"Well, Jesus
could have read that
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"and kind of,
like, portrayed that zeal
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in order to show the
fulfillment of the psalm."
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But there are so many
examples where other people--
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therefore Jesus did not control
that part of fulfillment.
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For example, when the soldiers
divided Jesus's garments
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when Jesus was
crucified, in Psalm 22:18,
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we read exactly about that.
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Psalm 22, verse 18, it says,
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"They divide my
garments among them,
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and for my
clothing they cast lots."
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And for that, we do
not see any instances
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in the King David's life, and--
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but we find a
fulfillment in Matthew 27.
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>>Eric: "Then
they crucified Him,
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"and divided His
garments, casting lots,
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"that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet:
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"'They divided my
garments among them,
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and for my
clothing they cast lots.'"
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>>Dragoslava: And
these were Roman soldiers
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who were most likely unaware
of the prophecy in the Psalms,
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but God's insight and providence
foresaw these details.
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And these
prophecies were given for us,
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for God's people, to strengthen
our trust in God's Word.
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So if these were fulfilled,
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then those who are
still to be fulfilled,
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we have
confidence that they will.
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>>Eric: And there's no way that
He could have impacted that,
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that, by no choice of His,
could He have swayed things
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in His direction.
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It was completely dissociated
from any of His actions
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or activities, yeah.
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>>Dragoslava: Yes, and
we have also a prophecy
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about Jesus's betrayal.
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Again, something that,
heh, probably the betrayer
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didn't know he was doing,
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but he was fulfilling the
prophecy in Psalm 41 in 9.
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It says, "Even my own familiar
friend in whom I trusted,
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who ate my bread, has
lifted up his heel against me."
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>>Eric: And we find
the fulfillment over
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in the book of Luke.
Luke, chapter 22, verse 48 says,
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"But Jesus said to him, 'Judas,
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are you betraying the
Son of Man with a kiss?'"
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>>Dragoslava: Yes.
>>Eric: So nothing that
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He could have done to do that,
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but Judas
fulfilled that prophecy.
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>>Dragoslava: Yes,
and now the prophecies
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about Jesus's
priesthood and kingship,
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the full fulfillment of
that is still in the future.
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But, Eric, I
believe we can all agree
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that all these
fulfilled prophecies serve
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as a firm foundation for
the hope and the fulfillment
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of these future
ones. >>Eric: Very much so.
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You know, we're going
to continue taking a look
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at the prophecies of Jesus
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and their
fulfillment when we come back,
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but I want to encourage you,
if you haven't done so already,
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make sure that you
pick up the companion book
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to this quarter's
"Sabbath School" lesson.
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You can find it
at itiswritten.shop.
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Again, that's at
itiswritten.shop.
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It's on the book of
Psalms, and you will be blessed.
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We're gonna come back in
just a few moments and look
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at some of the typological
fulfillments as well.
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We'll be right back.
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>>John Bradshaw: They are
some of the most famous words
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ever spoken: "The
Lord is my shepherd;
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I shall not want,"
written by a former shepherd.
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King David wrote the 23rd Psalm.
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Don't miss "Great
Chapters of the Bible: Psalm 23"
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as we look at
this beautiful psalm.
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David draws on his
experience as a shepherd
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and draws on the
depths of his relationship,
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his sometimes
rocky relationship,
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with the God of heaven.
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David speaks about
God as his shepherd.
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He says, "I shall not want."
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He said that God, his shepherd,
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makes him to "lie
down in green pastures"
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and leads him
"beside still waters."
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See a beautiful picture of
God, the picture David saw:
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God as shepherd,
as carer, as provider.
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>>Eric: Welcome
back to "Sabbath School,"
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brought to you by It Is Written.
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We're continuing to take a
look at Jesus in the Psalms.
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Slava, when we were
together just a few moments ago,
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we were looking at
some of the very literal
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prophetic fulfillments of Jesus.
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But there are also some
typological fulfillments
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of the prophecies
in Psalms with Jesus.
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What can you share
with us about those?
