seekeroftruth
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Psalm 93: 1 The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;
indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.
2 Your throne was established long ago;
you are from all eternity.
the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;
indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.
2 Your throne was established long ago;
you are from all eternity.
3 The seas have lifted up, Lord,
the seas have lifted up their voice;
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4 Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is mighty.
the seas have lifted up their voice;
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4 Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is mighty.
5 Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
holiness adorns your house
for endless days.
holiness adorns your house
for endless days.
I got the commentary from the easy English site. It says that some people think this is actually about God creating the earth..... but there is another explanation.But other Bible students tell us that in verse 3 the word is "rivers", not "waters" or "seas". They say the rivers are the River Tigris, the River Euphrates and the River Nile. So they say that the psalm has this meaning:
· God was always king (Exodus 15:18) but his people said, "We want a king to rule us" (1 Samuel 12:12). They meant a man on earth, not God. So, God gave them kings, Saul, David, Solomon and many other kings.
· Many of the kings were bad kings. They did not rule well. And God’s people did not obey God’s rules. God let foreign kings destroy them. These foreign kings came from Assyria, Egypt and Babylon. The rivers in these countries are the Euphrates, the Nile and the Tigris. Verse 3 says that the rivers rose up. That means this. The countries that would destroy Israel and Judah were attacking them. They took Israel and Judah away from their own country. We call this "the exile".
· But the exile ended in 538 B.C. (B.C. means "years Before Christ came to the earth")
The Jews (people that were born from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children) went back to their own country. God had destroyed Assyria, Egypt and Babylon. He was more powerful than all these waters, (verse 4).
· The Jews now had no king, so God became their king again. They were not ruled by human kings any more, but by God. The LORD is king, (verse 1)! What Isaiah said in Isaiah 52:7 happened. "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him that brings good news. He says to Zion 'Your God is king!'" Zion here is another name for Jerusalem.
Both meanings are true. We do not know if there was another meaning for the psalm. But it tells us one important thing: Whatever happens, God is still King over everything! We must remember this when bad things happen. Psalm 93 is the first of "The Royal Psalms". "Royal" is a word that describes kings. In Psalms 93 and 95-99, God is King of Everything.
I keep getting notes from both the Republican and the Democratic party..... I don't think they read my replies..... I have given the same reply to both..... "please take me off your mailing list. I am neither Republican or Democrat. I declare that I am part of the Theocracy." They probably think I'm either sarcastic or insane..... theocracy.... in today's society?God's still God.... even if the world thinks the leaders are better than they are.... they can't begin to fill God's shoes..... He created it.... so He knows what string to pull to unravel it all..... I wish some people would just think on that for a couple minutes.....
