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on Prophecy in the Psalms.

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up to 3,000 years ago, that give us

powerful revelations about Messiah

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(Derek) I'm looking forward to our study

on Prophecy and the Psalms, Kylynda.

(Kylynda) Would you join me

as we begin in prayer.

Dear God, the Author of songs,

of hymns, of prophecy, thank You

so much for sending the Word, Your Son.

Please guide our Scripture study today

as we seek to understand words

that bring life. Amen.

(Derek, Team) Amen.

(Kylynda) Well, when I was

in elementary school,

one of our earliest assignments

involved a game where we had to indentify

similarities across objects.

I'll give you an example.

Let's say there was an avocado,

a cactus, and an emerald.

What would be the common similarity?

(Shawn) Green!

(Kylynda) Green, yes.

So, this is a really great task to help us

practice our pattern recognition,

and it's really important that we're able

to identify themes, whether we're

looking at data or looking at literature

because when we see a common pattern,

a motif, reappear over and over,

it's a sign that we

should take special notice.

So, I thought we could play

a kind of similarity game today

as we begin this study of the lesson.

So, if we have an example

from Exodus 14 and 15, this is telling

when the Israelites escaped

the Egyptian captors, and they

go through the Red Sea.

Now, we have another story in Matthew 26.

In fact, the last lesson we

discussed this, and this is the scene

from the Last Supper.

Jesus institutes the Last Supper,

and then later on will go to be crucified.

And our final story, Revelation 15,

and this is a description

of the temple in Heaven.

So, in these three stories,

the escape through the Red Sea

and afterwards, and then we have

the institution of the Last Supper,

and then we have the temple.

What might be a common action

that occurs in all three?

(Shawn) God's deliverance?

(Kylynda) God's deliverance, that's great,

we have salvation.

Well, something that might be

a little bit hidden in all these texts

is that in each one

of them they're singing.

(Derek) Oh!

(Kylynda) As we go through...right?

[After they go through] the Red Sea,

they celebrate with a song.

At the end of the Last Supper,

they sing a hymn together.

And when we look at the throne room,

we see the angels and the elders

as well as the creatures singing.

So, music is found throughout the Bible.

And this kind of makes sense

in our own lives.

If we think of really special moments

in our lives, like, let's say,

a special worship service

or a wedding celebration,

sometimes even really sad memories

like a funeral, music is often

in each one of these events.

We think of music as a way where we can

express our emotions.

What are ways that we see music

being utilized in the Bible

based on maybe some of these examples

we talked about our some

you know in your head?

Thoughts of how we see music

in the Bible. Sophia.

(Sophia) As praise.

(Kylynda) As praise, definitely.

Any other ways where music

appears in the Bible? Shawn.

(Shawn) Just as encouragement.

You know, there's just something

about a blessed song that's

sanctified by God that meets you

at the core of who you are

and just uplifts you to Heaven.

There have been many times

I've heard a three-minute song

that gave me more truth

than a 45-minute sermon.

And that's just a blessing from the Lord.

(Kylynda) Thank you

for sharing, Shawn. Puia?

(Puia) I'm remembering

the Song of Solomon; the entire book

is basically songs where Solomon

described his love for his lover.

So, that is also another instance

where we see song in the Bible.

(Kylynda) And, Cory?

(Cory) Yeah, it seems like King David

almost bubbled out with joy

in song many times.

(Derek) True.

(Kylynda) Wonderful, thank you,

all of you, for sharing.

So, maybe I can just do a little recap.

We can see song used in the Bible

as an expression of great emotion,

whether that's praise or celebration,

but, as Cory was mentioning, some

of the Psalms are actually songs

that are about someone experiencing

a lot of despondency in their lives.

As Shawn was mentioning, song can

also be used as a communal experience,

a worship lesson, and as Puia mentioned,

a song may be a love story

between the singer and the listener.

But there is actually, at least for me -

I hadn't studied this in the past -

a really interesting aspect of music,

music as an important, if not vital,
teaching tool

and a lens in which we

can better understand prophecy.

