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Most people read the Psalms as a source of inspiration and comfort because the writers confront the whole range of emotions that we experience in our journey through life and with God. Few see these words as prophecies. Even as Jesus quoted so passionately from Psalm 22 and 69, we could still see Him quoting these as a source of comfort by claiming the promises of God, not necessarily as a prophecy about His experience. But the Bible says that the musicians were prophets.
Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals ... (1 Chronicles 25: 1)

As we look at the life of David and other patriarchs whose experience are a pattern of the life of the Messiah, we are left to ponder the issue of the meaning of their life.

• Does Jesus Make Them Share His Experience? If so, for those who lived before Christ, their life becomes a prophecy. So God makes them memorable and preserves their stories as a testimony and as a source of comfort and instructions for Him as He lives out these events as a human.
  but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. (1 Peter 4: 13)
  It is my firm belief that David was not writing about Himself. But as God allowed Him to experience the same sorrows He was able to give a first hand account of the sufferings of the Messiah because He understood these emotions.
  For those who live after Christ, their lives become a sign.
• Does Jesus Share Their Experience? If so, their life is not a prophecy, it is a pattern of the road to redemption. Since the Messiah must be tempted in all points without sinning, He must go through a sample of every possible temptation that every human has had to face.
  Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4: 14-16)

While both possibilities occur, Jesus settles the question of the origin of the Psalms. They are prophecies.
... all things written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. (Luke 24: 44)

The Scope of the Prophecies
Traditionally, the Messianic prophecies have been quoted as isolated text within a Psalm. Scholars tended not to view the objectionable parts as Messianic. It is our view that if a portion of a Psalm has been identified as Messianic then the entire Psalm is about Him, otherwise the isolated verses are merely general promises based on the covenant.
The reason why other verses are ignored is because people tend to see the prophecies as relating only to the events of His crucifixion. But the prophecies about the "Day of the Lord" span the events from His coming to Jerusalem to His Second Coming and even to His Third Coming and the final judgment.

• His Suffering. Most people tend to recognize and agree with the parts that describe His agony in the crucifixion.
• The Punishment of His enemies. These verses are generally ignored because they conflict with the merciful Messiah who came to save us. However, they are a prophecy about How the wicked will face the wrath of God in the future if they reject Christ.
• His Rewards. Although these are not objectionable, many tend to ignore these verses which contain prophecies about His future which are not yet fulfilled.
• His Sins. People find these parts objectionable because the Messiah did not sin. So we skip around the text and pick and choose what appears to refer to Christ. We assume that David is talking about His sins then switching back and forth to contrast himself with the perfect Messiah.
  Others embrace these text as Messianic but conclude that the Messiah is a sinner. Some split the Messiah into two dueling internal natures, one sinned and the other did not. These views are incorrect.
  
  » He Became Sin Without Sinning. The Messiah, in human or divine form, never sinned.
  This is the answer to the paradox. He became sin when He took possession of our sins as His own sins.
  He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us ... (2 Corinthians 5: 21)
  So as far as God was concerned, when Jesus talked about "My sins" He was taking ownership of our sins.
  O God, it is You who knows my folly, and my wrongs are not hidden from You. (Psalm 69: 5)
  As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You." (Psalm 41: 4)
  
  But the testimony is that He was not a sinner. He was obedient.
  There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
  Good. And those who repay evil for good, they oppose me, because I follow what is good. (Psalm 38: 3-4, 18, 20)
  Sinless. He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His ordinances were before me, and I did not put away His statutes from me. I was also blameless with Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. (Psalm 18: 19-24)

The Early Years
There is not much information about His early years other than His birth and His adventures in the temple when He was twelve. SInce He could not become a priest until He was thirty, this period of His life was not recorded.

• Womb. He was promised to us before He was born and His mission was written in the word of God.
  Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart." (Psalm 40: 7-8)
  Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts. Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother's womb. (Psalm 22: 9-10)
• Instruction. He was taught by the Holy Spirit. Some of it was through dreams and visions.
  I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. (Psalm 16: 7)
• His Destiny. Psalm 8 prophesies about the Son of Man who would be made lower than the God [Elohim] for a little while. While it appears to be a testimony about the rulership of humans over all living things on the earth, it is particularly aimed at one special human who would be called "the Son of Man".
  Son of Man. What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! (Psalm 8: 4-5)
  The phrase "a little lower than God" can also be translated "lower than God for a little" while.

