Christ in the Psalms

Original URL   Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Transcript

tonight i wanted to look at the psalms and

think about

christ and what he would have been considering as he looked at these psalms and as he went through his ministry and it's interesting in uh first peter 1 it tells us verse 10 of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently who prophesied of the grace that should come to you

searching what or what manner of time the spirit of christ which was in them did signify when it testified beforehand the sufferings of christ and the glory that should follow unto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you and i just think this is a really interesting passage because it's referring back as jim said in his prayer how christ is really in every chapter of the of the bible and including uh the psalms and that it's saying here that they were written for us that the prophets of old by god's grace wrote these things down for us and it was for our benefit and that's what we hope to gain tonight is uh some benefit and to see how christ would have also benefited from learning about his his own creation how he was formed in mary's womb

and uh

robert roberts has this to say in in the extract from the atonement in the psalms the sufferings of christ are vividly manifest as well as the glory that should follow those sufferings are not to be confined to the closing scene of his tribulation we must consider how he felt and what he thought in relation to his whole surroundings this is abundantly afforded in the in the psalms and we know christ was uh you know a like man like unto us and he had all the same feelings that we had and so as he came across these different psalms he would have contemplated these things and what they meant for him and for his life and the immense job that that he had before him and we can turn to luke 22 for really a vital aspect of christ as he read the psalms and as he went through his ministry

would have been the focus on prayer and so in luke 22 39 it tells us and he came out and went as he was one to the mount of olives and disciples also followed him

and when he was at the place he said unto them pray that he entered not into temptation

and he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast and kneeled down and prayed saying father if it if thou be willing remove this cup from me nevertheless not my will but thine be done and from the very beginning

christ submitted himself to his father and we're going to see that through the psalms and we're told in verse 33 and there appeared an angel unto him from heaven strengthening him and being in agony he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground

and these verses just really

give us the intensity that was on our savior and the pressure that he was under and how god sent an angel to strengthen him and how god strengthened christ really uh from his his very conception uh in mary's womb

so if we if we uh look at uh this is um really fascinating psalm in psalm 139 and i it certainly does apply to all of us it applies to creation we know that uh each of us is magnificently made uh through god's creation the human body is is really a marvel and um

i work in a business where we implant artificial pacemakers in people when the normal pacemaker of the heart stops working and i saw a patient today and he was asking me some questions about you know how the how a pacemaker works and there was a nurse there as well and she said you know sir this this is replacing the normal electrical impulses that your heart puts out but as the heart gets older it stops putting out those impulses

and it's just fascinating god created electricity in our hearts so that it beats

so many times a minute so that we can be conscious and we can function and do all these things and through god's mercy mankind has technology so that we can prolong life through an artificial means of a pacemaker so we are all fearfully and wonderfully made when we look at the eye and the ear and the heart and just the function of the body but i think when we look at these verses it's really

honing in on god's special

creation with christ and it says for thou hast possessed

and and if we look at the hebrew there and and you know kind of dissect it down a little bit more it means to create

uh for thou has possessed my reigns and that word reigns is the mind the innermost aspects of a personality thou hast covet or weave together me in my mother's womb speaking of of christ when he was uh when the holy spirit moved upon mary

uh and it says um i will praise thee for i am fearfully and wonderfully made or distinguished christ was distinguished above above all men he was made marvelous he was separate and distinguished are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well christ would have read these words and understood uh what what his father did

for him in

when christ was formed in in the womb and so david is speaking here really the words of messiah um a special act by god in his spirit god's spirit overshadowed the whole uh process of of christ's

miraculous uh birth and just this idea of the reigns or the mind

we can look at psalms chapter 7 verse 9. says oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end but establish the just for the righteous god trieth the hearts and the rain so christ would have been uh as a special creation he would have god would have worked on christ's mind he would have been involved in this process and uh it would have formed christ's personality uh in the womb uh as god guided every aspect of christ's development in this idea of being covered as it says here weaving together it's an active process and rotherham has thou just weave me together in the womb

