Steve Webb 0:00 God can deliver you. Steve Webb 0:03 It's the Lifespring! One Year Bible in podcasting since 2004. I'm your OG Godcaster. Steve Webb, it Psalms Wednesday, and we'll read chapters 122 through 124. We'll also have our last time of prayer until the lovely lady Liana and I get back from my vacation in the second week of August. Today, we'll also have an essential segment, we're getting close to wrapping up that series. I'm calling this episode, God can deliver you before we read, let's pray. Our gracious heavenly Father, we love you. and we thank You for Your Word. We thank you for the Psalms, and we thank you for how it teaches us to worship you. I pray today that as we read you would bless us in Jesus name, amen. Okay, are you ready to begin? Let's do it. Steve Webb 0:51 Psalm 122 is the third of a series of 15 Psalms entitled A Song of a sense, and this is one of the four that are attributed to David. These songs were sung by those going up to Jerusalem and the temple at various times of the year for the three feasts of the Jewish calendar. Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. Of this song Charles Spurgeon wrote, David wrote it for the people to sing at the time of their goings up to the Holy Face that Jerusalem, it comes third in the series and appears to be suitable to be sung when the people had entered the gates and their feet stood within the city. Steve Webb 1:28 Psalms chapter 122. I rejoice with those who said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord. Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, built as a city should be solidly joined together, where the tribes you always tribes go up to give thanks to the name of Yahweh. This is an ordinance for Israel. Their thrones for judgment are placed thrones of the house of David, I pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper. May there be peace within your walls prosperity within your fortresses. Because of my brothers and friends, I will say Peace be with you. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good. Steve Webb 2:15 The songs of ascent were probably written by more than one person. According to commentator Adam Clarke, quote, they have been attributed to David to Solomon to Ezra to Haggai, to Zechariah, and to Malikai. Without any positive evidence, Martin Luther wrote of Psalm 123 This Psalm as you see, is but short and therefore a very fit example to show the force of prayer not to consist in many words, but in fervency of spirit for great and weighty matters may be comprised in a few words if they proceed from the spirit in the unspeakable groanings of the heart, especially when our necessity is such as will not suffer any long prayer. Every prayer is long enough it'd be fervent and proceed from a heart that understands the necessity of the saints. Steve Webb 3:06 Psalms chapter 123. I lift my eyes to you, the one enthroned in heaven, like a servant's eyes on his masters hand, like a servant girls eyes on her mistresses hand. So our eyes are on the Lord our God until he shows us favor. Show us favor, Lord, show us favor, for we've had more than enough contempt. We've had more than enough scorn from the arrogance and contempt from the proud. Steve Webb 3:35 Psalm 124 is another of the four Psalms of Ascent attributed to David. In this one, David gives thanks to God for His help past and future. Steve Webb 3:46 Psalms chapter 124. If the Lord had not been on our side, let Israel say, if the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us than they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us, then the waters would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us, the raging waters would have swept over us. Praise the Lord, who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth, and we have escaped like a bird from the hunters nest, the net is torn and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of Yahweh, the maker of heaven and earth. Steve Webb 4:23 I've been a lover of birds since I was three years old when my mom gave me a parakeet. When I was in college, my biology professor introduced me to bird watching or birding. So far, I've got 82 Different species on my life list of birds that I've personally seen. The latest edition was just a couple of weeks ago, it was a Bullock's Oriole taking a drink from the fountain on my front patio just in case you're interested. If you're a birder let me know in the comments on the show notes page. So with my interest in birds, verses six and seven got my attention. Here they are, again, praise the Lord who has not let us be rude ripped apart by their teeth. We have escaped like a bird from the hunters net. The net is torn, and we have escaped. Listen to what Charles Spurgeon said about this as the bird could not get out of the snare so the soul cannot escape from temptation. But God can bring it out and he works the rescue. Here are this ye that are slaves to drunkenness, God can deliver you, you that have fallen into the sensuousness. Here it God can deliver you, whatever the sin that is trapped you that gracious hand, which once was nailed to the cross can set you free. If you have comments or questions do let me know send me a Boostagram or hanging around for other ways to contact me. Tomorrow. We'll be poetry Thursday, and we'll begin the book of Ecclesiastes with chapters one and two. Speaker 2 5:52 and now it's time for the boost to boost the boost. Boostagram Corner Boostagram corner I don't know a thing about crypto. Steve Webb 6:00 The lovely lady LeeAnn came in with a 500 sat Boost, which says hello, my love hello to you. I just wanted to let you know that I found that very enlightening today on the words for the Trinity. and for the one being the Hebrew language is always so interesting. Thank you for sharing it with us. I greatly appreciate it. Well, sweetheart, thank you for the Boostagram I'm glad you enjoyed that little word study. The Bible is just so rich and meaning and we often miss much of that when we only look at the English. There are some great tools out there to really dig into the Scriptures. and Brother Paul of Seattle sent in a row of ducks. 