Exposition of Psalm 91 in the Light of Psalm 110 – Part 7
April 12, 2010
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Having gone through 13 verses of Psalm 91 in Parts 1 through 6, it is apparent this is a Psalm affirming the promises of God that he will deliver his children in his own way and time.
We have seen the promise God fulfilled in delivering his only begotten Son from harm until the appointed time of the man Christ Jesus’ death. We have been led back into David’s life and the many times that God delivered him from harm until the time his death was to occur. And we are well aware of many examples of other saints in the Old and New Testaments that God protected until it was time for their scheduled appointment with physical death, such as Simeon at Christ’s circumcision, and John on the Isle of Patmos. In all these cases, God delivered them from spiritual harm by demonic forces, men, the elements of nature, fiery furnaces, and now, in verse 13, we see the picture of God protecting his flesh and blood Son from death by acts of the animal and reptilian kingdoms. There are other examples such as Daniel in the Lion’s den, Jonah in the whale, and David from animals that threatened his flocks.
The man Christ Jesus made it quite plain that every time he went to his Father in prayer, his Father always answered him, and up until his appointed death on the cross he always delivered him from physical death.
PSALM 91:14 – Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
PSALM 91:14A – “Because he hath set his love upon me”
Only one flesh and blood man ever set his love up upon the Father so completely that he perfectly obeyed every jot and title of his commandments to man – The man born of a woman, the man Christ Jesus, whose Father was God himself. Jesus himself confirmed, in response to a lawyer’s question, what was required to allow a man to come into the Father’s presence.
Luke 10:25-28 – And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? [26] He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou
? [27] And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. [28] And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Jesus was the only man who every lived that actually kept verse 27.
He kept it not just for himself, but for all who would believe he kept it as a flesh and blood man for them, so they could be with God by grace through faith in his sacrifice as the total atonement for their sins. He is the only man who ever loved his neighbor more than himself. That is the reason God sent him, because
God loved man, and that is the reason that Jesus died, because he loved man as God. He came to keep every jot and title of the law so that man could be reconciled to God
through him, because he kept it for all man and women who would put their faith in him.
Matthew 5:17,18 – Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. [18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
And Jesus fulfilled it all when he completed his earthly life on the cross. After having lived a perfect, sinless life, he willfully, and with purpose, forever proved his love and the Father’s love for man, when he finished all that was necessary to allow God to be just and the justifier of all who would put their faith in his sacrifice for their sins, past, present, and future.
John 19:30 – When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Romans 5:19-21 – For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. [20] Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound.
But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: [21] That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
II Corinthians 5:19-21 – To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. [20] Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. [21] For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
PSALM 91:14B – Therefore will I deliver him:
God did not deliver the man Christ Jesus from his long awaited appointment with physical death, but he did deliver him from condemnation to hell for sin, because he had none of his own, only ours, thus enabling God to be just in delivering him by resurrecting him from the dead, by which Jesus became the justifier of all who put their faith in him.
Romans 3:26-28 – To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. [27] Where is boasting then
? It is excluded. By what law
? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
[28] Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
PSALM 91:14C – I will set him on high,
Jesus is the only flesh and blood man who measured up to the righteousness of God, and God considered him, because he did so, to be equal with him as his Son.
Philippians 2:6-11 – Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: [7] But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: [8] And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [9] Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: [10] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Because the man Christ Jesus was the only begotten Son of God, and indwelt him fully. God is a Spirit.
God knew every man from Adam to Jesus.
Therefore, by his Father’s indwelling Spirit he knew everything about Abraham.
Jesus knew his Father’s name by his Spirit.
Psalm 91:14D – Because he hath known my name.
John 8:53-58 – Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? [54] Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: [55] Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. [56] Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. [57] Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? [58] Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.