um and this is why christ could say i am fearfully and wonderfully made or and rotherham has there that fearfully was my being distinguished and we know there was no one else like christ he was distinguished from the rest of humanity because god was his father and certainly we we're all born of two human parents so um

we we're in a in a condition where it's really impossible for us not to sin uh but in christ's case he had uh one human parent and so he inherited all the problems of humanity and a bias towards sin

and christ had that powerful force within him that he got from his mother mary

he had all the weaknesses that you and i have

and so god had to provide his only begotten son to overcome the problem of sin and so christ would have inherited qualities from mary and he also inherited qualities from his father um as we know christ was

god manifest in the flesh if we look at

isaiah 63 verse

5. there was there was no way for a man without the intervention of god to overcome uh sin and death and so it tells us in uh isaiah 63 verse 5 and i looked and there was none to help and i wondered that there was none to uphold therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me so god intervened to provide salvation for mankind and this was the process by which he did it we can look at samuel 7 verses 12 and 13. second samuel um 7 12 and 13. and speaking of christ it says and when thy days be fulfilled thou shalt sleep with thy fathers i will set up thy seat after thee which shall proceed out of thy bowels and i will establish his kingdom he shall build in house for my name and i will establish the throne of his kingdom forever i will be his father and he will be my son prophetically uh speaking forward uh to christ

um and so christ would have inherited wonderful traits uh from his father as well um

and this this idea of substance my substance or a frame or bone structure was not hid from me when i was made in secret and curiously wrought or in into embroider by implication to fabricate and

this word substance is the same word used in exodus and ezekiel as it relates to the needlework of the hangings in the garments of the tabernacle so god was working intricately on the development of his son in the womb of mary overseeing every aspect developing a special unique man who was the son of god but also the son of adam

and this idea it says here um

thine eyes did see my substance so god was actively involved here yet being unperfect and in thy book all my members were written which in continuance were fashioned and so it's as if god was writing these things down in a book this this this um interaction he was having with his son uh in the womb and it's something we can probably understand we um we have uh books for uh children that jen put together where you know you they're the first month the second month and these different things that you know you can feel the baby you know they're kicking you can hear the heartbeat uh and different things that go on you have the the ultrasound that you put in the book you can see the baby developing and it's kind of the same aspect um that's that's being implicated here that this is what god was doing during this process of of the development uh of his son and

you know it's brought out as well in psalms 22 the outcome of this special creation uh psalms 22 verse 10 i was cast upon thee from the womb thou art my god from my mother's belly speaking of that process of the miraculous uh begettal of christ and christ would have seen this this passage and he would have known uh how intricately his father was involved in in in his development

if we look at luke here it says in the angel said unto her fear not mary for thou hast found favor with god

and behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and shall call his name jesus he shall be great and shall be called the son of the highest and the lord god shall give unto him the throne of his father david referring back to the psalm that we just read there

and he shall reign or rather to second samuel and he shall reign

over the house of jacob forever and of his kingdom there shall be no end then said mary unto the angel how shall this be seeing i know not a man and the angel incidents it unto her

the holy spirit shall come upon thee and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the son of god and this is referring back to the psalm that we were just looking at with christ being fearfully and wonderfully made and intricately woven um in in this process

now this is why uh christ knowing this process could say how precious also are thy thoughts unto me oh god how great is the sum of them christ could say this because he was he would be in awe of what god had done

and we know through this process in isaiah 4 it tells us the lord god hath given me the tongue of the learned and and this would have been part of the process in psalms 139 that i should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary he awakeneth morning by morning and god would have

been speaking to christ personally every morning he waketh mine ear to here is to learn the lord god hath opened my ear and i was not rebellious neither turned away back and

that's what a special and wonderful quality

that christ had he was never rebellious against

what his father was asking him to do and and we we all know that we cannot say that about ourselves uh we we are rebellious at times and this is

