THE REJECTED STONE EXALTED Lesson 15 Psalm 118:19–24 Most scholars believe that this Psalm was written after the exile when Israel again came to their own land and the temple had been rebuilt. It was a very important song for Israel’s liturgy because it expressed certain things which had not been spoken of before. There […]

GOD’S COVENANT FAITHFULNESS LAUDED Lesson 13 Psalm 89 At first glance it would not seem that Psalm 89 belongs to the Messianic Psalms. It does not refer to a specific instance in the life of Christ. However, it is based to a large extent on II Samuel 7 where promises are made to David and […]

THE GLORIOUS REIGN OF KING MESSIAH Lesson 11 Psalm 72:1–11 There is some question whether David wrote this Psalm or whether we are to ascribe it to Solomon. It is safe to say that Solomon was the subject of this Psalm and that the coming Messiah is also the subject of it. Types of Christ […]

CHRIST’S GLORIOUS ASCENSION FORETOLD Lesson 9 Psalm 47:5 and Psalm 68:18 It is rather amazing that the event of the ascension of our Lord and Savior, which seems to receive so little attention in the church of the present day, is referred to so often in the Psalms. As we have seen earlier, Psalm 24 […]

THE MARRIAGE OF CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE Lesson 7 Psalm 45 There are some commentators who do not believe that this Psalm is a Messianic Psalm, but, that it is a song singing the praises of one of the kings of Israel or Judah. However, the language of this Psalm clearly points in a different […]

JEHOVAH’S COMING TO JERUSALEM Lesson 5 Psalm 24:7–10 David and the Ark David was anointed king and reigned over the tribe of Judah for seven years. The house of Saul, though doomed to failure—he was of the tribe of Benjamin—still held on to the rest of the house of Israel. It is true that in […]

Lesson 3 Psalm 16 THE BELIEVER’S REFUGE Strictly speaking, only a small part of this Psalm may be called Messianic. However, in order to understand that part which is definitely Messianic, the Whole Psalm has to be studied and reviewed. The Psalmist is writing about his own experiences but his experiences do not exhaust the […]

THE CERTAIN VICTORY OF THE LORD’s ANOINTED Lesson 1 Psalm 2:1–6 Psalms About Christ This season we will study the Messianic Psalms. The entire Old Testament, including the Psalms, looks forward to the Christ in Whom the fulfillment is found. However, in the Psalms, as also in various parts of the prophetic writings, there is […]

THE MILITANT CHURCH Lesson 15 Ephesians 6:10–13 Glorious things have been written about the church in the epistle to the Ephesians! The church is the fulfillment of the “mystery” which had never been revealed before. Jew and gentile, rich and poor, bond and free, learned and unlearned—they all meet together in the church. Paul has […]

CHRIST AND THE CHURCH: THE PATTERN FOR THE HOME Lesson 13 Ephesians 5:22–33 Wives and Husbands This paragraph has received more unfavorable attention in our day than any other part of the Epistle to the Ephesians. Paul is dealing with a relationship which is undergoing great changes in our age. What is the proper relationship […]