So, that's kind of a really big statement.

We're going to back that up by taking

a framework of how God views

music in the Bible.

And so, we're going to turn, first of all,

to a verse that's located in Colossians,

chapter 3, verse 16.

And this might sound very familiar,

if you are listening on line, because it's

one of our Scripture songs.

So, we'll look at Colossians, chapter 3,

verse 16, and, Puia, would you mind

taking us there to read the text.

(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading

from the New King James Version,
Colossians 3:16:

(Kylynda) So, we see

in this really beautiful text

an encapsulation of all these ideas,

of praise, of teaching and inspiration.

Well, when we think

about a very rich source of songs

in the Bible, one that was

already mentioned were the psalms.

As Derek was saying, this is a collection

of music sung, millennia old.

And we want to take a look,

because maybe someone who's

listening in says, "Well, when I read

the Bible, the Gospels are

really important; they

tell us about Jesus."

Maybe, "When I read the Bible,

it's really important for me

to focus on prophecy."

"Oh, but the Psalms, they're just songs.

If they're useful, maybe we

can use them to sing."

But God says that they are actually

very important, and they have

a very special inspiration.

So, the person

that maybe might come to mind

when we think about a psalm writer...

there are multiple.

In previous lessons, we've studied

several of them, so maybe some people

can give me some help.

Who are the various people

that have written psalms that are

recorded in the Bible?

(Team) King David.

(Kylynda) King David, right, he wrote

nearly half of the psalms.

So, let's take a look to see what was

his testimony in writing these psalms.

And we can find this in some texts

that look at the end of his life

in 2 Samuel, chapter 23, verses 1 and 2.

And, Shawn, would you mind taking us there

and reading those texts?

(Shawn) I'd be happy to; we'll be reading

2 Samuel, chapter 23, verses 1 through 2,

and I'll be reading

the English Standard Version:

(Kylynda) So, who do we see here,

inspiring King David?

(Team, Kylynda) God. The Holy Spirit.

(Kylynda) Okay, but let's say that I'm

being a little grumpy, and I say,

"Okay, well, David, you know, he was

the great king of Israel,

but what about all these other psalms?"

Well, let's take a look

at some other verses that we can find

in the New Testament

which really kind of hones in and sets

this framework of Psalms

as a place of inspiration.

We're first going to turn

towards 2 Timothy, chapter 3,

verses 16 and 17, and, Kevin, would you

mind taking us to these texts

in the New Testament?

And, as Kevin is reading, Leeah,

if you could look up 2 Peter,

chapter 1, verses 19 [through] 21.

So, we'll read these in conjunction

and then discuss.

(Kevin) Sure, and I'll be reading

from the New King James Version,

2 Timothy, chapter 3, verse 16, says:

(Kylynda) Thank you. So, which Scriptures?

(Team, Kylynda) All Scripture.

(Kylynda) Okay, and, Leeah,

if you could take us to 2 Peter,

chapter 1, verses 19 through 21.

(Leeah) Of course, I'll be reading

from the English Standard Version,
and it reads:

(Kylynda) Thank you so much, Leeah.

Okay, so, a little quick summary

of our introduction here.

We took a look in Colossians, chapter 3,

verse 16, where we use Scripture

as a teaching tool.

And then we took a look a the psalmists,

and we see the the psalms

are inspired by God.

And as we look at words written

by Jesus' own disciple,

Scripture is a prophetic word,

and if all Scripture is divinely inspired,

then Psalms have a very special place,

as all of the Bible does, to point us

to truths about prophecy.

Now, we could spend probably weeks

and weeks studying

various prophetic themes

found in Psalms.

Unfortunately, we don't have the time,

so we're going to focus on two elements,

the first, the tabernacle,

and the second, the psalms

as pointing towards Jesus Christ.

But, first we're going to view this idea

of the psalms as a way

to better understand elements

of the sanctuary.

This is a really common theme

found in the psalms.

Sometimes it's referred

to as the House of the Lord,

such as in Psalm 122,

so this idea of the tabernacle,

the House of the Lord, a place of worship.