The Suffering Messiah
Many prophecies depict the suffering of Christ in symbols. But the best direct prophecies of His physical and emotional suffering are contained in Isaiah 53 and Psalms 22 and 69.

• The Family and Friends of Jesus.
  • Betrayed. His ordeal begins when a friend betrayed Him.
    Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. Psalm 41: 9
    A Plot. Though they intended evil against You and devised a plot, they will not succeed. (Psalm 21: 11)
    Devious Plans. Those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, and they devise treachery all day long. (Psalm 38: 12)
    A Net and A Pit. For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul. Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall. (Psalm 35: 7-8)
    Betrayed by a Friend. For it is not an enemy who reproached me, then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me. Then I could hide myself from him. But it is you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend. (Psalm 55: 12-13)
  • Afflicted. His sufferings were approved by God.
    Afflicted by God. For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, and they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded. (Psalm 69: 26)
  • Deserted and Alone. Jesus felt deserted by the God the Father, the Holy Spirit, His disciples and His family. Although she was at the cross at the end, even His mother was not there to show sympathy when He searched for a friendly face. His testimony is that He died without a gesture of comfort or sympathy.
    Abandoned by God. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. (Psalm 22: 1)
    I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" (Psalm 42: 9)
    Avoided by Loved Ones, Friends and Family. My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off. (Psalm 38: 11)
    Nobody Helped. Be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help. (Psalm 22: 11)
    No Comforters. Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick and I looked for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. (Psalm 69: 20)
    » Loved Ones. He did not see His family and friends because they were standing at a safe distance. Eventually, John and Mary came to the foot of the cross, but by then He had strengthened Himself.
    Out of Sight. And all His acquaintances and the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance seeing these things. (Luke 23: 49)
    His comforters were cowards. Standing at a safe distance they saved themselves, but He could not find anyone of them when He was emotionally at His lowest. Comforting only matters if it is given when it is needed.
    » God. Not even the Holy Spirit was there as His comforter.
    From the lesson on the seder we now have proof that the Father and the Holy Spirit were also with Him. However, He could not sense their presence. All He felt was abandonment.
  • Estranged. His own family was estranged even before the crucifixion.
    I have become estranged from my brothers and an alien to my mother's sons. (Psalm 69: 8)
  • Slandered, Mocked with Joy. His enemies were happy about His distress.
    Humiliated. But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, they slandered me without ceasing. Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.
    Let Him Have it! They opened their mouth wide against me; They said, "Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!" Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!" Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me. (Psalm 35: 15, 19, 21,25,26)
    I Told You So! Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, aha!" (Psalm 40: 15)
    
    Get Rid of Him! My enemies speak evil against me, "When will he die, and his name perish?" And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it. All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt, saying, "A wicked thing is poured out upon him, that when he lies down, he will not rise up again." (Psalm 41: 5-8)
    Tarnished Reputation. My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse. (Psalm 102: 8)
  • Hated. The hatred made Him feel insignificant.
    Low Life! But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of men and despised by the people. (Psalm 22: 6)
    Worthless! Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You. (Psalm 69: 4, 19)
  • Emotions. He cried all day long, from the pain, the rejection and embarassment.
    Crying. I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Psalm 69: 3)
  • Trial. They subjected Him to an unfair trial and He did not defend Himself.
    False Witnesses. Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know. They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. (Psalm 35: 11-12)
    Did not Open His Mouth. Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no arguments. (Psalm 38: 14)
• Jesus on the Cross. The death of Jesus was compared to many sets of symbols. He suffered the curses and the wrath of God by being slaughtered as the sacrificial animal and cooked and eaten up as the Passover meal.
  

