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C.J.
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we're in Psalm 71 through 75 today. Can you kind of position us in this book? Where are we at and what psalm are we going to focus on today?
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Yep. So today we're going to focus on Psalm 72. And even though we're going through Psalm 71, 75, Psalm 72 is actually the final Psalm in book two of the Psalter. So we might have talked about this before. There are five books of the Psalter or five books within the Psalter. And this is the end of book two. And this is also the final prayer of David. It says in the final verse of Psalm 72. So this is like a very capstone psalm, and we're going to see why in a second. Okay, so books one and two focus on Saul, David, and then this final psalm is spoken by Solomon, David's son. And in Psalm 72, Solomon looks to the day when the Messianic king will reign. So if you remember in 2nd Samuel 7, this is when God speaks to David and makes what's called the Davidic covenant, where God promises that there will be a future king who will reign forever on the throne of David. It'll be somebody from David's line. And now Solomon, David's first son, or David's son who takes up his throne, is looking to the future and anticipating what that sort of reign will look like. And that's what this psalm is about.
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Okay, great. So that's really helpful context. What does this psalm say about the Messianic king's reign?
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So Solomon imagined a king who is righteous, who's just, who brings abundance to people, who helps the poor. Evil people will fear him. And it says, as long as the sun endures and as long as the moon is around. So for forever, right? This king will rule to the ends of the earth, and all nations shall serve him again. He'll help the poor and redeem them from oppression and violence, so he'll protect those who are weak and needy. And it says, may his name endure forever. As long as the sun shines, may all nations be blessed by him. And Call him blessed, which when I hear that, I think of the Abrahamic promise. And through this person, you know, everyone will be blessed or all the nations of the world would be blessed.
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Okay, I'm going to tee you up with like a really easy question. Okay.
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Where, C.J.
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do we see Christ in this Messianic song?
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So this is like the most natural trajectory to get us to Christ. Christ is obviously the Messianic king. He's obviously the one that 2nd Samuel 7 was promising, was looking for. And that's who Solomon, whether or not he knew it, he was looking towards Christ. That's what he was looking for. So Christ is good, he's righteous, and he's just. We all know these things. But Revelation and Philippians and other texts describe Christ ruling over the world even now after his ascension. And Jesus describes his own mission in ways that remind us of the way that Solomon is describing this Messianic kingdom. In Luke 4, Christ talks about helping those who are in need, redeeming those who are suffering. And Jesus through his gospel that goes out to the nations, is blessing all the nations and will eventually rule over them in full.
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Yeah, so definitely a capstone psalm as you described it. Thanks for walking us through that. I'm going to pull my takeaway from Psalm 71. So the Psalm before, the one we just talked about. And I have quite a different takeaway. What I love about that psalm, in particular, talking about God's faithfulness to someone across the span of their life. And so verses 17 and 18 really stuck out to me. It says, God, you have taught me from my youth. And I still proclaim your wondrous works. Even while I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me. Maybe because I'm someone who's like in between youth and being old and gray. More toward the side of old and gray than youth. That psalm, I don't know something about it. And just recognizing God's faithfulness across a lifetime and maybe even putting the that in the context of walking through the Bible in a year and seeing God's faithfulness across generations and generations and generations, which is really encouraging to me. So love all the connections you made for us in Psalm 72 and also found encouragement elsewhere in our reading today. All right, thanks for walking us through these chapters, cj.
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