Tag: Psalms
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The Millennial Reign
Who could hear of the millennial reign of Christ and not desire to experience such peace and justice?
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The light of the world
Christ is the light of the world and those who follow His light need never walk in darkness.
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King of Israel
Perhaps it was I’m reaction to the fact that Israel he recently rejected the Lord as their king – seeking a mortal king instead – but the psalmists seem to be intent on reminding the people that He is their true king.
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A righteous judge
Christ gave His life so that a righteous judgement could be given to men. Without His gift either men would be universally rejected from eternal life or they would be unfairly rewarded. Because of His intercession we can righteously be accepted into heaven.
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Jehovah
The Lord told Moses that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob didn’t know his name as Jehovah – only as God Almighty.
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The promise of desire
We are promised many times that we will be granted what we desire whether to our benefit of detriment. Elder Maxwell clarifies that this is true on the macro level (ie. we will receive what we consistently desire over time, not necessarily everything that we fleetingly desire). The key is to remember that we can…
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Scriptural fatherhood
Father’s are to teach their children and not provoke them. They are to provide for the needs of their family and are promised that in doing so they will not lose their eternal reward. Those who set their own house in order will be richly rewarded while those who fail at this will inherit the…
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30 December 2011
Psalms 147 – 150 Psalm 148 instantly made me think of the hymn Praise to the Lord. The words are not the same but the feeling certainly is. The hymn itself references psalm 150 which shares the same feeling as well. The only way I see psalm 150 being more directly applicable to that hymn…
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29 December 2011
Psalms 144 – 147 With 5 psalms left we truly are at the last of the psalms of David.
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28 December 2011
Psalms 140 – 143 There are many more psalms of David after psalm 73 that claimed to be the last of them than I had realized. I would guess that he wrote nearly 100 of them.