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  An Invitation to a Feast on the Day of the Lord.
  On 14 Nisan 31 A.D. God called the world to a feast that gives eternal life. If we do not eat this meal we are destined to be the meal at another feast.
  "You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan. (Ezekiel 39: 18)
  
  Jesus said that we can only have eternal life if we cannibalize His flesh and blood. Many disciples stopped following Him after this.
  "This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. "I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh." So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?" As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. (John 6: 50-54, 60,66)
  
  The Old Testament presents the same picture. According to the curses, they would eat their own children. Christ was the Son who was given to them (Isaiah 9: 6).
  Christ is the Son that was Eaten. So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
  Then you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, during the siege and distress by which your enemy will oppress you. (Deuteronomy 28: 45, 53)
  • Preparation of the Lamb for a Feast. Holes were drilled in the legs so that the animal could be hung for skinning and cutting up.
    Nailed. ... They pierced my hands and my feet. (Psalm 22: 16)
    Nails. For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. (Psalm 38: 2)
    Dislocated Bones. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me. (Psalm 22: 14, 17)
    No Broken Bones. He keeps all his bones, not one of them is broken. (Psalm 34: 20)
    Carried the Wood on His Back. My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly. I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long. (Psalm 38: 5-6)
    Stripped. They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. (Psalm 22: 18)
    Baked. You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, and fire will devour them. (Psalm 21: 9)
    Grilled. For my days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth. (Psalm 102: 3)

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  • The Menu. It was a full course meal fit for a king.
    Z'roa. You give us as sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations. (Psalm 44: 11)
    Salt Water. My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" (Psalm 42: 3)
    Bread. For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping (Psalm 102: 9)
    Vinegar. They also gave me gall for my food and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. (Psalm 69: 21)
  • The Dinner Guests Sit Around the Table: ("Besieged the Meal"). His enemies surrounded Him and pestered Him like a pack of wild animals and a swarm of bees. He was beseiged by many kings (lions), bulls (leaders and priests), Gentiles (dogs) and people (bees). This siege is now symbolized as a group of unruly dinner guests around the table of shewbread for the Passover meal (seder).
    Bulls, Dogs and Lions. Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. They open wide their mouth at me, as a ravening and a roaring lion. For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. (Psalm 22: 12, 13, 16)
    Bees. All nations surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off. They surrounded me like bees. They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off. (Psalm 118: 10-12)
    For evils beyond number have surrounded me ... (Psalm 40: 12)
    
    » Table of Shewbread. He was the table and the meal that his enemies sat around to eat.
    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies ... (Psalm 23: 5)
    » Menorah. When He decided to drink the cup, He was the menorah in the oil press of Gethsemane that was being drained of oil.
    ... You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. (Psalm 23: 5)
  • Eating the Meal: ("Biting, Tearing, Saliva (Spitting) and Chewing"). This phase of the meal is also described as being in the bowels.
    Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth. (Psalm 35: 16)
    The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him with his teeth. (Psalm 37: 12).
  
  The church continues in this meal by participating in the communion. We must eat His flesh and drink His blood by eating the bread and drinking the wine. This time we behave like grateful dinner guests with good manners.
  
  Eating The Fruit Offering. Jesus is the holy fruit offered to the Lord in the fourth year after planting the righteous tree. This fruit was eaten in Jerusalem.
  Fruit Forbidden for Three Years. When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.
  Fruit Belongs to God. But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.
  Fruit Belongs to the People. In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you, I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19: 23-25)
  Jesus ministered for three and a half years and was eaten up in Jerusalem by the people at the Passover feast during the fourth year at the crucifixion. After three years He was the only fruit in all of Israel because the fig tree had failed to bear fruit and was cursed.
  Tree Cut Down. The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (Matthew 3: 10)
  Dead Tree. As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. (Mark 11: 20)
  
