Psalm 132: The Temple and the Davidic Covenant
2026-11-10 · 3.975 MHz · 0600 PST
The Bible reading
Psalm 132
Today's Reading (KJV): Psalm 132
1LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: 2How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; 3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; 4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. 7We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. 8Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. 10For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 17There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
The study examined Psalm 132, identifying it as a prayer likely written by Solomon during the dedication of the temple. The psalm reflects on David's role in bringing the Ark to Jerusalem and his desire to build a dwelling place for God, which Solomon fulfilled. The discussion highlighted the temple's central role in Old Testament worship and its typological connection to the New Covenant church as the local assembly where God's people meet with Him.
Insights
- David's refusal to sleep until he found a place for the Lord illustrates the principle of seeking God's kingdom first, prioritizing His dwelling place over personal comfort.
- The temple served as a visible evangelistic tool, pointing to the Messiah through its design and rituals, making the rejection of Jesus a rejection of the entire Old Testament witness.
- The tension between divine sovereignty and human responsibility is seen in the covenant: God ensures the promise is kept, but the descendants must actively keep the covenant to remain in the lineage.
- The progressive nature of the psalm encourages believers to view God's work through a long-range, intergenerational lens, finding encouragement in the continuity of the church despite historical setbacks.
- Jesus' statement in Revelation 22:16 that He is both the root and offspring of David underscores His dual nature as the divine creator of David and the human descendant of David.
Transcript
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2:03We are in Psalm 132, that's 132, so be looking at that.
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3:42Good morning, Roger.
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3:45Well, I'm blessed to have read that song last night with my wife.
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5:00We are in Psalm 132.
5:02That's 132.
5:04And we want to open in prayer before we get started.
5:07And so, Kevin, KB7 Zedickson, please open in prayer for us today.
5:12Very good.
5:13Good morning, everyone.
5:14Let us bow our heads.
5:16Our most gracious and loving Father, we do thank you so very much for this opportunity we have to look into your word, to gather together, to fellowship together.
5:26Lord, let your word settle in our hearts and in our minds.
5:30Lord, let us give it the reverence that it deserves.
5:33And, Lord, thank you for the life that it brings us.
5:37Father, we just ask that you would bless each and every one according to thy need.
5:42And, Lord, we just pray that you'd minister to each of those requests that we lift up where there's such great need out there.
5:48Father, we thank you again for hearing our prayers this morning.
5:52And thank you for your salvation.
5:54In Jesus' name we pray.
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6:02We're in Psalm 132 today.
6:04That's Psalm 132.
6:05And before we read that psalm, I want to just give a little background on it.
6:10You know, the importance and the value of the Old Testament temple to the Jewish people can hardly be overstated.
6:19The temple was at the very heart and soul of the religious life of the nation of Israel.
6:27The temple was at the very center of their relationship with God and their worship of God.
6:32And so without the temple, Judaism was merely a hollow shell without a center.
6:37And through the temple, Israel approached God.
6:40Through the temple, Israel was reconciled to God.
6:43And through the temple, Israel served and worshiped God.
6:47And so what this psalm does, Psalm 132, is that it reflects the significance of the temple to the people of God.
6:57Now, there is some controversy as to the period of time to which this psalm belongs.
7:04But the strongest argument seems to be that it was written by Solomon at the time of the dedication of the temple.
7:12And so what it does, it contains a retrospective looking back on the role that David played in planning for the temple
7:21and in finding and bringing the ark to Jerusalem in verses 1 to 7.
7:27And then it contains a present tense prayer for God to accept and indwell the temple
7:32that has been constructed to house the ark in verses 8 to 10.
7:39And then finally, it contains a prospective look forward as to what God is going to do for his people
7:47who have taken such care and concern for his temple worship.
7:52And so all of this demonstrates the central place the temple had in the hearts of the people of God
7:58and the priority that they placed on it.
8:00And it also demonstrates the central place the new covenant temple, namely the local church,
8:07should have in the hearts of the people of God today and the priority we should place on it.
