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Christ in the Psalms: Psalm 2

March 20, 2023Christology of Psalms, Psalm Translations, Psalms Commentary

1. Why do nations rage, And peoples meditate vanity? 2. Kings of earth take a stand, And rulers take counsel together Against Yahweh and against his anointed: 3. “Let us break their bonds, And cast off from us their cords.” 4. He who sits in the heavens will laugh. Yahweh will deride them. 5. Then…

God’s Covenant with Noah, Part 1

March 16, 2023Covenants

God's covenant with Noah before the flood and the significance of Noah's name

Christ in the Psalms: Psalm 1

March 14, 2023Christology of Psalms, Psalm Translations, Psalms Commentary

1. Blest the man who does not walk in the counsel of wicked ones, and in the way of sinners does not stand, and in the seat of scoffers does not sit. 2. But in the law of Yahweh is his delight, And in his law will he meditate day and night. 3. And he…

God’s Covenant with Adam after the Fall

March 9, 2023Covenants

The promise of God to Adam after the fall, implicit in his words to the serpent in Genesis 3:15, is the mother of all the promises of God in Old and New Testaments and the acorn from which grows the mighty oak tree of God's covenant with his people maintained and enriched throughout all of…

God’s Covenant with Adam in the Garden

March 2, 2023Covenants

Though the Scriptures do not tell us directly that God's relationship with Adam was covenantal, there was a promise implicit in his threat of death for eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It is best not to call this a covenant of works.

Old Testament Covenant History

February 23, 2023Covenants

A review of Old Testament history that demonstrates that God made his covenants with his people at times of crisis, when the seed of the serpent was strong and threatening the continued existence and prosperity of his people.

Metrical Setting of Psalm 52

February 20, 2023Metrical Psalms

Metrical Psalms now have their own separate page. Click here.

Covenants of Men with God

February 18, 2023Covenants

The Scriptures speak of covenants of men with God that are separate from, but nevertheless responses to, God's covenants with men.

Metrical Setting of Psalm 51

February 13, 2023Metrical Psalms

Metrical Psalms now have their own separate page. Click here.

Covenants of God with Men

February 10, 2023Covenants

God's covenants are unilateral. He always initiates them and says, I will make my covenant with you. Therefore, they are not treaties or agreements, but promises which God makes voluntarily, and by which he graciously brings men into friendship with himself.