2222 sat Boostagram with a prayer request, which we'll get to a little bit later in the show in our prayer segment. But I want to do acknowledge Paul's Boostagram Here. Thank you very much, Paul, God bless you. and Sister Denise and in a 5000 sat Loaves and Fishes Boostagram on the Psalms 117 through 118, the revolutionary Psalm that defied Jewish tradition episode it says simply praise the Lord. Well indeed, Sister Denise, praise the Lord. God bless you, thank you Jingle 7:09 Lifespringmedia.com/support Steve Webb 7:19 This is number 19 In our series on the essentials of the faith. In our last essential segment we talked about the Holy Spirit. Today we're going to talk about the fact that Jesus Christ will come again to the earth personally, visibly and bodily to consummate history in the eternal plan of God. Beloved, what does the phrase the end of the world conjure up in your mind, fear, Dread destruction? Well, for me, the end of the world speaks of the Second Coming of Jesus, it's a good thing if you're a believer, but for those who have not accepted Him as their Lord and Savior, it is most decidedly a bad thing. So why don't you believe that Jesus is coming back to planet earth? Simply put, it's because even though he fulfilled a great many of the Old Testament prophecies regarding the Messiah, there are still some yet to be fulfilled. He will complete the fulfillment of all prophecies about the Messiah when He does return to the prophets in the Old Testament didn't know that the Messiah would come to Earth twice. For example, Isaiah 714 says, Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. and of course, we know that this was how Jesus was born to marry in the manger, very humble. But then two chapters later in Isaiah nine, verses six and seven, we read, For to us a child is born to us, a son has given and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace, of the increase of His government and of peace, there will be no end on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth, and evermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. Well, when Jesus came the first time, he did not establish an earthly kingdom did he but it was prophecies like this that caused his disciples to think that that was what his mission was. Zechariah 14 Four says, On that day, his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split into from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the mound shall move northward, and the other half southward. Well, beloved, obviously, this has not yet happened, right. and actually, the different descriptions of the Messiah in the Old Testament led some Jewish scholars to say that there will be two different messiahs. But why do we believe that instead of two Messiahs, Jesus, the true and one Messiah will return. X 111 tells us that on the day that Jesus ascended into heaven, and while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven? Well, yes, beloved, Jesus is coming back. and we even know the specific place of His return. You heard it just a few moments ago, Zechariah 14 Four says, On that day, his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, et cetera, et cetera. In Matthew 2430, Jesus Himself said, then will appear in heaven, the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and they will see the set of men coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. and of course, Jesus often referred to himself as the Son of Man. Would you like to hear more about what his second coming will be like? Revelation 1911 through 16 says this, Then I saw heaven open, and behold the white horse, the one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many Daya dems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is the word of God, and the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, he will tread the wind press of the fury of the wrath of God, the Almighty, on his robe and on His thigh, he has a name written, KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS. Well, this does not at all sound like the Jesus we typically think of desert. He sounds terrible, as in one who strikes terror into the hearts of men, doesn't he? Well, that's because one of his missions when he returns, is as a judge and conqueror. He will judge the nation's meaning all the people who rebelled against God, those who rejected him and his gift of grace, He will make right all the injustices, all the pain that those allied against him have done. and as I said, In the beginning today, for those who have not accepted Him as their Lord and Savior, his return is most decidedly a bad thing. But for We who believe, we who have placed our faith in Him, we have nothing to fear, because after he has judged them, he will create a new heaven and a new earth, where he reigns in righteousness and in love, there will be no more tears, no sorrow, no heartache. and we will stand before the throne of God and sing praises to his name forever and ever. Is that all will do? No. But that's another discussion for another time. I welcome your comments and your questions. Contact information will be of course, at the end of the show. Next week, we'll complete our essential series with this, the Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world, and to disciple men of every nation. Steve Webb 13:38 praises and prayer requests, I got a call yesterday from someone I had never heard from. and when I told her that I was not the person that she was looking for, we began to just have a little conversation. and she said that she was on the way to the hospital because her husband, Edward has a pressure ulcer on his foot. I didn't know what it was, but she said it was because of diabetes. and then that began to make sense. I have another friend who has diabetes, and he's actually lost a portion of both feet because of pressure ulcers on his feet. and I told her in our conversation that I would