8:14Because nothing is more important to the spiritual life of a new covenant Christian than the local church.
8:21There, God fulfills all of his covenant promises to his people,
8:25and there his people render all of their new covenant obligations to him.
8:30So the temple is the place where the great transactions between man and God occur.
8:37So without it, there's a void that takes the very center out of our relationship with God.
8:43So our psalm sets forth in old covenant language,
8:47the blessing we enjoy with reference to our new covenant temple.
8:51So a little background and framework for our passage.
8:56And now we're going to ask Jerry KG6J.
8:59Jerry, if you would read for us, please, Psalm 132.
9:02Go ahead there, Jerry.
9:05KG6J, Psalm 132, reading from the New King James.
9:11Lord, remember David and all his reflection,
9:16how he floored the Lord and bowed to the mighty God of Jacob.
9:20Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house or go up to the comfort of my bed.
9:28I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids
9:33until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the mighty God of Jacob.
9:39Behold, we heard of it in Ephratham.
9:43Ephratham.
9:44We found it in the fields of the woods.
9:48Let us go into his tabernacle.
9:51Let us worship at his footstool.
9:54Arise, O Lord, to the resting place,
9:59you and the ark of your strength.
10:03Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
10:06and let your saints shout for joy.
10:11For your servants, David, say,
10:14do not turn away from the face of your anointed.
10:18The Lord has sworn in truth to David.
10:22He will not turn from it.
10:24I will sit upon your throne, the fruit of your body.
10:31If your sons will keep my covenant and my testimony,
10:35which I shall teach them,
10:38their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.
10:43Verse 13.
10:45For the Lord has chosen Zion.
10:48He has desired it for his habitation.
10:52This is my resting place forever.
10:56Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
11:00I will abundantly bless her provision.
11:03I will satisfy her poor with bread.
11:07I will also clothe her priests with salvation.
11:11And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
11:15There I will make the horn of David grow.
11:18I will prepare a lamp for my anointed.
11:23His enemies I will clothe with shame.
11:26But upon himself his crown shall flourish.
11:30Psalm 132.
11:32KG6J.
11:33Back to you, Pastor Ben.
11:35Jerry, KG6J.
11:37Great reading.
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11:40We are going to discuss this psalm together.
11:42Any comments on Psalm 132?
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11:46Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey 7 Tango.
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11:56All right, Tom.
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12:01All right.
12:01Any other comments on our psalm?
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12:03All right.
12:04All right.
12:12Well, while you're thinking, let me give you some background to this psalm.
12:16In order to understand these opening verses, verses 1 to 7, some background information is in order.
12:25You recall from your reading in 1 Samuel chapter 4 how that Israel was in a battle with the Philistines.
12:33They were losing the battle, and so they brought the Ark of the Covenant into the battle,
12:38thinking that this object was going to give them deliverance instead of trusting in the God who interacted with them through the Ark of the Covenant.
12:51Well, they wound up losing it in the battle to the Philistines, right?
12:54So they had it.
12:55They thought it was a great triumph.
12:57They put it into the house of their god Dagon, and, of course, God slapped Dagon to the ground more than once.
13:04He struck all the people with flags, and they go, whoa, this thing is nothing but trouble.
13:10Let's give it back to the Israelites.
13:12Well, they did, and it was sitting there in the house of an individual for a long time, and it was not in Jerusalem.
13:25It was not in any kind of a tabernacle.
13:27It was just sitting at the edge of Israel in an individual's house.
13:32Well, eventually David says, what in the world is the Ark doing out there?
13:37Let's bring it to Jerusalem, and let's build a temple for it.
13:42So he goes down.
13:44He gets the Ark.
13:44He brings it up to Jerusalem, right?
13:46And he's going to build a temple for it.
13:49It's in a tabernacle there in Jerusalem where it belongs.
13:53And God says to Samuel, nope, you're not going to build that house.
13:58Your son is going to build it, but you're not.
14:00So David said, okay, and that was all in 2 Samuel chapter 7 there, chapter 6 and 7, all that took place.
14:12And so there it sits in a tabernacle.