this was part of the process that went on uh in the development of of christ god would speak to him morning by morning wake christ up and the first thing he would hear is his father's voice instructing him teaching his son a lesson uh day by day and christ grew and grew in understanding because of this and year after year christ would be taught of his father um and this is this is indicated to us in luke chapter 2 verse 46 with christ sparring with the best minds of his day at 12 years old i mean if we if we think back to our own uh lives being 12 um you know and here's christ he was able to do this because of uh god's involvement in his life and it says um

and it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors both hearing them and asking questions and all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers and when they saw him they were amazed and he said unto them how is it that you sought me wish ye not that i must be about my father's business and in verse 52 and jesus increased in wisdom and stature in in favor with god and man and i i think we can appreciate that even the best of 12 year olds

of our day would would not really be in a position to do this to be

people being amazed at his understanding and answers this was all part of the process of god providing salvation providing a special creation in christ for the salvation of mankind

and so this tells us something very uh

something very uh amazing in the success in divine begetto christ had intellectual and moral ability and he was very receptive to the word christ was unique among men and he knew early in life partly through reading these psalms the purpose of his existence it was constantly on his mind and god would have instructed in him that him in that day by day god developed him in the in the womb and we know that this development uh in the timing of christ's birth was prophesied so christ would have looked at all of these things and he would have been in awe uh at how he was fearfully and wonderful wonderfully made in the job that that his father had for him

uh if we look at

um isaiah 7 verse 14 we have this uh wonderful uh statement here therefore the lord himself shall give you a sign behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name emmanuel or god with us butter and honey shall he eat that he may that he may know how to refuse the evil and choose the good and that isn't that what christ did he through the instruction of his father knew how to refuse the evil and choose the good and what a benefit for each one of us that he did this so that salvation

is provided

through his life his death and his resurrection jeremiah 23 tells us behold the days come saith the lord that i will raise unto david a righteous branch

and a king shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth

in his days judah shall be saved and israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called the lord our righteousness speaking back to these prophecies god with us christ being a special creation

and dwelling among the people the lord our righteousness

now it's very interesting when you look at uh just this this one psalm here because this is all contained uh in our statement of faith um in in clause uh eight it says that these promises had reference to jesus christ who was to be raised up in the condemned line of abraham and david in who though wearing their condemned nature was to obtain a title to resurrection by perfect obedience and by dying abrogate the law of condemnation for himself

and all who should believe and obey him and we just look at a couple of um scriptures here

if we look at uh psalm 2 verse 6. i don't don't want anybody getting nervous with all these quotes here

in verse 6 psalm 2 verse 6 yet have i set my king upon my holy hill of zion i will declare the decree the lord hath said unto me thou art my son this day have i begotten thee ask for me and i shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance in the us utmost parts of the earth for thy possession speaking of christ ruling being the son of god um

and we can look at galatians 4 verse 4. it says there but when the fullness of the time was come god sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons and so this idea that christ would have understood that he would be king of israel in the entire world and i really like this scripture here because it speaks to um

the wonderful hope we have through belief in the gospel and our baptism into it in revelation 1 uh verse 18 it says

i am he christ speaking

i am he that liveth and was dead and behold i am alive forevermore

amen and have the keys of hell and of death and so christ holds the keys to the grave he can resurrect he can

give immortality and

he would have been thinking about these things as as he read the psalms and it goes on it to say that it was this mission that necessitated the miraculous begettal of christ of a human mother enabling him to bear our condemnation and at the same time to be a sinless bearer thereof and therefore one who could rise after suffering the death required by the righteousness of god

and just a uh one scripture there in hebrews 4 verse

13 it says neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight and so we can see god overseeing the birth of his son and his development but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do seeing then that we have a great high priest that has passed into the heavens jesus the son of god let us hold fast our profession but we have not in high priests which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need so this is the wonderful hope that we have we can come before god boldly through christ who overcame

sin and death and sits at the right hand of god

immortal and so that being so begotten of god and inhabited and used by god through the indwelling of the holy spirit jesus was emmanuel god with us god manifested in the flesh