I want us first to go back to the origins

of the tabernacle.

Who designed the tabernacle?

And how was the tabernacle formed?

And when was it formed?

So, let's take a look by focusing

on a verse found in Exodus,

Exodus, chapter 25 and verse 40.

Zandile, can you take us to this text?

(Zandile) Sure, and I'll be reading

from the New King James Version,
verse 40 says:

(Kylynda) Okay, so maybe Zandile

can help me out.

When was the "when"

of the sanctuary being built?

In very general terms, not a year,

but what portion of the Bible

are we reading from?

(Zandile) We are reading from Exodus.

(Kylynda) So, the Israelites

have left Egypt; they're starting off

as a people.

So, who was the designer

of the tabernacle?

(Zandile) According to the verse, God was.

(Shawn) That's right.

(Kylynda) But, how was

the tabernacle designed?

Was it something just made up on the spot?

(Team) No.

(Kylynda) Shawn.

(Shawn) God had a pattern

of the sanctuary already developed

that He revealed to Moses.

And as we discussed in previous lessons,

the sanctuary would end up being

a paradigm of how the plan

of salvation would come about.

So, it wasn't something God

just made up willy-nilly.

He wasn't thinking, "Hey,

I'll be a cool architect

and make this awesome-looking sanctuary,"

but it was to be a living parable

of our own salvation.

(Kylynda) That's wonderful, thank you.

You're giving a great summary

of where we're going to move on to next.

Perhaps one place in the Bible

that spends the most time talking

about this heavenly sanctuary,

this paragon, is found

in the book of Hebrews,

so let's take a turn towards Hebrews.

We're going to look at chapter 8

and read verses 1 and 2,

so Hebrews, chapter 8, verses 1 and 2.

And I think it was discussed

in previous lessons.

Shawn, perhaps you brought this out.

We see Hebrews as a book

that's telling us of the better,

of the better high priest,

of the better sacrifice,

of the better pure sanctuary
or tabernacle.

So, as we're understanding

how the earthly sanctuary

points to salvation

and to the appearance of Christ,

let's take a look

at the heavenly sanctuary,

which was the model.

So, we're looking at Hebrews.

I mean, we could look

at many different verses, but we're

going to focus on chapter 8,

verses 1 and 2, and, Tendi,

if you could read that for us.

(Tendi) And I'll be reading

from the New King James,

and it reads, Hebrews 8:1-2 reads:

(Kylynda) Thank you, so we have

the true tabernacle in Heaven

that was erected.

So, Zandile read,

initially the tabernacle, as the children

of Israel were leaving Egypt,

was a moveable structure,

which kind of makes sense, right?

They are journeying

on to the Promised Land.

And, as we read the Bible,

eventually it becomes erected

into a permanent building place.

Maybe, Puia, would you mind

just kind of summarizing when this happens

and in what part of the Bible

this takes place.

(Puia) So, as we journey

with the Israelites, after they

entered the Promised Land,

we can find in 1 Kings that finally God

gave them the instruction to build

as a building itself, right?

So, in the story of, specifically, Solomon

was the temple built and dedicated

as an immovable sanctuary.

(Derek) I never realized

while growing up,

maybe everybody else knew,

but that tabernacle,

which was like a tent, right,

existed for several hundred years

after the children of Israel made it

to the Promised Land.

And then, as Puia mentioned,

David wanted to buld

a more permanent structure,

but the Lord said, "Your hands

are covered with blood,

but your son will build it, and that's

why we call it Solomon's temple.

But, that tabernacle, which was

designed after the pattern

Moses had been shown,

was not just when they were wandering

but was there for centuries

once they arrived in the Promised Land.

(Kylynda) Yes, definitely a sacred space.

So, we know that the tabernacle

has a long history

with the children of Israel.

We know that it's designed

after a tabernacle, a perfect tabernacle

or heavenly temple, that we

can read about in Hebrews.

And, as Shawn mentioned, it's a symbol,

a revelation, of the plan of salvation.

So, now let's take our focus

to what are the lessons that God

wanted to teach us

through the sanctuary and its services.

