Psalms
90 – 92
Verse 90:10 we see man has become frail:
We may journey through life for 70
years;
some may live and breathe 80 years—if
we are strong.
Yet our time here is only toil and trouble;
soon our days are gone, and we fly away.
Sure our lifespan has grown longer since this period, but
considering how old the early patriarchs of the Bible were even 80 years” ain’t
nothing.” This verse shows that we will not have it easy. Sure we live longer
and have much less that will do us harm we still seem to believe our life is
“only toil and trouble.” I hate to pick on Devon as an example, but his job is
ride stunt BMX bikes and listening to him complain about work is almost
comical. Yet in our own paradigm we all struggle through life and have
difficulties. It’s not all peaches and cream, but God has never promised that.
In reading the Psalms we often forget that the Bible is not
a book of truths, but more. Sure many will think blasphemy, but follow me here.
The Bible is actually broken into 5 different types of writings. We have
commands, promises, examples, historical accounts and truth. For the most part
the Psalms are examples of prayers but are often considered truths or promises.
I bring this up because verse 91:8 tends
to imply we will not suffer:
Only your eyes will witness
the punishment that awaits the evil,
but you will not suffer because of it.
See if this was
read as a promise or truth we’d be screwed going through life. We’d think there
were no worries about getting caught in the punishment that awaits evil. If you
look at Revelations we will not be punished, but will suffer because of it.
Since this is an example, it’s man’s hope that all things will be rosy without
pain. It does not mean we will not suffer, but that is our hope. As you know we
see people that live a life of evil and never see hardship, while the most
Godly around us are struggling and suffering.
This is an example of a prayer and not a promise from God.
Verse 92:15 is a
truth embedded in the prayer:
To display that the Eternal is
righteous.
He is my rock, and there is no shadow of evil
in Him.
I have gone through the argument that this is not truth and
that God has changed in the Bible. Look at the Exodus from Egypt and we can see
God had a short fuse and just questioning His promise that they will take the
Promised Land even with formidable forces living there was questioned and that
cost them 40 years in the wilderness. Today we have tons questioning God’s will
and commands without reproach. It seems through Jesus, God has mellowed.
Again these words are blasphemy to many but there is logic
to them. Now we look at what had transpired just before this questioning and it
was very grand including prating the Red Sea, the plagues, producing water from
a rock and being over fed with quail. There was NO reason the people should
have been questioning God then. Today we have a difficult time proving God, we
can’t say remember God parting the sea? I can say “I’m alive” that’s a miracle,
while one could point to science and say it brought me back.
Think of Gideon and his questioning God. He had a command
and kept messing with his fleece before he followed God’s commands. Why did God
not “smite” him with punishment the first question? As you can see I still
struggle with God being a rock and not changing. The one thing I do know is He
is always there for me, I just may not like his answer until maybe decades
later.
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