  » The Wrath of God. Jesus suffered all the curses.
  • Enemies Rule. His enemies made Him the main course of the meal.
  • No Fruit. Israel hated Him and they scattered the children. They were the sour grapes of wrath.
  • Attacked by Wild Beast. These are the unruly dinner guests who devoured the feast.
  • Sword of Vengeance. He was stabbed with a sword after He was cooked and His juices flowed out.
  • Wrath of God on Jesus ("City and Sanctuary Destroyed"). His body was the temple that was destroyed. We have devoted an entire lesson to describe how Jesus suffered the wrath from the sanctuary.
• The Death of Jesus.
  • Jesus Died of a Broken Heart. Death by crucifixion was designed to be a slow process over many days. Eventually, they broke the legs to hasten their death. But the burden of our sins and the palpable hatred and desertion by His loved ones caused His heart to fail. Jesus died early of a broken heart.
    My heart is like wax, it is melted within me. (Psalm 22: 14)
    Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick ... (Psalm 69: 20)
    For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me. (Psalm 40: 12)
    I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart. My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me. (Psalm 38: 8, 10)
  • Compared to Broken Clay. He was broken up like the feet of clay and the roots in the earth to symbolize man returning to the dust of the earth.
    Shattered Pottery. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. (Psalm 22: 15)
  • Compared to Jonah in the Sea. The prophecies use the symbol of the wicked as the raging waters and seas of the abyss to describe the deluge that overwhelmed Jesus on the cross until He was dead at the bottom of the world.
    Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. (Psalm 42: 7)
    Save me, O God, for the waters have threatened my life. I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters. May the flood of water not overflow me nor the deep swallow me up, nor the pit shut its mouth on me. (Psalm 69: 1-2, 14-15)
  • In the Grave (Sheol). The dead are symbolized as being trapped by a net or as prisoners in chains.
    Bound in Sheol. The cords of death encompassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness terrified me. The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry for help before Him came into His ears. (Psalm 18: 4-6)
    » No Decay. He was assured that His body would not decay and He would be rescued.
    For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. (Psalm 16: 10)
    » No Worms on Sabbath. While He was dead on Sabbath, the Bread of Life would not spoil.
    then he said to them, "This is what the Lord meant: Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning". So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it. (Exodus 16: 23-24)
  • Resurrection. Death is an enemy that is compared to drowning in the ocean and now resurrection is described as a parting of the waters like the exodus through the red sea so that we can walk out of the miry clay on to dry land. Resurrections are preceeded by an earthquake which symbolized a breaking open of the earth and the sea to release the trapped bodies.
    
    Earthquake (Breaking Open the Earth). Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling and were shaken, because He was angry. Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet. He rode upon a cherub and flew; and He sped upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire. The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, and lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them. (Psalm 18: 7-14)
    Water Parted (Breaking Open the Sea). Then the channels of water appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my stay. He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. (Psalm 18: 15-19)
    Rescued Out of the Mud (Water and Earth). I waited patiently for the LORD and He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. (Psalm 40: 1-2)
    Life is symbolized by a solid rock with sure footing. Death is sinking in water and soft clay.
• The Sacrifice that Saves Israel. Ultimately, the sacrifice that Christ made was not simply His death. What pleased God was that He still praised and honored God in spite of the fact that He was treated so badly and seemed to be neglected by God, yet He never waivered in His love and praise and faith in the goodness of God. So Christ had to die to make His choice more convincing.
  Praise. I will praise the name of God with song and magnify Him with thanksgiving. And it will please the LORD better than an ox or a young bull with horns and hoofs. (Psalm 69: 30-31)
  Trust. O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; and by night, but I have no rest. Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them. To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed. (Psalm 22: 2-5)
  Obedience. Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart." I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart. (Psalm 40: 6-8, 10)

Psalm 89: The Punishment of the Messiah
Violating the Covenant. If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, if they violate my statutes and do not keep My commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. But I will not break off My lovongkindness from him, nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. My covenant I will not violate, nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness, I will not lie to David. His descendants will endure forever and his throne as the sun before Me. It shall be established forever like the Moon, and the witness in the sky is beautiful. (Psalm 89: 30-37)

• Rod and Stripes (Verse 32). Jesus was beaten with a flagellum. This whip created striped marks. The Messiah was punishment because the sons violated the covenant.
• The Witnesses in the Sky (Verse 37). The sun was dark for three hours. There was no moon.
  Thus says the Lord Who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that the waves roar; the Lord of hosts is His name.
  If this fixed order departs from before Me, says the Lord, then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever. (Jeremiah 31: 35-37)
  If you can break my covenant with the night, so that day and night not come at their appointed time, then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. (Jeremiah 33: 20-21)
  A solar eclipse only occurs during a new moon. But Jesus was crucified during a full moon. Since this is not a normal solar eclipse, then the covenant with the day and night was broken. Night did not follow day as normal.
  » The Throne of David. Now we know that this symbolized that his throne was removed. Legally, this allowed the conditions for the covenant to be broken. However,God reestablished the covenant with the indestructible Christ, a son of David. Therefore, the throne of David will last forever and God did not lie to him. In the new earth, when the fixed order departs and there is no night, and the sun shines forever, Jesus will sit on the throne of David.
  His descendants will endure forever and his throne as the sun before Me. (Psalm 89: 36)