And to do this, we're going to go

back to the book of Hebrews.

Now, we're going to go

a chapter down, chapter 9,

looking at verses 11 through 15.

So what is God trying to teach

through the sanctuary

and its building place?

Stephanie, could you read

those verses for us?

(Stephanie) Sure, and I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Kylynda) That is

a very theologically packed text

of the sanctuary and its services.

Is anyone on the team willing

to summarize maybe even a portion

of what this means

for the plan of salvation?

Kevin, would you mind?

(Kevin) When I hear those verses

and read it, I get that God wants us

to really dig into the sanctuary message

and understand it deeply

because if you just look at it

on the surface, there are sacrifices,

there is blood, there are

some unappealing things.

But, if you look into it, the symbolism

behind it reveals God's plan for us.

It shows us what He actually did for us

in giving up His only begotten Son

and reveals His plan to spend

all eternity with us.

There is so much there that you

could study; it's an amazing message.

(Kylynda) Thank you so much

for sharing, Kevin. Samantha.

(Samantha) Yes, what I get from this

is that it points us to Christ,

the perfect Sacrifice.

And with Christ, there is no need

for animal blood or rituals,

and through His blood

we have eternal redemption.

(Kylynda) Thank you

so much, Samantha. Shawn.

(Shawn) It's just a reminder

that Jesus' blood was

sufficient for all time.

It's not just redemption,

it's eternal redemption.

And once we get to Heaven,

that redemption is going to continue

covering us for our entire time

in the glory of God.

(Kylynda) Wonderful, it will

certainly be such a great celebration

when we can rejoice with the Lamb.

So, there is a lot that we can unpack

on these texts, but you might say,

"Well, our lesson is talking

about the psalms,"

so let's go back to the psalms.

We have kind of a framework

of the sanctuary, of its purpose,

of its pointing toward salvation,

but the psalms,

wonderfully, beautifully provide

a new lens, a new aspect

and further depth to our understanding

of the sanctuary and sanctuary experience.

So, let's talk about this idea

of entering the sanctuary.

Shawn, you had mentioned that we're

looking forward to the day

where we can all enter, you know,

face-to-face the presence of God

and have this worship experience.

However, every single day we are called

to join God in a worship experience

to tabernacle with Him.

and the psalms give us

some interesting...

some people might call it

maybe very extremely conditional
suggestions

about entering the space.

Some might call it a beautiful message

of hope of entering this space.

We're going to study this tension

of what it means to enter

into a tabernacle experience

here on a sinful earth.

The psalms bring out this idea

of cleansing before entering

the tabernacle space.

We can see this in multiple verses.

We're going to take a look first

at Psalm 15, looking

at verses 1 through 5, and then we'll take

a look at Psalm 24, verses 3 and 4.

But, first of all, let's go to Psalm 15,

verses 1 through 5, and, Samantha,

if you could read those texts for us.

(Samantha) Psalm 15, verse 1

to verse 5, I will read

from the New King James Version:

(Kylynda) Thank you for reading

those texts, Samantha.

Let's see if we can move on

a little bit forward to Psalm,

chapter 24, looking at verses 3 and 4.

So, I want to read these

in conjunction with each other, and you'll

hear a familiar theme that appears.

Leeah, could you read these texts for us?

(Leeah) Of course, I'll be reading

from the English Standard Version,
and it says:

(Kylynda) Wow, that seems like a really...

(Stephanie) High calling.

(Kylynda) A high calling,
thank you, Stephanie.

(Derek) I hear those, and I think,

"There's no hope for me,

really, really, unless I read

the other psalm, because he also says,

"I'll dwell in the House

of the Lord forever."

And I'm like, "Really?!

I've read the book;

I know what you've done."

And it's only because of Psalm 51,

which I know we will probably read,

where he says, "God, create in me

a clean heart," because I don't think

any of us could read Psalm 15

and say, "Yes, yes,

uprightly all the time..."

If that is what is required,

it is a miracle of God's grace

and goodness that we will dwell

in the House of the Lord forever.