14:16Well, Solomon comes along, and he takes all the materials David gathered to build the tabernacle, and he builds a temple.
14:27He builds a tremendous, magnificent temple.
14:30And then, of course, the Ark is placed into the temple, and there's this huge prayer meeting in which they're offering prayers for God to accept this new temple, to inhabit it with his presence, and to remain with his people.
14:46So that's what's going on here.
14:49And so this appears to be a prayer of Solomon looking back on David and what he did and what his good intentions were in order to establish a temple.
15:05But he wasn't able to do it.
15:07God forbade him to do it.
15:09But he did gather materials for it, and now Solomon has built it.
15:13And so we see this present tense prayer here in verse 8 to 10 as he's dedicating the temple and asking God to come and show his Shekinah glory presence in the Holy of Holies over the tabernacle once again.
15:31So that's a little background there, so you can understand the frame of reference for what's going on here.
15:37All right.
15:38Any other comments on our passage?
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15:42Zedekson.
15:43Kevin, KB7, Zedekson.
15:44Go ahead.
15:47Yeah, KB7, Zedekson.
15:49Yeah.
15:49Very good, Mac.
15:50Yeah, you know, this psalm really is a wonderful psalm in that we see, and you're right, it touches on, really brings out, I think it's 2 Samuel 5 and 6 and 2 Chronicles 15 and 17.
16:12And, you know, the reverence given to, David is given to the Ark of the Covenant and finding a place for him, but also, and the pledge to him, the one that ultimately keeps the covenant is the Lord himself.
16:33And, but the eternal promise of the reign of the throne of David there, we know this in a sense is a messianic psalm, because we know the Messiah comes through the promise through David, the Davidic line.
16:53But also we see also the promise of the eternal nature of that promise of that reign there at the throne of David, and I think one day in Jerusalem as well.
17:06But, yeah, there's quite a bit really here to unpack in this little psalm, I think.
17:12But we see the pledge to that covenant here in this psalm from the writer, K.B. 7, to that extent.
17:28Yeah, Kevin, well said, and thank you for bringing out that whole issue of the Davidic covenant.
17:32And so this is part of the Davidic covenant that was formed in 2 Samuel 7 there.
17:52God promised David three things in that covenant, that he would have a son who would, in a unique sense, be the son of God.
18:01And that his, the seat of his body would sit on his throne forever.
18:08And that this son was going to build him a house.
18:12And, of course, once again, the proximate fulfillment of that was Solomon was the son.
18:18And in a unique way, he was, had a special relationship with God.
18:23He was given this extraordinary amount of wisdom, more than any man before or since on the face of the earth.
18:30He did build a house for God.
18:33That was the temple that's being talked about here.
18:37And, of course, there was an unbroken succession of kings in Judah, the southern kingdom, that flowed from David.
18:46And, of course, ultimately, the ultimate son of David that sits on the throne of David forever is the Lord Jesus Christ.
18:55And we see that the angel, when she announced the birth of Jesus to Mary, said that this child that's going to be born of you will sit on the throne of his father David forever and ever.
19:07So Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of that divinic covenant, where he is, in a unique sense, the son of God.
19:14He is going to build God a house, and that's the new covenant church, the new covenant temple.
19:19And he's going to sit on that throne forever and ever.
19:23So wonderful promises here in 2 Samuel 7, and that's what's being referred to here in verse 11.
19:33We see the covenants are oath-sworn promises, and that's why it says in verse 11, the Lord has sworn in truth to David.
19:41So God makes lots of promises, but when he swears an oath to a promise, that's what constitutes a covenant.
19:48So, Kevin, thank you for bringing out the connection between the divinic covenant and this psalm, because definitely there is a reference to it.
19:58And Solomon was aware of this covenant that was made with his father David, and he refers to it in this prayer to God at the dedication of the temple.
20:08All right, other comments on our passage.
20:10Please come now.
20:13WB7VZL.
20:13Roger, WB7VZL.
20:15Go ahead.
20:15Yeah, there's a strategic if in verse 12, which I noted.