yet was during his natural life of like nature with mortal man being made of a woman and of the house and lineage of david and therefore a sufferer in the days of his flesh from all the effects that came by adam's transgression including the death that passed upon all men which he shared by partaking of their physical nature

so christ was unique among men and he defeated sin and it was related to his miraculous begettal in his special relationship with the father and so we just can marvel at these things that what a wonderful god we have and what a wonderful savior we have in christ and it's so difficult for us to always be in tune with um

what we know are our responsibilities in the truth christ was constantly in tune with his father and was always able to cut off the motions of sin he never he never gave in to them uh and it just it speaks to the wonderful hope that we have in um

that we we're not we don't have the trinity uh we we understand god manifestation as as outlined uh in these verses and it's really wonderful to talk to uh jewish individuals about this about the god of israel um you know though their eyes are closed to christ being the messiah they're very interested in our faith because we believe in the promises to abraham isaac and jacob as well as the fact that we believe that god is one and not three and they're very um eager to talk to us about that uh we can look at one scripture here in uh hebrews 2 uh verses 16 through 18. so it says in hebrews 2 verse 16 for verily he took not on him the nature of angels but he took on him the seed of abraham wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to god to make reconciliation for the sins of the people for in that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted and this is it's so uh

heartening that this is our savior that he's merciful and faithful he understands what we go through in the frailties of flesh

of this nature he understands the challenges that we have and because of that he is just exceedingly merciful unto us uh because of this uh realization

in looking at psalm 8 this would have been uh prophetic

looking forward to christ in the saints

and as it says here oh lord our lord

how excellent is thy name in all the earth and so

we we look at the earth today and and god's name is certainly not excellent uh it is uh scorned in a lot of uh ways and it says who has set thy glory above the heavens and that psalm ends the same way it says oh lord our lord how excellent is thy name in all the earth so this emphasis on god's name being excellent um in all the earth and this would have encouraged christ that he was going to see the result of his faithfulness that his father's name would be uh excellent

in the whole

throughout the whole earth and it should be an encouragement to us as well that as much as we see the despair that's happening uh whether it be in ukraine or various places around the world we know that a better day is coming we know that there's going to be a righteous ruler and that ultimately god's name will

be revered and excellent in all the earth and in that same psalm it says

what is man that bow up mindful of him

in the son of man that thou visited him for thou has made him a little lower than the angels and has crowned him with glory and honor thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands thou hast put all things under his feet and

god's name will be majestic in all the earth and uh this is quoted uh in two places um

in the in the new testament this idea of putting all things under um

under christ's feet that he would have been thinking about this in um

when he read this read the psalms in hebrews it tells us for unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come wherefore we speak so this world when christ returns it it's not going to be subject to the angels that are now at christ's uh

command

that's going to be turned over to christ and to the saints and to us uh lord willing in the kingdom age it says but one in a certain place testified saying speaking of the psalms what is man that thou art mindful of him or the son of man that thou visited him thou madest him a little lower than the angels thou crowned us him with glory and honor and it set him over the works of thy hand so god's creation christ is going to reign over the entirety of god's creation

at his return thou has put all things in subjection under his feet for in that he put all in subjection unto him he left nothing that is not put unto him but now we see not yet all things put unto him but we see jesus who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor that he by the grace of god should taste death for every man for it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things in bringing many sons unto glory to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering and

the

writer of the hebrews is looking back at the psalms seeing these things prophetically talking about christ and it would have been a wonderful motivation to them at the time that there is a better day coming when god's name will be excellent uh in all the earth