(Kylynda) So, these psalms are

indicating that that cleansing

needs to take place,

but as Derek says, can we

do [this cleansing] ourselves?
No. Samantha.

(Samantha) You know what will bring

you hope, Derek, is that God's mercy

dwells in this temple.

His mercy is there, and so we

can feel free to go there

because we know He's not going

to judge us like...

(Derek) Thank you, Samantha,
but, you know,

I think it illustrates an important point,

as you talk about themes.

If someone just read Psalm 15,

they'd just get depressed and say,

"There's no hope for me."

They need to read

the whole counsel of God,

and all Scripture is given

by inspiration and is profitable

for reproof (ouch, Psalm 15, right),

for correction, yes,

but also for instruction in righteousness.

How can I be right with God?

(Kylynda) Wonderful. I mean,

we'll turn to Psalm 51 to take a look

at this cleansing that takes place,

a moment that happens

in a very tragic point

in King David's life.

And as we're turning there,

Puia, if you could finish off

with a comment that you were making.

(Puia) So, in verse 3 of Psalm 24

that we just read, the question was,

"Who may ascend

into the hill of the Lord?"

So, in the Hebrew Scripture,

when it talks about the hill of the Lord

in the context of the sanctuary,

it's talking about Mount Zion.

Zion was where the sanctuary

was built eventually.

And it's very interesting to note

that when we come

to the last book of the Bible

in Revelation, chapter 14, we see

this beautiful prophecy in a way

where the Lamb is standing on Mount Zion

with the saints, 144,000

and innumerable, countless people

from all parts of the world.

So, the question in Psalms was,

"Who will be able to stand?"

Well, in Revelation we see

this prophecy of people standing

with the Lamb on Mount Zion.

And the key about that cleansing

that you mention is, in order to qualify

there, according to Revelation,

they follow the Lamb wherever He goes.

That's the key!

Derek, there's hope for us.

If we follow the Lamb,

we'll be able to stand

because of the Lamb.

(Derek) Amen. So, we need to read

the whole Book, really, to find

the goodness and the grace of God.

(Kylynda) And let's take a look

at those texts of hope

found in Psalm 51.

Could someone maybe give

a very brief summary

of why this Psalm was written?

Or, what events had occurred prior

to the writing of this psalm? Shawn.

(Shawn) A very quick synopsis:

King David was supposed to be at war,

but his generals were out.

He had remained at home.

Unfortunately, he was becoming,

shall we say, slothful in maintaining

his own character.

What ends up happening is he sees

another man's wife bathing on the roof,

has unholy, lustful thoughts about her

and takes her to be his own.

Unfortunately, through that
very tragic incident,

she becomes pregnant, and he tries

to hide his sin, which leads him

to killing her husband

and doing terrible things

not befitting a man of God.

He watches as his kingdom crumbles

because of this sin.

His son Absalom raises

an army against Him.

And when he is at his most broken,

he is now ready to write the Psalm

because a prophet came to him,

challenged him, and by his own confession,

by David's own confession,

he realized he was worthy of death.

And he repented, and this is

the psalm he wrote in response.

(Kylynda) So, when we hear

that story about King David,

we would certainly assume,

based off of Psalm 15, that this person

isn't someone who is going

up to the tabernacle space.

Mutsa, if you could start off, we're going

to read some select verses in Psalm 51.

First, I was wondering if you could read

verses 1 through 2.

We'll pause, and then we'll

move on to another portion in the psalm.

(Mutsa) Okay, and I'll be reading

from the New King James Version, it reads:

(Kylynda) So, when we have sinned,

where can we go to?

Who can we ask for help?

(Team) God.

(Kylynda) Shawn.

(Shawn) Well, as the panel said, God,

but I want to focus, if I can,

because of Derek's question earlier

of "How can I have hope?"

It's been on my soul

for the last eight minutes

we've talked about it,

and we need to look

at what the [phrase] "blot out" means.

It means "to eliminate."

It means "to destroy the record."

David is pleading to God, "God, you know

the evil I have done."

