PSALM 21
With cross refers. & topics
Psa 21:1-13 A psalm for the director of music (chief musician):
O LORD (YAHWEH), the king rejoices in YOUR Strength. How great is His joy in the victories YOU give! You have granted Him the desire of His heart & have not withheld the request of His lips. SELAH
YOU welcomed Him with rich blessings & placed a crown of pure gold on His head. He asked for life, & YOU gave it to Him-- length of days, for ever & ever. Through the victories YOU gave, His glory is great; You have bestowed on Him splendor & majesty. Surely YOU have granted Him eternal blessings & made Him glad with the joy of YOUR Presence (Facing). For the king trusts in the LORD (YAHWEH); through the unfailing love of the Most High GOD He will not be shaken. YOUR Hand will lay hold on all YOUR Enemies; YOUR Right Hand will seize YOUR Foes. At the time of YOUR Appearing YOU will make them like a fiery furnace.
In HIS Wrath the LORD (YAHWEH) will swallow them up, & HIS Fire will consume them.
YOU will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind. Though they plot evil against YOU & devise wicked schemes they cannot succeed; for YOU will make them turn their backs (shoulders) when YOU aim at them with a drawn bow. Be exalted, O LORD (YAHWEH), in YOUR Strength; We will sing & praise YOUR Might.
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Reve <1> 2:18,21-23,26-27 <2> 6:16-17 <3> 7:4-9,14-17 <4> 11:1-5,7-11,16-17 <1> Instructions to John; texted in grape is the passage that is a quote from a psalm (see PSALM 15 N.T. Quotes from PsalmsA.): To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'These are the words of the Son of GOD (THEOS), I have given her [Jezebel] time to repent; I will cast her on a bed of suffering; I will make Those saints who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless They repent; I will strike her children dead. Then because of this example all the churches will know that I am HE who searches hearts & minds, & I will repay each of You according to Your deeds. To Him [any saint] who overcomes & does MY Will to the end, I will give authority over the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery.' David was 1 of them that overcame (see PSALM 2 Psa). 1stCor 6:2 says the saints will judge the world; the authority that was given to Jesus, he will give it to the overcomers-- which categorically is not this century, as some church "authorities" seem to believe. <2> They [those hiding in caves] called, 'Fall on us & hide us from the Face of HIM [God the Father] who sits on the throne & from the Wrath of the LAMB now seated at the Right Hand of the FATHER! The great day of THEIR Wrath has come & who can stand it? One of the chief differences between the O.T. wrath & the N.T. final wrath: sinners will know & admit that the FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT are ONE. <3> Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 12,000 each from the 12 tribes of Israel: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin-- 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. See PSALM 6 Hos<5>-<7> & PSALM 42 Amo&Eze ref. Dan's fate, & Ephraim becoming Joseph. After this I looked & there before Me was a great multitude from every nation, tribe, people & language. These are They who have come out of great tribulation; They have washed Their robes & made them white in the Blood of the LAMB-- they made the decision that they would live for Jesus. Therefore, They are before the entire Throne of GOD (THEOS) & serve HIM day & night in HIS Temple-- our bodies, the abode of the Holy Spirit; 2ndCor 6:16 says that individually We are the temple of the Living GOD (Holy Spirit); Ephe 2:22 adds that collectively in HIM You too are being built together to become a dwelling in which GOD lives by HIS SPIRIT-- is there a greater reason for church membership?; & HE [Jesus] who also sits on HIS Throne at the FATHER'S Right Hand]will spread HIS Tent over Them [the great multitude]. Never again will They hunger; never again will They thirst. The sun will not will not beat upon Them, nor any scorching heat. For the LAMB at the center of the throne, which throne at the FATHER'S Right Hand, will be Their shepherd; HE will lead Them to springs of living water. And GOD (THEOS) will wipe away every tear from Their eyes. <4> I was given a reed like a 10.5 ft. measuring rod, & was told by the angel, 'Go & measure the Temple of GOD (THEOS) & the altar, & count the worshipers there. But exclude the outer court; it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city [Jerusalem] for 42 months [3.5 years]. And I will give power to MY 2 witnesses, & They will prophesy for 1260 days [3.45 years, figuring 365 days per year], clothed in sackcloth.' These are the 2 olive trees & doubling as the 2 lamp stands; if anyone tries to harm Them, fire comes. Now when They have finished Their testimony after the 3.45 years, the beast that comes up from the abyss will attack, overpower & kill Them during the 2 weeks after the 3.45 yrs.-- i.e., at start of 3.5 days. Their bodies will lie in the streets of the great city Jerusalem where also Their LORD (MASTER) was crucified. For 3.5 days men from every people, tribe, [etc.-- prob. via TV] will gaze on Their bodies & refuse Them burial. The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over Them & celebrate. But after the 3.5 days a breath of life from GOD (THEOS) entered Them. And the 24 elders, who were seated on Their thrones before GOD (THEOS), fell on Their faces & worshiped GOD (THEOS), saying: We give thanks to YOU, LORD GOD Almighty (Commander KURIOS THEOS), the ONE who is & who was.