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>>Dragoslava: Yes, well,
the typological predictions
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or prophecies are
called typological
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because we don't find a direct
fulfillment in the New Testament
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in a sense that
New Testament authors
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quoted these
psalms or biblical texts
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like in the previous
instances that we read.
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However, when we
read the circumstances
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and descriptions
presented in these psalms,
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it's very clear that
no one, no Israel's king,
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ever fulfilled them.
And they find, therefore,
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their fulfillment in Jesus
through His actions and words.
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For example,
Psalms 24, 25, 72, 101,
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they all speak
about the ideal King
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who does God's will perfectly,
who shares justice to all,
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and we all know that King
David and maybe King Solomon--
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who are taken, both of
them, as the best examples
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of the ancient Israelis'
king-- they weren't perfect
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in no way and, very
often, do injust things and--
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but the One who does all that
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and who fulfills
them is Jesus Christ.
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Then the Psalms,
like Psalm 88 and 102,
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are the prayers of the
suffering servant of God.
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And I especially love Psalm 88.
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No one can claim the depth
of this suffering, only Jesus.
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And when we read this prayer,
we really come close to Christ,
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and we get a glimpse
into the suffering He endured
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for the sake of the world.
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So, all these psalms
find their, I would say,
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typological
fulfillment in Christ.
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>>Eric: And so, He is
that perfect fulfillment,
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that no human
being could have stepped
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into those shoes, but He,
being the perfect individual--
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>>Dragoslava: Yes, yes.
>>Eric: ...most certainly does.
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>>Dragoslava: A number of
New Testament people served
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as types of Christ,
and type would mean, like,
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an image or a
model or an illustration,
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like Moses, David, and others.
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However, they're
only a small shadow
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of the grand
and glorious picture
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of who Jesus really is
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and we read in the
gospels about Christ.
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>>Eric: So it's nice
to have those types, but,
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really, they're
just, like you said,
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a shadow of the
real, of the reality.
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Well, when we take
a look at the Psalms,
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we're seeing Jesus in
here clearly throughout.
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How do the Psalms
bring us closer to Christ?
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It's all well and
good to see Him in there,
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but it doesn't do us
much good unless we are--
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unless we can connect with Him.
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How do the Psalms
help us to do that?
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>>Dragoslava: Yes,
exactly. I really appreciate
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that you mentioned the
word "connect" with Him.
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And I mentioned, I
think, this earlier,
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that the Psalms are
here not just to inform us
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but to transform us as
well. And in this case,
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they're here to not
just inform us about Jesus,
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but connect us with Jesus.
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And that's the final
goal, that through these psalms,
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these wonderful prayers,
we get to know our Lord Jesus
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heart to heart.
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And when we pray His prayers,
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that's the place where we
meet with Christ heart to heart.
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And I'm amazed to
know that the last words
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our Lord Jesus
spoke on the cross
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came from the Psalms.
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Psalm 22, verse 1:
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"My God, my God, why
have You forsaken me?"
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It shows us that Jesus
knew this psalm by heart
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and that He prayed this psalm.
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And at the hardest
moment of His life,
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He turned to
God's Word and prayed.
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And the very last words
that Jesus spoke on the cross,
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before He's breathing His
last, came from Psalm 31:5.
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Maybe we could read this verse.
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The very last
words that Jesus spoke
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before giving up His
breath came from a psalm,
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Psalm 31, verse 5.
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And it says, "Into Your
hand I commit my spirit."
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And when we read
Luke, chapter 23, verse 46--
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>>Eric: It says, "And when Jesus
had cried out with a loud voice,
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"He said, 'Father, "into
Your hands I commit my spirit."'
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[And] having said
this, He breathed His last."
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>>Dragoslava: Yes, so you
see, when I read Psalm 31,
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I come with the words of Jesus,
the last words that He spoke.
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And that does
bring me closer to Him,
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closer to understanding
Him, His love, His grace,
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His great suffering
for the world, for me.
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And I cherish
praying these prayers
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along with my Lord Jesus.
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>>Eric: So it seems
like as we're reading
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through the New Testament,
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there are many
references to the Psalms.