He is ashamed of it.

He will later say his soul

was being broken; his bones are trembling.

And he asked God not only, "Forgive me,"

but, "Blot out the record

that I even sinned."

And while the psalm reference

is eluding me right now,

maybe the panel will know

where I'm talking of, the psalmist says,

"If You, Lord," kept a record,

who could be saved?!

But with You, there is

forgiveness in Your grace."

And so, he's asking God,

"Don't just forgive me,

don't just love me, eliminate the record

I ever sinned so I can ascend

back to Your holy hill."

It's a beautiful psalm,

one of my absolute favorites.

(Kylynda) Thank you for sharing.
Stephanie.

(Stephanie) I agree with Shawn.

I just want to go back one step.

He's coming to God because he knows

that God will be merciful.

He says, "According

to Your lovingkindness."

He said "have mercy" because he knows

that God is a God of mercy.

And so he has confidence,

so we can have confidence

when we go to God.

(Kylynda) So there's an aspect

of the tabernacle - relationship.

Not just relationship

with another fellow believer,

which we can see in the Psalms,

but with God Himself. Sophia.

(Sophia) I think it's also beautiful

that David is called "a man

after My own heart" by God.

And it says here "to create

in me a clean heart," a new heart,

so we can have a heart

after God, no matter what.

(Derek) And I want to just affirm

what Stephanie said about knowing

the character of God.

You know, Judas didn't know

the character of God,

and with his massive failure,

he decided to kill himself.

Peter knew the character of God,

and he came and was forgiven,

and not only forgiven but became

a great worker in the cause of Jesus.

So, I think, for anyone watching

the program, I just want to remind them

that God is merciful and gracious

because sometimes we're like,

"Well, what if I tell Him all the things?"

Well, can I let you know, He already knows

because He knows all things.

But, He's coming to you in love and mercy

and wants to cleanse you and give you

a new beginning, and I think that's

a really important point.

As he prays, he's claiming that God

is as merciful as he has known Him to be.

(Kylynda) Can we continue actually reading

more of this wonderful psalm?

(Derek) It's a Scripture song, right?

(Kylynda) ...Mutsa, I'm going to ask

if you could continue.

We'll look at verses 7 through 12

because these verses also have

some sanctuary motifs in them,

just really emphasizing

God's immeasurable, unfailing love,

verses 7 through 12.

(Mutsa) And I will be continuing

in the New King James Version:

(Derek, Team) Amen.

(Kylynda) So how can we have

a tabernacle experience?

What are some of the emotions

of entering into this sacred space
with God?

(Derek) I would say, Kylynda,

not only confessing, as Stephanie said,

how good God is but also confessing

how much I need His mercy and grace.

I think of the story of the sinner,

in the time of Jesus, beating on his chest

and saying, "God, be merciful

to me, a sinner."

And Jesus said, "He is the one

who left set right with God."

So, we need both to confess

the mercy and goodness of God

but also to confess our brokenness

and our great need of His grace.

(Kylynda) So, at the tabernacle,

we experience humility.

We experience confession.

What do we find in verse 12?

What other experience is there

waiting for us? Restoration.

(Team Member) Hope.

(Derek) And joy.

(Shawn) So, not only restoration,

but we are upheld by a steadfast spirit,

a spirit that won't permit us

to leave God again, that won't permit us

to fall back in that sin and darkness.

It's like God is saying,

"I love you so much, I came, I found you.

Now that you're here, I'm not going

to let you go again."

And I don't know about you,

but in my life, I want

that steadfast spirit every single day.

(Derek) I see Cory's hand raised,

but I would respectfully challenge

just a little bit with my brother Shawn.

When it says, "He would not permit it,"

I would quote Jude, who says,

"Now to Him who is able

to keep you from stumbling"

because, unfortunately, and we

could look at some examples in the Bible,

we can choose to walk away from His grace.

And we say, "Why would anybody

want to do that?"

And there are several reasons.

Maybe they've just never seen

how beautiful His character

of grace and mercy is.

