psalms
Studies on the Psalms—worship, lament, messianic themes, and poetic theology.
THE DIVINE KING OF KINGS Paid Members Public
According to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition, YHWH is the only Lord of lords and King of kings that dwells in heaven above: “For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God who does not show
THE FATHER GLORIFIES THE SON Paid Members Public
In this post I will show the places in the Hebrew Bible which the NT writings testify are instances of the Father speaking to the Son. These cases will demonstrate that Jesus is preexistent, that he had a prehuman existence, and/or that he is fully divine in the same
PSALM 110 IN EARLY CHRISTIAN SOURCES Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite some of the early post-biblical Christian writings’ application and interpretation of Psalm 110. But before I do so I will first cite the 110th Psalm and bring out its theological and Christological implications. MESSIAH’S HEAVENLY ENTHRONEMENT Here’s the Psalm in question: “A
PSALM 45: THE FATHER’S PRAISE OF HIS DIVINE SON Paid Members Public
In this post I will seek to establish that Psalm 45 is a love song by the Father to his Son, Jesus Christ. I will show that this is not a Psalm about a particular Davidic king, which finds its ultimate fulfillment in the coming of Jesus in the flesh.
JESUS AS THE ETERNAL CREATOR IN HEBREWS Paid Members Public
The book of Hebrews describes Jesus as the unchangeable Creator and Sustainer of all creation, even going as far as to take specific Old Testament texts about YHWH and applying them to the Son: “God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in
PSALM 22:16 REVISITED Paid Members Public
In this short post I will provide internal evidence from Psalm 22 that “they have pierced my hands and my feet” is the correct reading. Here are the two alternate renderings of v. 16 (v. 17 in some translations): “Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce
GOD EXALTS THE HUMBLE Paid Members Public
In this short post I will cite some of the many passages which make it emphatically clear that the Lord grants mercy and grace to those who humble themselves before him. “Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and
APPEARANCE OF THE TRINITY TO ABRAHAM AND DAVID Paid Members Public
In this post I will provide some evidence that the Trinity appeared to Abraham as three distinct men, and that David identified both the Father and the Son as Jehovah God Almighty. According to Jewish tradition, a group of scribes called the sopherim changed the divine name YHVH to Adonay