The Punishment. But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. You have spurned the covenant of your servant. You have profaned His crown in the dust. You have broken down all His walls. You have brought His strongholds to ruin. All who pass along the way plunder him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all his enemies rejoice. You also turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand in battle. You have made his spleandor to cease and cast his throne to the ground. You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Psalm 89: 38-45)

• Wrath of God (Verse 38). Jesus, the Anointed Messiah, received the wrath of God.
• Profaned Crown (Verse 39). While wearing the crown of thorns, He fell under the weight of the cross.
• Broken Walls (Verse 40). His skin was broken after the severe beating.
• Plundered (Verse 41). They took His clothes and gambled for them.
• Enemies Triumphed (Verse 42). He was mocked by His enemies, whose evil plans succeeded.
• Did Not Retaliate (Verse 43). He remained silent, neither did He destroy them. Instead their sword pierced Him.
• Shortened Life (Verse 45). He lived only 33 years out of seventy promised years.
• Shame and Reproach (Verse 41, 45). His enemies, neighbors, friends and families watched His humiliation.
  As the high priest carried the breast plate with the names of the tribes, Jesus bore our reproach in His breast and it broke His heart.
  The High Priest Bears The Reproach of All People. Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants. How I bear in my bosom, the reproach of all the many peoples. With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord, with which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. (Psalm 89: 50-51)

The Conquering Messiah
Psalm 18 is Messianic. It begins with His death, resurrection and ends with His military victory over His enemies.

• King Who Rules the Earth. Everything will come under subjection to Jesus Christ.
  Enemies Trampled Under His Feet. I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet. For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me. They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets. (Psalm 18: 38-42)
  All Things Under His Feet. You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas. (Psalm 8: 6-8)
  The righteous are the clean sheep and oxen. The people who are saved and resurrected are those who "pass through the paths of the sea".
  
  Christ may have been begotten by God when He was resurrected.
  Inherits the Nations. "But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain. I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as Your possession". (Psalm 2: 6-8)
  Sits on the Right Hand of God. The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet." The LORD will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, "Rule in the midst of Your enemies." Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. (Psalm 110: 1-3)
  King of Zion. Why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, "Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!" He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord scoffs at them. Then He will speak to them in His anger and terrify them in His fury, saying, "But as for Me, I have installed My King upon Zion, My holy mountain." (Psalm 2: 1-6)
• Priest. He is also the eternal High Priest who reigns in peace.
  The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." (Psalm 110: 4)
• Righteous Judge. He judges the wicked on the day of His wrath.
  Shatters the Clay. The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country. He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head. (Psalm 110: 5-7)
  Shatters Them with a Rod. You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware. Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the LORD with reverence and rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, for His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him! (Psalm 2: 9-12)
• Rewarded. He was rewarded because of His righteousness.
  
  Reward. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
  Vengeance on His Enemies. I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed. I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, and I destroyed those who hated me. They cried for help, but there was none to save, even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
  Exhalted Respected. You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners submit to me. Foreigners fade away, and come trembling out of their fortresses. The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation, The God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me. He delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O LORD, and I will sing praises to Your name. He gives great deliverance to His king, and shows lovingkindness to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever. (Psalm 18: 20, 37-50)
• Accepted by a Future Generation.
  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will worship before You. For the kingdom is the LORD'S and He rules over the nations. All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, all those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive. Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation. They will come and will declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, that He has performed it. (Psalm 22: 27-31)

The Day of the Lord
	Beginning	2000 Years	End of Days

The Day of the Lord
The day of the Lord begins with the crucifixion and ends with the Second Coming. While David vividly portrays the end of days for the Messiah, Asaph seems to concentrate on the events around the end of days for the wicked. At that time the sanctuary will be destroyed and the wicked will persecute the righteous, but God will fight for them.