and

if we look at the first corinthians it relates to psalms 8 verse 1 and verse 9 as well then come at the end this idea of putting all enemies under the feet it's quoted again then come at the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to god even the father when he shall have put down all rule and authority and power for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet speaking of ultimately at the end of the kingdom age when sin and death will be destroyed and the earth will be inhabited by immortals only the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death for he hath put all things under his feet but when he saith all things are put unto him it is manifest that he is accepted which did put all things unto him and when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the son also himself be subject unto him that put all things unto him that god that god may be all in all and this is really all contained in this one verse in psalms 8 oh lord our lord how excellent is thy name in all the earth who has set thy glory above the heavens and this is what christ would have been thinking about uh reading these psalms and and going through his ministry and understanding the work he had before him and what it would result in resulted it's resulting in the salvation of all of us in this class tonight in in providing salvation through the to the entire world

in verse 2 in psalms 8 it says out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have obtained ordained strength because of your enemies that you may silence the enemy or sin in the avenger death you know we know that the wages of sin is death and christ uh is going to ultimately do away with that he he did away with it um in his own in his own self first

and then ultimately in our bodies at his return and so it tells us in um

first corinthians 15 verse 24 but now christ is risen from the dead and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep christ is the first one of this creation to receive immortality he's the first fruits but since by man came death by man also came the resurrection of the dead all die in adam but all are made alive in christ but each one in its own order christ the firstfruits afterwards those who are christ at his coming speaking of us then come at the end when he delivers the kingdom to god the father when he puts an end to all rule in all authority and power and again this reference back to the psalms for he must reign here until he hath put all enemies under his feet the last enemy that will be destroyed is death and just a wonderful uh uh allusion uh forward uh to the kingdom

uh in verse eight in in um verse six of psalm eight thou madest him to have dominion or rule over the works of his hands that was put all things under his feet uh and it's it speaks in samuel 23 verses 1 through 4. now these be the last words of david david the son of jesse said and the man who was raised up on high the anointed of the god of jacob and the sweet psalmist of israel said the spirit of the lord spake by me and his word was in my tongue the god of israel the rock of israel spake to me he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of god speaking of the kingdom age and the righteous rule that christ is going to deliver to this world and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth even a morning without clouds as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining rain that that cleansing of the earth by the water of the word and

this is all contained in the psalms and as christ would be reading these things he would he would realize himself as having dominion or rule over uh the creation

zechariah as well talks about uh about this and speak unto him saying behold the men whose name is the branch of christ and he shall grow up out of his place then he shall build the temple of the lord even he shall build the temple of the lord and he shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon his throne

and he shall be a priest unto his throne and the council of peace shall be between them both

all the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the lord and all the kindreds of the nation shall worship him for the kingdom is the lord's and he is the governor among the nations

so christ again reading these psalms the kingdom is the lord's and he is governor among all the nations and we know that christ is a a wonderful counselor

it speaks of of his glory uh in the kingdom and what a wonderful ruler he'll be we can look at

let's see isaiah 9 here

uh nine verse two uh the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light they that dwell on the land of the shadow of death upon them hath the light shine so christ in his first advent was a light and he's going to be a light to this entire world in his second advent

and uh speaking of his rulership for unto us in verse

six for unto us a child is born uh in that same chapter of isaiah nine for unto us a child is born unto us a son is given in the government shall be upon his shoulders and his name shall be called wonderful counsellor the mighty god the everlasting father the prince of peace of the increase of his government in peace there shall be no end upon the throne of david and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with the judgment in with justice from henceforth even forever the zeal of the lord of hosts will perform this

this is just such an encouragement

to the righteous rulership of christ

that we can appreciate knowing these things imagine the billions of people in this earth who

are not even looking for this right now but when it comes to this earth they're going to be in awe of how christ provides for all of their needs and that's why year by year

every person will go up to jerusalem to worship they will they will long to have a leader like this in the in the earth and christ knew and he knows that he is going to be this

this wonderful leader

psalm 110 the lord said unto my lord sit thou at my right hand until i make thine enemies thy footstool and this is one of the most quoted old testament scriptures in the new testament

and it speaks to christ reigning forever and needing to be resurrected to be given

to be given immortality we can look at uh one scripture here in ephesians 1 verse 17. according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in christ when he raised him from the dead so not only god's mighty power when christ was in the womb when he also raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come and hath put all things under his feet back to uh the previous psalm that we looked at and gave to him to be head over all things to the ecclesia which is his body the fullness of them that filleth all in all

