RR Psalm 36:7,8 Part 3
Shalom,
Special announcement: Monday night at sundown marks the end of the Jewish year 5785, and the beginning of year 5786. Leviticus 23:23ff marks this day as a holy convocation, and day of sounding the shofar. It is a commanded holiday that memorializes events as yet unfulfilled, specifically, the crowning of Yeshua as King over all the earth.
Zechariah 14:4a In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem,… 9 Adonai will then be King over all the earth. In that day Adonai will be Echad and His Name Echad.
Everyone is invited to join us Monday night at 6PM for dinner (please bring something to share) with a Shofar service to follow at 7PM and again Tuesday morning at 10:30AM for Yom Teruah followed by a Tashlich service at the Holston River. End SA.
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Psalm 36:7(6) Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like the great deep. You preserve man and beast, Adonai. 8(7) How precious is Your love, O God! The children of men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
We begin in verse 7 with three thoughts, which start by comparing God’s righteousness to His mountains. These are the highest mountains! What is so special about them? They see the light before the rest of the world. That’s on one side. They also see the light last as the sun sets. That’s on the other side. Throughout Scripture, Yeshua is the light of the world.
John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
John 8:12 Yeshua spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows Me will no longer walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
The light of Yeshua, Who is the righteousness of God, shining upon the mountains, is then compared to the darkness of the great deep (depth of the ocean). This “tension” between light and dark, between high and low, is the tension between righteousness and judgment. It is the tension between God’s righteous standard and His judgment (or verdict). Jeremiah saw this day coming.
Jeremiah 23:5 “Behold, days are coming”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign as king wisely, and execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell in safely; and this is His Name by which He will be called: Adonai our righteousness.
Jeremiah knew we would need a Savior that he called “Yehovah Tzid’ke’nu” (emphasis on the middle syllable), “Adonai our righteousness.” Our subject verses from Psalm 36 today also call forth THE Savior, saying “You (ָָAdonai) preserve (meaning “save”) man and beast.” May we always find safety in the shadow of His wings.
Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai. 2 I will say of Adonai, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Mon22 Sep 2025 29th of Elul, 5785 Erev Rosh Hashana
De 31:4-6Zec 12 Ch 25Rev 10(Ac 18)
Special announcement: Monday night at sundown marks the end of the Jewish year 5785, and the beginning of year 5786. Leviticus 23:23ff marks this day as a holy convocation, and day of sounding the shofar. It is a commanded holiday that memorializes events as yet unfulfilled, specifically, the crowning of Yeshua as King over all the earth.
Zechariah 14:4a In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem,… 9 Adonai will then be King over all the earth. In that day Adonai will be Echad and His Name Echad.
Everyone is invited to join us Monday night at 6PM for dinner (please bring something to share) with a Shofar service to follow at 7PM and again Tuesday morning at 10:30AM for Yom Teruah followed by a Tashlich service at the Holston River. End SA.
________
Psalm 36:7(6) Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like the great deep. You preserve man and beast, Adonai. 8(7) How precious is Your love, O God! The children of men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
We begin in verse 7 with three thoughts, which start by comparing God’s righteousness to His mountains. These are the highest mountains! What is so special about them? They see the light before the rest of the world. That’s on one side. They also see the light last as the sun sets. That’s on the other side. Throughout Scripture, Yeshua is the light of the world.
John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
John 8:12 Yeshua spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows Me will no longer walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
The light of Yeshua, Who is the righteousness of God, shining upon the mountains, is then compared to the darkness of the great deep (depth of the ocean). This “tension” between light and dark, between high and low, is the tension between righteousness and judgment. It is the tension between God’s righteous standard and His judgment (or verdict). Jeremiah saw this day coming.
Jeremiah 23:5 “Behold, days are coming”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign as king wisely, and execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell in safely; and this is His Name by which He will be called: Adonai our righteousness.
Jeremiah knew we would need a Savior that he called “Yehovah Tzid’ke’nu” (emphasis on the middle syllable), “Adonai our righteousness.” Our subject verses from Psalm 36 today also call forth THE Savior, saying “You (ָָAdonai) preserve (meaning “save”) man and beast.” May we always find safety in the shadow of His wings.
Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai. 2 I will say of Adonai, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Mon22 Sep 2025 29th of Elul, 5785 Erev Rosh Hashana
De 31:4-6Zec 12 Ch 25Rev 10(Ac 18)
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