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Of course, in many Bibles there
are either column references
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or references
down at the bottom,
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and a lot of those go
back to the book of Psalms.
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So these are evidences
that the New Testament writers
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are recognizing that Jesus
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is the fulfillment
of all these things,
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that Jesus is very
present in the book of Psalms,
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and that He's--
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He should be very
present in our lives as well.
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So, more than simply saying,
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"Oh yeah, there's a
picture of Jesus in the Psalms
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and here's a picture of
Him in the New Testament,"
00:22:01.55\00:22:03.42
it's not just there.
It doesn't just exist,
00:22:03.45\00:22:06.62
but it should
touch our heartstrings
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and change our lives as well.
00:22:09.82\00:22:12.83
How might a person--
how might a person respond
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when they see this
picture of Jesus in the Psalms,
00:22:16.16\00:22:20.57
over here in the New Testament?
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How would a person--how
should a person respond to that?
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>>Dragoslava: See, it's
like when we read the Psalms,
00:22:26.31\00:22:29.41
it's as if we are
reading Jesus's personal diary.
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You know, it's in
our personal diaries
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we put our most
innermost thoughts
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and pleas and prayers,
and when we read the Psalms,
00:22:40.09\00:22:44.26
we discover Jesus's heart.
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And how do we
respond to this great love
00:22:46.93\00:22:50.87
to this great
faithfulness and commitment
00:22:50.90\00:22:54.44
but giving
ourselves to Christ completely
00:22:54.47\00:22:58.57
in adoration and obedience,
00:22:58.61\00:23:01.24
in glorifying Him,
in trusting Him fully,
00:23:01.28\00:23:04.58
and accepting His
gift of salvation.
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Eric, imagine you invite
me to your birthday party,
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and I sacrifice
everything I have to buy you--
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to prepare you
this wonderful gift.
00:23:17.99\00:23:21.10
And I come to
your birthday party,
00:23:21.13\00:23:23.90
and I give you that gift
and somehow you just, "Ahh"--
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you neglect it, you know.
00:23:28.34\00:23:30.11
What a waste, what
a sorrow, you know,
00:23:30.14\00:23:33.01
and when I read the Psalms,
00:23:33.04\00:23:35.54
I have no other words but
to say, "Lord, I am Yours.
00:23:35.58\00:23:40.25
You have redeemed me
with Your precious blood."
00:23:40.28\00:23:43.55
That's the response
that we, inevitably almost,
00:23:43.59\00:23:47.66
give to God when
we meet with Christ
00:23:47.69\00:23:50.96
heart to heart in His prayers.
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>>Eric: And you know, it's
interesting you mention that.
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.43
That should be the
response that we have,
00:23:56.46\00:23:58.67
but a great many
people, they miss out on it.
00:23:58.70\00:24:01.34
They miss out on the
opportunity on that connection
00:24:01.37\00:24:04.27
that Jesus wants to make with us
00:24:04.31\00:24:06.27
because they don't
recognize Him for who He is,
00:24:06.31\00:24:09.98
that He's that one
who was present so much
00:24:10.01\00:24:12.91
in Psalms and through the rest
of the Old Testament and here
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.95
to give us hope.
00:24:15.98\00:24:18.62
If there's somebody today
who's watching this program,
00:24:18.65\00:24:22.12
and they're looking for hope,
00:24:22.16\00:24:24.53
they believe in
Jesus, but they don't see
00:24:24.56\00:24:29.33
how He can really
change their lives,
00:24:29.36\00:24:32.93
what would you share
with them to help them to see
00:24:32.97\00:24:35.50
that He is real, that He
wants to have a relationship,
00:24:35.54\00:24:38.67
that He wants to be close,
and that He wants to help?
00:24:38.71\00:24:40.71
>>Dragoslava: Yes, yes.
00:24:40.74\00:24:42.38
Well, I'm glad
we read many psalms,
00:24:42.41\00:24:46.78
but perhaps Psalm 23 is
the right word for you now.