But, if I choose to stay there,

He is able to keep us from stumbling,

but I wanted to see what Cory said
because he...

(Kylynda) Cory, please share.

(Cory) No, it was similar to that.

I do think it's important to continue

to reflect on where David was.

I mean, what had he just gone through,

and we mentioned that at the start,

but as we go through this,

just continue to remember the sins

that he just committed - adultery, murder.

And then he's saying, "Bring

back the joy of Your salvation

in my heart, God."

And you can almost see him

on his knees, crying, praying,

pleading, begging, asking

for God's generous spirit to come back.

And that heart replacement,

that transplant, is something

that we're all offered, no matter how bad

we've sinned, how far we've gone.

That heart replacement is available to us,

and it just brings me joy just to know

that that's available to me.

(Kylynda) Thank you, Cory. Tendi.

(Tendi) And adding onto what Cory

just said, verse 12 talks

about restoration of the joy of salvation,

and let's observe that he

changed in character; he repented,

was restored, and is going to teach

transgressors not to do what he did.

So, it shows that when we are forgiven,

and God restores the joy of our salvation,

there is an act of repentance

but also maturity, spiritually - yes.

(Derek) Beautiful.

(Kylynda) Zandile and then we'll move on

to our second aspect

of Prophecy in the Psalms.

(Zandile) Thank you, I just wanted to say

that David also trusted in the power

of God to bring renewal

in his life and restoration.

If we just pray and confess our sins

and still not trust and believe that

He will restore us, we are

[as bad as] we have started.

But we need to have that faith

and that trust to say no matter

how red they are, He has promised

to make them whiter.

(Kylynda) Thank you so much.

So, at the sanctuary, we see salvation,

the model of salvation.

You know, there is a high calling,

as Stephanie said, to enter

into the sanctuary.

The bad news, we don't match that level.

But the even better news is that God

is willing not only to cleanse us

and blot out our iniquities

but elevate us, give us a clean heart,

bring us into a closer restoration
with Him.

So, the sanctuary points to...?

(Derek) Messiah.

(Kylynda) The Messiah, Jesus.

The Bible is pointing to Jesus,

and the psalms point to Jesus as well.

So, Jesus actually acknowledges

the importance of the psalms

as evidence to His life.

I'd like us to turn to a verse

that's found in Luke, chapter 24.

Now, this is the Road to Emmaus story,

So, Jesus has been risen from the dead,

and as He is walking down the street,

He purposefully, we believe, meets

with several of His Apostles.

They don't know who He is,

and they are heartbroken

that Jesus has passed away.

And so, Jesus decides to give them

a Bible study of the Messiah.

Puia, I wonder if you could take us

to Luke, chapter 24,

reading verses 44 and 45.

(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Kylynda) Wow. I bet all of us

would have loved to have joined in

on that Bible study.

So, Luke doesn't record

the different texts that Jesus used;

he does mention the book of Psalms.

But, if I went to Heaven,

I would ask Jesus, "So, it was

Psalm 22, correct?"

So, let's turn...Psalm 22 is known

as a psalm that has multiple instances

reflecting on who the Messiah was,

on His sacrifice, on His death,

and on the resurrection.

We could spend our time looking

at every single verse.

We're going to just highlight

several of them to show that Psalm 22

is pointing to the Messiah

and how it gives us insight

into His character of love.

So, Stephanie, would you mind reading

Psalm 22, verse 1?

And as you're going there, Leeah,

if you could turn to the evidence

in the New Testament, Mark,

chapter 15, verse 34.

So, Stephanie will read first,

and then Leeah will take us to Mark 15.

(Stephanie) And I'll be reading

from the New King James Version,

Psalm 22, verse 1:

(Kylynda) So, here's a psalm

which kind of reflects

the despondency of the author.

Where do we see this in Jesus' life?

Leeah, Mark 15, verse 34.

(Leeah) In the English Standard Version,
it reads:

(Kylynda) Jesus is quoting the psalmist,

and He takes these words of despondency

and reflects them in His own sacrifice

that He's given.

(Derek) One of my favorite preachers

once said Jesus cried that cry

so that we would never

have to cry that cry.

