{"id":902,"date":"2012-04-17T05:44:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=902"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:32:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:32:32","slug":"psalm-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/17\/psalm-67\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 67"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psalm 67<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Verse 1-As with Psalm 66 (see our study<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>), this psalm calls all people to see that the Lord is good and that the Lord is God. This psalm is a psalm of God\u2019s blessing. The prayer is much like the priestly blessing of <\/span>Numbers 6.24-26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, wherein God will look graciously upon us and not turn His back to us\u00a0(a sign of judgement). Each verse expresses the same thought using different terms to help the reader focus on the blessing and the protection. He states that He will bless you, and keep you; that He will make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; and that He will turn his face toward you and give you peace. When God faces us, we receive His greatest blessing which is to see Him (<\/span>Matthew 5.8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). The greatest curse we can receive from God is when He turns His back to us. Think of Jesus on the cross, utter darkness and complete wrath were His lot as God the Father judged our sins upon Him (<\/span>Matthew 27.45-46<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There is one major difference which we have seen in many of the psalms (see our study of Psalm 53<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). That difference is in Numbers the word used for God in the Hebrew is the word for the God of Israel which is Jehovah\u00a0(\u05d9\u05b0\u05bd\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4)<\/span>. The word here is Elohim (\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd) <\/span>which is the God above all other gods, the triune Godhead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With all this going on, the psalmist calls us to pause and consider these truths for ourselves (Selah).<\/p>\n

Is God your blessing because you stand in right relationship with Him as His child or is God your cursing because you stand in wrong relationship with Him as a child of the devil. Sounds harsh, doesn\u2019t it? Read John 8.31-47<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n