20:24I was surprised to note that.
20:28And it's similar to the covenant is almost unconditional in 2 Samuel 7.
20:42It is an amazing covenant.
20:45That it's almost like the sovereignty of God has fixed that no matter what.
20:52And the extreme spiritual desire to have that happen through all the generations, through all the kings that were from Judah and from the line of David, that was very, very important.
21:11But the if in verse 12, it's like if you refuse the birthright, like in Genesis, you could no longer be part of the legacy.
21:28So if your sons will keep my covenant and my testimony, which I will teach them.
21:35And their sons also will keep my covenant and their sons also will fit upon the throne forever.
21:40And in a sense, it relates to us as well, our covenant with God.
21:46He's there, but he always leaves room for the will.
21:56He respects our will, and in a sense, he died on the cross in respect to our will.
22:05And that's why we pray every morning, take my defective will and send it back to me purified and sanctified, because that is the decision in verse 12.
22:18So if your sons will keep my covenant, yes, your sons will keep my covenant, over.
22:23Yeah, Roger, well said.
22:25And, you know, it's the same way with us.
22:28We have to persevere in the faith, and God is going to preserve us in the faith.
22:35So something can be both certain and also necessary at the same time.
22:41And so God says to us, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
22:46So that's our responsibility.
22:48And then it says, for God will work in you to will and to do of his good pleasure.
22:53And that's divine sovereignty.
22:55And so we see in this promise in 2 Samuel 7, he says regarding the son that God is going to give to David.
23:05He says in verse 14, I will be his father, and he shall be my son.
23:09If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men, but by mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
23:23And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee, and thy throne shall be established forever.
23:29So those promises in 2 Samuel 7, verses 14 to 16, are saying that, yes, he needs to persevere, but I will see to it that he does through my chastising work.
23:43And, of course, we see that, where God was faithful to keep a descendant of David on the throne, clear up until the captivity.
23:52And then during the captivity and afterward, what was being prepared was that ultimate son of David, the Lord Jesus, who was born, who assumed his throne, and, of course, who is faithful and will never go off into sin and never need to be corrected.
24:12So, you know, we, too, are said that we will be saved if we continue in the faith.
24:21It doesn't say we're going to be saved if we're perfect, but we have to continue in the faith.
24:26We can't go apostate.
24:27Well, God ensures that we continue in the faith when we're genuinely his.
24:32He brings circumstances and people and corrections and encouragements into our life so that we do endure to the end in faith in Christ and in faithfulness to Christ, even in the midst of all the spiritual battles with the world and the flesh and the devil that we go through.
24:51So, yes, it's necessary that his children obey, but it's also certain that they shall, because God will work in them to make sure that it's accomplished.
25:01Back to you there, Roger.
25:02Go ahead.
25:03Yeah, thank you very much for highlighting the scripture where God says that Saul did, in a sense, a similar Judas experience, where he did refuse the birthright.
25:21So, you know, in other words, he turned against God, and God is very candid about what happened to Saul.
25:31I was impressed when you read that passage, Eric.
25:34Yeah, because with Saul, he goes consulting witches, right?
25:37The witch of Endor.
25:40And, you know, that's just a sign of apostasy.
25:43You know, we don't leave the true God and go after Satanism and still be saved people.
25:49It doesn't work that way.
25:51Those that God has saved will not and cannot turn away from him ultimately and finally and decisively like Saul did.
26:01And so the good news is that no one is able to pluck us out of the hand of Christ.
26:06And he which has begun a good work in us will continue to perform it until the day of Christ.
26:12So do we need to persevere in all the means of grace, prayer, Bible reading, church attendance, all those things?
26:20Sure.
26:21But God, of course, ensures that we shall, because that's what we want.
26:26And he put that desire into our heart when he brought about regeneration and wrote his law in our hearts.
26:32So that's why we continue to persevere in spite of vast incentives to throw our Christianity away and go the way of the world.
26:41All right, Roger, good comments.
26:43Thank you for bringing that out.
26:44All right.
