This is the overview of the three-week Psalms of Advent class, December 2021.
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Chapter: Psalm 132
Our Security in Christ Our King and in His Community
Presented December 5 and 6, 2021
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Prepared for Psalms Group, December 20, 2020
The psalmist asks God to “remember David and all his troubles.” That’s what pilgrim people needed to be reflecting on as they neared Jerusalem, some for the first time in their lives, and glimpsed the temple, according to Psalm 132. Included In the Psalter as one of the Songs of Ascent, Psalm 132 reminds those journeying people (and us as journeying people) about David’s promises to God and God’s biggest promise to David. (See Mark 13:1b for a first century person’s descriptors of the temple.)
Prepared for Sunday, April 26, 2020
The fifteen Psalms of Ascent are placed in the Psalter after Psalm 119, Israel’s love letter to YHWH for his Torah, his instructions for life in YHWH’s mercy, grace, steadfast love, and faithfulness. (See Exodus: 34:6.)