00:24:46.82\00:24:51.89
It is the psalm
about the good shepherd,
00:24:51.92\00:24:55.82
and Jesus said in
the Gospel of John,
00:24:55.86\00:24:58.59
"I am the good shepherd.
00:24:58.63\00:25:01.20
The good shepherd [that lays
down] His life for [His] sheep."
00:25:01.23\00:25:05.07
And no earthly
shepherd ever does that,
00:25:05.10\00:25:08.77
but that's the kind of
shepherd, that's the kind of God
00:25:08.80\00:25:11.87
our Lord Jesus is.
00:25:11.91\00:25:14.11
And here in Psalm 23,
00:25:14.14\00:25:16.28
there is an
encouragement for you.
00:25:16.31\00:25:18.21
There is a call
for you to seek God
00:25:18.25\00:25:21.25
and allow Him to
reveal Himself to you,
00:25:21.28\00:25:24.85
to open your
eyes to see His grace
00:25:24.89\00:25:28.22
and His presence in your life:
00:25:28.26\00:25:30.66
"The Lord is my
shepherd; I shall not want.
00:25:30.69\00:25:35.43
"He makes me to lie
down in green pastures;
00:25:35.46\00:25:39.47
"He leads me
beside the still waters.
00:25:39.50\00:25:43.24
"He restores my soul; He leads
me in the path of righteousness
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for His name's sake."
00:25:48.54\00:25:50.85
I believe there
are many good things
00:25:50.88\00:25:52.61
going on in your life,
00:25:52.65\00:25:54.22
and sometimes we
take them for granted,
00:25:54.25\00:25:56.58
or we think it's
just a coincidence.
00:25:56.62\00:25:59.62
But, my friend, rest
assured it is the good shepherd
00:25:59.65\00:26:03.59
who leads you,
who provides for you.
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.80
He's the one
who will go with you
00:26:06.83\00:26:09.53
through the valley
of the shadow of death.
00:26:09.56\00:26:12.23
He will be with
you, and He's preparing
00:26:12.27\00:26:15.57
a table for you with
blessings overflowing,
00:26:15.60\00:26:22.38
so that one day when you
receive Him in your heart,
00:26:22.41\00:26:26.95
you may dwell in
the house of the Lord
00:26:26.98\00:26:29.62
and enjoy His blessing
and His fellowship forever.
00:26:29.65\00:26:34.92
>>Eric: Slava, it's
amazing when we take a look
00:26:34.96\00:26:36.93
at the book of
Psalms how much of Jesus
00:26:36.96\00:26:39.36
we can see there in
things He did fulfill
00:26:39.39\00:26:42.96
and in things that we
don't see a direct fulfillment
00:26:43.00\00:26:46.33
in the New
Testament, but we know
00:26:46.37\00:26:48.64
that He ultimately
is that fulfillment,
00:26:48.67\00:26:50.61
those typological
fulfillments as well.
00:26:50.64\00:26:52.84
And that strengthens or should
strengthen our relationship
00:26:52.87\00:26:57.51
with Him as well.
00:26:57.55\00:26:59.41
So, thank you for leading
us through the book of Psalms
00:26:59.45\00:27:03.72
and helping us to see Jesus.
00:27:03.75\00:27:06.15
"Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord."
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>>Dragoslava: Yes.
>>Eric: And we trust
00:27:09.36\00:27:10.99
that you have been blessed
as we have taken this journey
00:27:11.03\00:27:13.96
through many of the psalms today
00:27:14.00\00:27:16.46
and seen a clearer picture
of Jesus in each of them,
00:27:16.50\00:27:21.34
because as we get to see
Jesus, we have an opportunity
00:27:21.37\00:27:23.81
to connect with
Him, to abide with Him,
00:27:23.84\00:27:29.01
and to grow in our
relationship with Him.
00:27:29.04\00:27:31.45
And we hope that that's
what will be taking place
00:27:31.48\00:27:33.35
in your life between now
and when we come back again
00:27:33.38\00:27:36.35
next week.
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We look forward
to seeing you then
00:27:37.72\00:27:39.02
here on "Sabbath School,"
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