(Team) Amen.

(Derek) He suffered what we deserved,

and our sin was separating Him

from the Father's presence.

I don't think the Father was far from Him.

I think the Father was right there

and loved Him with the eternal love

with which He always had loved Him.

But our sin was separating Him.

(Kylynda) A separation never experienced
in the Bible.

(Derek) But what a privilege that we

don't have to cry that hopeless cry

because Jesus is our Redeemer, praise God.

(Team) Amen.

(Kylynda) In the psalm, we actually see

even more clear examples linking

the crucifixion experience

with the psalmist's words.

I wonder if we could take a look

at Psalm 22, verses 7 through 8.

So, Jesus was experiencing this feeling

of separation that sin had driven

between Him and God,

but He wasn't also receiving comfort

from the people around Him.

Samantha, if you could read for us

Psalm 22, verses 7 through 8,

and, Kevin, if you could turn

to the New Testament

and look up Matthew 27,

verses 39 through 43. Samantha.

(Samantha) Psalm 22, verses 7 and 8:

(Kylynda) And, Kevin, if you

could take us now to look at Matthew,

chapter 27, verses 39 to 43.

(Kevin) I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Kylynda) How tragic

that the very religious leaders

who are supposed to be pointing people

towards Jesus are actually quoting,

basically, a psalm that's reflecting

this experience of anger, of mocking,

towards the Messiah.

Let's take a look at a final example.

Sophia, I wonder if you could read

verse 18 of Psalm 22, and, Tendi,

if you could take us

to a corresponding reference

in the New Testament, John,

chapter 19, verses 23 and 24.

So, Sophia, verse 18 in Psalm 22.

(Sophia) And I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Kylynda) Thank you. And, Tendi,

if you could take us to John,

chapter 19:23,24.

(Tendi) The New King James Version says:

(Kylynda) Thank you, Tendi.

And I'd encourage the viewers at home

to take time to read through Psalm 22

and take a look

at the corresponding verses.

Perhaps your Bible has little asterisks

or indications of where these texts

are found in the New Testament.

Really, as I studied the Psalms,

I found that it not only deepened

my understanding of prophecies,

it helped strengthen my belief

in who Jesus is and in His ministry.

And I found it to be

a really valuable tool that takes

these words, even though we don't know

the music, as you often say to us still,

but these poetic words

that kind of speak to the soul

and bring us to a deeper understanding

of who Christ is.

As we close the lesson, I want

to take us back to this concept of music

and how God uses music,

the words of the songs,

the singing of the hymns,

as an important lesson for us

to better understand prophecies,

to better understand our experiences

living in the last days.

And, I was wondering if the group

could share, perhaps, any advice

or experiences in which music

helped them in their worship experience.

What are ways we can incorporate music

into our tabernacle experience today?

(Derek) Well, I'd like to share something.

I know we're out of time, but we

could sing Scripture songs.

I want to just, if I can, close

in the few seconds we have left,

in the middle of Psalm [22], Jesus says,

"O My Strength, hasten to help Me!"

And then verse 21, "You've heard Me."

So, this is not a cry of despair.

It's a cry of anguish, but it's

also a cry of hope.

Thank you, Kylynda, for sharing with us.

And I hope, when you sing

some of these Scripture songs,

you'll remember that the Holy Spirit

inspired the writing of those songs

to bless your heart and to remind you,

no matter how far you have fallen

from grace, that God can redeem you

and cleanse you and save you.

Let's pray; Father in Heaven, thank You

for this study today, a somber study

as we think about how Jesus was treated,

but He was willing to suffer

what we deserved, that we might receive

the eternal blessing

that He alone deserves.

Thank You for Your grace.

May we accept the gift of Your salvation

and may we share that good news

with those around us.

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

(Team) Amen.

(Derek) Well, it's an amazing journey.

As Kylynda said, go back to the psalms,

not only Psalm 22 but other psalms.

See it all pointed to Jesus,

and then run to Him, your Savior,

and go out and be a blessing

to those around you.

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