and in the psalm here for thou will not leave my soul in hell neither will thy thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption thou wilt show me the path of life in thy presence is joy fullness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore christ would have read this psalm and understood that he would be resurrected that he wasn't going to stay in the grave that he was going to uh accomplish his mission through the help of his father and through his perseverance uh in his life and he wouldn't see corruption uh and

there are pleasures forever more not only for christ

but the hope is the same for all of us

let's see here we're getting uh close to um running out of time

let's see

this uh just some interesting psalms here as it relates to judas

in acts 1 we are told verse 16 men and brethren this scripture must needs have been fulfilled which the holy spirit by the mouth of david spake concerning judas which was guide to them that took jesus but he was numbered with us and had obtained part of this ministry now this man purchased a field speaking of judas with the reward of iniquity and falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst for it is written in the book of psalms let this habit let his habitation be desolate and let no man dwell therein and his bishopric let another take and this is um

this is straight uh out of the psalms in psalms 41 yea my own familiar friend whom i trusted which did eat of my bread hath lifted up his heel against me judas was at the last supper uh he was the treasurer he was he held the bag christ relied on him and prayed for judas um and christ knowing all along that he would be betrayed by a familiar friend and it's interesting you know betrayal uh it can be very difficult to deal with and christ dealt with that through prayer it says but thou o lord be merciful unto me and raise me up that i may requite them by this i know that thou favorest me because thy enemy doth mine enemy doth not triumph over me

and it goes on to say and as for me thou upholdeth me in mine integrity and setteth me before thy face forever this idea of life everlasting blessed be the lord god of israel from everlasting to everlasting amen amen

and john makes mention uh or it's made mention in john 13 i speak not of you all i know whom i have chosen but that the scripture may be fulfilled he that eateth bread quoting back to the psalms he that he hath bred with me hath lifted up his heel against me now i tell you before it come that when it come to pass ye may believe that i am he um

so christ was well aware of this from the psalms that one of his disciples was going to

betray him

and we can just close with this psalm 31 here

really just a wonderful

assam here

and

christ's final words on the cross are quoted here

see here

psalm 31 uh just reading a few verses from that in the o lord do i put my trust let me never be ashamed deliver me in thy righteousness

uh but i trust in the lord i will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy and these are all principles that we should rest upon we we need mercy we need to trust in the lord we know that we will be delivered uh in verse 9 have mercy upon me o lord for i am in trouble uh christ he he felt these things uh in in his life he had an incredible pressure upon him i was a reproach among all mine enemies but i trusted in the o lord i said thou out my god my times are in thine hand and christ knew this his father was

controlling all things just as our times are in

god's hands and

all things happen at the right time and and so whether it be we're praying or waiting for something to happen waiting for the return of christ as we see these signs of the times increasing god has a timetable and it's different from what we might like and christ understood that that all things

my times are in thy hand uh he says make thy face to shine upon thy servant save me for thy mercy sake

but if we look at psalm 31 verse 5 in luke 23 where christ

quoted from from this psalm

and when christ and when jesus had cried with a loud voice he said father into thy hands i commend my spirit and having thus said he gave up the spirit and it's it's interesting if we look at psalm 31 verse 5 where this is quoted from

into thine hand i commit my spirit it says that was the final words of christ

and so it's been suggested that the first words that christ spoke when he was resurrected

was

the finishing of that sentence thou hast redeemed me o lord god of truth

so as we consider christ in the psalms and the wonderful hope that we have the wonderful strength that christ gained from the psalms may we in our day-to-day consider the psalms in all of the scriptures and be built up in the faith that we have be strengthened strengthen one another and recognize that god's name very soon will be excellent in all the earth and we will have a wonderful righteous ruler who will have wisdom and honor and who will rule in fairness and equity and justice

so we can end the air and uh open things up for any thoughts comments um

thank you