pray for him and his name is Edward, and we're going to pray for Edward today. and Sister Brittaney, sent in both a praise report and a prayer requests. So let's do the praise report first, she said, Shawn, formerly of San Pedro and I recently moved to Arizona to be closer to family. I was offered a job at a church out here that we really like and I start on August 1, pool how Brittaney Praise the Lord. That's great. That didn't take long at all did it? and then she has another praise. She said also my sister had her third baby, the first girl of all the grandkids. She's beautiful and healthy and we are so excited and blessed that we were close enough to visit and wow that's so cool. Brittany praise the Lord and I and I can say that as the first girl, she'll probably be so very spoiled, especially by the grandparents. I'm sure that they're thrilled to give my best to Howie and n. and now for the prayer request, Brittaney says my grandma fell about a month and a half ago and broke her femur. Oh my goodness. For those that don't know, the femur is the thigh bone. That's the biggest bone of the body. and I've heard it said that this is the most painful bone to break. I'm so sorry, Brittany. She continues. She has been healing and was released from the rehab facility to my parents home. and she was doing well. But this past week, she got sick. We're not sure what it is or what it was. But it seems like it's a stomach bug that's going around. It hit her heart. and now she's in the hospital again. Oh, no. She seems to be doing better. Brittaney says but now she's a bit behind in her physical therapy for her hip. We're asking for healing for this stomach issue and for her hip to continue healing so she can walk again. Well, I've got to say that I'm a little bit confused here. Is it the hip or the femur? Or is it both? No matter we'll pray for healing because the Lord knows what's broken designee. and then I mentioned earlier that brother Paul of Seattle had a prayer request. Well, here it is. He said, Hi, Steve. I got a prayer request. We're probably going to put an offer in on a new house this week. We're praying that God will open the doors and have this house go through if it is His will. We want God to lead us to where we need to be. So if that's at this new place, staying where we are, are something totally different. We are looking for that direction. Enjoy the upcoming vacation for the Paul says, well, thank you, Brother Paul. We are so looking forward to this vacation, it is sorely needed. and making an offer on a new house can be both exciting and scary. So we will for sure pray that he will make clear what his plan is for you. and there's one more praise LeeAnn's cousin candy has been released from the hospital. She's still on oxygen. and they evidently do not have a diagnosis yet, but at least she's home. So let's pray. Our heavenly Father, Lord, sometimes we feel as weak and helpless as a bird when we face the troubles of our lives. and then we're reminded as David was that You are our Protector, our shield, our rescuer, you will not let us be ripped apart by the enemy of our soul. Thank you, Lord for that assurance. Hallelujah. and Father, we pray right now for Edward who has the pressure ulcer on his foot. Lord, I know that when a person has diabetes, this can be a very serious thing. But for you, it's not with just a word, you can heal it. Father, we don't know anything about Edward or his relationship with you. So we can only pray that you would heal him according to your will. We pray that you would use this to draw him to yourself. and now we pray for Shawn and Brittaney Thank you for sending them to a new church they enjoy and forgetting a job for her there. and we pray for this new nice father. Thank you that she and Mommy are healthy and happy. and we pray, Lord, that You would bless them. and may this new little girl grow to be a woman of God. Give her mom and the rest of the family wisdom as they raise her. Give them guidance, father and grace. and then for Paul and his wife, Lord, guide them to the right decision as to whether to buy this new home or stay where they are or some other alternative that you know will be right for them to have your hand on them, Lord. and thank you, Lord, that candy is home now. and we pray, Lord, that the doctors will have a diagnosis so that candy will have answers. Heal her body we pray, Lord, I thank you now for the Lifespring family. Bless them, Lord, and we pray that you would be with each of us as we seek your face. Give us a fresh desire to know you and to grow closer to You. and Lord is Leanne and I take off on this vacation on Thursday night I pray, Lord, that You would be with us. Father, I pray that You would give us a time of rest and relaxation and refreshment. Be with us, Lord. and we thank you for this time. We pray these things in Jesus name, amen. This is our last time a prayer until the lovely lady Liana and I returned from our vacation the second week of August. But if you have something you'd like to share with a Lifespring family, go ahead and send it in. and we'll get caught up when I returned to this microphone. Contact information is coming right up. Steve Webb 19:29 Here's how to reach me. Besides sending a Boostagram with a modern podcast app, you can call the Lifespring family Hotline at plus 1951732 at 511. Or if you've got a comment or a question, go to comment.lifespringmedia.com or if you have a praise report or a prayer request, go to prayer.lifespringmedia.com and feel free to email me at Steve at Lifespringmedia.com Steve Webb 20:01 Again brother Scott did today's album art. You've been busy brother Scott. Thank you. Thanks also to Sister Denise Michael Haner, Jason Paschall and sister Brittaney for their donations of time and talent. and thank you for spending time with me today, beloved, until tomorrow may God bless you richly. My name is Steve Webb bye. Steve Webb 20:25 Lifespring media bringing the message of hope, love and good news since 2004 Transcribed by https://otter.ai