• Righteous Judged. God will judge the righteous.
  He summons the heavens above, and the earth, to judge His people: Gather My godly ones to Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. And the heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge. (Psalm 50: 4-6)
• The Wicked. The wicked are those who hate the laws of God.
  But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to tell of My statutes and to take My covenant in your mouth? "For you hate discipline, and you cast My words behind you. (Psalm 50: 16-17)
• Persecution. At the end of days the people and sanctuary of God will be destroyed by corruption and violence.
  • People Persecuted. The righteous are abused by the wicked.
    They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. (Psalm 74: 8)
  • Sanctuary Destroyed. The church is corrupted, its treasures demolished and the building destroyed.
    Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins. The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. It seems as if one had lifted up his axe in a forest of trees. And now all its carved work they smash with hatchet and hammers. They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground ... (Psalm 74: 3, 5-7)
    Jesus was the temple that was destroyed at the beginning of the "Day of the Lord", while the physical temple was destroyed in 70 A.D.
    Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." (John 2: 19)
    At the end of the Day of the Lord, when the temple is in heaven, the spiritual house of God (the church) will be corrupted and destroyed by persecution.
  • Sanctuary Corrupted. ... They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. (Psalm 74: 7)
  • Changed Standards and Destroyed Signs. In the end they changed the law about the Sabbath which is a sign of the covenant. Instead they establish their own signs.
    Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs. We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, nor is there any among us who knows how long. (Psalm 74: 4, 9)
• The Wrath of God on the Wicked. The last plagues will be poured out seven times.
  And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom the reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. (Psalm 79: 12)
  5. Leviathan: The Many Headed Monster ("Fifth Plague"). The dragon with seven heads is destroyed.
     You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. (Psalm 74: 13-14)
  6. River Dried Up ("Sixth Plague"). The armies and support are removed.
     You broke open springs and torrents; You dried up ever-flowing streams. (Psalm 74: 15)
  7. Wicked Destroyed ("Seventh Plague"). God comes to rescue all the righteous with a hail of fire.
     May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, and it is very tempestuous around Him. (Psalm 50: 3)
     » The End of the Wicked. The sanctuary shows how the wicked will be destroyed.
     Until I came into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end. (Psalm 73: 17)
     These symbols can be seen in the disassembly of the sanctuary and the removal of the waste.
     • Sanctuary ("Disassembled"). The wicked will be unmade and torn down.
     • Altar of Sacrifice ("Ashes"). The wicked will be burnt to ashes.
     • Laver ("Dry"). The strength and forces of the wicked will be dried up.
     • Table of Shewbread ("Dregs"). They drain the dregs and eat the stale crumbs from the table.
       For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams; It is well mixed, and He pours out of this; Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs. (Psalm 75: 8)
     • Menorah ("No Light"). The wicked will be blinded and thrown into utter darkness.
     • Altar of Incense ("Coals"). God will not hear them. He will send coals of fire as hail.
     • Ark ("Throne"). Their kingdom will be destroyed and they will be blotted out of the book of life.
  
  Table. May their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
  Menorah. May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, and make their loins shake continually.
  Altar of Incense ("Coals"). Pour out Your indignation on them, and may Your burning anger overtake them.
  Sanctuary. May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents. Add iniquity to their iniquity, and may they not come into Your righteousness.
  Ark (Tables of Stone). May they be blotted out of the book of life and may they not be recorded with the righteous. (Psalm 69: 22-25, 27-28)
• The Son of Man. Jesus, the Son of Man, will be a king on the right hand of God.
  Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. (Psalm 80: 17-18)

Repetition and Enlargement
The prophecies of David are about the events at the beginning of the "Day of the Lord" when God saves the righteous by pouring out on Christ the wrath that we deserve in the end of days.

