Thursday, June 17, 2010

Ps 102

From the perspective of this psalm we see that God, for some reason has poured out his wrath upon the psalmist. The sufferings culminate with the accusation to God in v10. Where is God in the midst of the frustration of our daily labors and how “under the sun” we find no hope because our bones are, “scorched like the hearth”(v3). God has held back his redemption and allowed the enemies to overrun his people.

The psalmist here, as we are to, calls out to the Lord in his time of suffering for the Lord to remove his wrath both inwardly, and outwardly. However in a more negative example blames God for his suffering, and is possibly complaining about the curse that is upon this world. But this is not the end for the psalmist praises the Lord for his work.

Looking forward the psalmist in v.12 shifts his gaze to the everlasting nature of God. He see’s an appointed time where God will redeem a people for himself from every tribe and nation that a “people yet created may praise the Lord”(v18) so that, “The nations will fear the name of the Lord”(v15). And that when Paul spoke of the “fullness of time” (Gal 4:6) so does the psalmist here in v.13 speak of a appointed time when God will endure forever. The horizon of this psalm and our life collide in the person and work of Christ.

Let us focus upon the last three verses(26-28), but turn If you turn to Hebrews chapter 1, in verse 3 we see that Christ has made “purification for sins” and is the final way that God has spoken to his people. And when he speaks of the superiority of the son in v.8 he then goes on to quote Ps 102:26-28 in Heb 1:10-12. Christ is the salvation that will not wear out. Everything will change but the salvation that remains secure in Christ will never fade away.

For us we can take comfort that no matter how beaten down we get at work or because of our families because life is hard. We have a salvation that is established, firm, and as heaven and earth pass away so the word of the Lord, Christ our King will never pass away.

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