The Day of the Lord for Jesus Christ
Psalm	Suffering	Trust	Praise	Reward	Death	Resurrection	Conquering	Enemies
2	-	-	-	-	-	-	☆ 6-8	1-5, 9-12
8	-	-	1-4,9, ☆2	-	-	-	☆ 4-8	-
16	-	1-3	7-11	5-	☆ 10	10-11	-	4
18	18	1-3, 30-31	46-49, ☆50	19-27	4-6	Earthquake: 7-14 Resurrected 15-18	28-29, ☆31, 32-36, 43-45	37-42
21	-	☆ 1-3	-	-	-	☆ 4	8	9-13
22	1-2, 6-8, 11-18	3-5, 9-10, 19-21	22-27	-	15	-	28-31	-
23	-	1-4	-	6-9	-	-	-	☆5
24	-	-	1-2	3-6	-	-	5-10	-
31	1-13	14-16	19-24	-	22	-	-	17-18
35	7, 11-12, 15-17, 19-22	-	18, 28	27	25	-	9-10, 23-24	1-6, 8, 25-26
38	1-14, 16-20	15, 21-22	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	12-17	4 -	3-5,9-11	☆6-8	-	1	-	-
41	5-9	1-4	13	10-12	8	10	-	☆9
42	1-11	5, 11	11	-	-	-	-	☆10
45	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-17	-
55	1-8	23	-	-	4	-	9-11, 16-23	☆12-15
69	1-4, 7-21, 26, 29	5-6, 13	16, 30-34	35-36	14-15	-	-	22-25, 27-28
71	1-13	8,14-19	22-24	-	-	20-21	-	-
72	-	-	16-20	12-16	-	-	1-11	-
102	1-11, ☆9	-	12-28	19-22	11, 19-20, 23-24	-	-	26
110	-	-	-	-	-	7	1-5, ☆4	5-6
118	10-13	5-9	1-4	-	17-18	18	19-29	-
☆ Although people traditionally identify isolated texts as Messianic, we usually identify the entire Psalm as Messianic. We claim that the text is not disconnected from the rest of the Psalm

The prophecies of Asaph are about the events at the end of the "Day of the Lord" when God destroys the wicked.

The Day of the Lord for The World
Psalm	Righteous Suffer		Wicked Prosper		Sanctuary Destroyed		Wrath of God		Righteous Saved
	Suffer	Judged	Wicked	Lawless	Sanctuary	Corrupted	Kings	Wicked
50	-	1-2, 4-14	-	16-20	-	-	-	3, 21-22	15,23
73	1-2, 13-16, 21-23	-	3-12	-	-	-	-	17-20,27	24-26, 28
74	1-2, 10-12, 19	-	22-23	18-23	3-8	4, 9	13-15	-	-
75	-	1-2,7	-	-	-	-	-	3-6, 8,10	9-10
79	1-11	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13
89	-	-	-	-	-	-	38-48		1-37, 49-52

Psalms By Topic		Psalms By Author		By Book
Messiah	» David. 8, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 31, 35, 38, 40, 41, 55, 68, 69, 110 » Asaph. 50, 73-75, 80 » Korah. 42, 45, 88 » Others. 2, 43, 71, 72, 89, 97, 102, 118	David	3-41, 51-59, 61-66, 68-70, 101, 108-110, 122, 124, 131, 133, 138, 145	1	1-41
Exodus	77, 78, 81, 95, 105-107, 114	Asaph	50, 73-83	2	42-72
Judgment	50, 58, 73-83, 94	Ethan	89	3	73-89
Vindication	7, 21, 26, 54, 72, 109	Moses	90	4	90-106
Forgiveness	6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143	Solomon	72, 127	5	107-150
Righteous	1, 15, 84, 87, 92, 101, 119, 133, 139	Heman	88
The Wicked	10, 12, 14, 36, 49, 52, 53, 58	Korah	42, 44-49, 84,85, 87,88
Security	2, 7, 11, 20, 23, 27, 57, 90	Unknown	1, 2, 10, 33, 43, 67, 71, 91-100, 102, 104-107, 111-121, 123, 125-126, 128-130, 132, 134-137, 146-150
Distress	4, 13, 38, 43, 55, 64, 77, 88, 137, 142
Hallelujah	106, 111, 112, 135, 146-150
Thanksgiving	30, 65, 75, 95, 97, 103, 105, 107, 116, 118, 136, 138
Praise	9, 34, 63, 67, 92, 96, 98, 100, 108, 134, 144, 145. The Great Hallel (113-118)
Majesty	8, 19, 29, 33, 36, 47, 48, 66, 90, 93, 99, 104, 132
Trust, Hope	3, 25, 27, 37, 39, 46, 55, 56, 62, 86, 115, 131
Deliverance	5, 17, 18, 20, 28, 34, 35, 59, 60, 70, 71, 85, 86, 140, 141