26:45Any other comments on our psalm?
26:46Please come now with your call sign.
26:48KM5S?
26:49Well, KM5S, please go ahead.
26:51Yeah, follow up on verse 11 in Acts 2.30.
26:54It says, and so, well, it's talking about David being the patriarch in the 29th and 30th.
27:02He says, and so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on the throne.
27:10I found it interesting that they called him a prophet here.
27:13You don't see him being called a prophet very often.
27:16KM5S?
27:16Yeah, well, in fact, David was a prophet because one of the definitions of prophets is that they received direct revelation from God.
27:27And, of course, he did receive direct revelation from God.
27:30That's why we have the book of Psalms.
27:33And so that was divinely inspired direct revelation from God.
27:38So, yeah, David also, of course, foretold the future.
27:42Here, what Will is referring to is Acts chapter 2, verse 29.
27:48He says, men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day.
27:57Therefore, being a prophet, and that's what Will is bringing out there.
28:02Therefore, being a prophet and knowing God has sworn with an oath to him that the fruit of his loins, according to his flesh, would raise up Christ to sit on his throne.
28:11He's seeing this before.
28:13He spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
28:20This Jesus has God raised up.
28:22So, yeah, David was definitely a prophet in that he received direct revelation from God,
28:28and he foretold the future regarding events that were part of the plan of God.
28:34Will, go ahead.
28:35Any other comments?
28:40No other comments.
28:41It took me a minute to put my coffee cup down and grab the mic.
28:44Make the K inside of us.
28:45Oh, yeah.
28:48Yeah, you can't transmit with your coffee cup there, Will.
28:52That's funny.
28:53All right.
28:54Any other comments on our psalm, Psalm 132?
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28:58WB7VZL.
29:12Roger.
29:12Please go ahead.
29:14Well, it's certainly apparent, as one reads in Scripture, that the temple's furnishings even highlight aspects of Christ's ministry,
29:26ministry, and especially now as our great high priest.
29:31You know, he's the light of the world, as John describes, where Jesus quotes.
29:37He says, I am the light of the world, which kind of is the candlesticks.
29:43Of course, the sacrificial aspects are revealed to us, especially with the atonement that Jesus made.
29:51And during Christ's lifetime, I was just looking at Matthew 23, 21, how Jesus bonded with the temple as to with the one who truly makes the temple efficacious for our salvation.
30:13And in this verse, he says, and he who swears by the temple swears both by the temple and by him who dwells within.
30:24And again, I think the psalm that we have before us has ingredients of that tremendous bond between the dwelling of God and the infrastructure of the temple
30:41and how Jesus associates the two so closely.
30:45Over.
30:45Yeah, amen.
30:47Well said.
30:48You know, it says in verse 8 of our psalm, Psalm 132, verse 8, it says,
30:54Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, thou in the ark of thy strength.
31:00And so the ark was directly associated with the presence of God.
31:05And, of course, we know the ark was placed into the Holy of Holies, that room in the back of the temple.
31:12And there, the high priest could only go in once a year and just with blood on the Day of Atonement.
31:19And there, the visible Shekinah glory of God appeared over the ark, signifying the presence of God with his people.
31:27But you're right.
31:29You know, the whole temple was designed to be a foreshadowing of the Lord Jesus Christ.
31:36You know, you look at the candelabra that shed the light, the menorah, that symbolized Jesus as the light of the world.
31:45And then you look at the altar of incense, that symbolized Jesus as our intercessor.
31:51And the smoke went up, representing the prayers.
31:54And then, of course, the table of showbread.
31:56Jesus is the bread of life.
31:58He sustains and nourishes our spiritual life.
32:01And, of course, all of that is possible because of what happened out front, which was the sacrifice.
32:07And, of course, Jesus is the great sacrifice for our sins.
32:12And so we have the altar of sacrifice out front, representing Christ's sacrifice on the cross.
32:19The candelabra, representing Jesus as the light of the world.
32:22The altar of incense, representing Jesus' intercessory of prayers for us, John 17 and elsewhere.
32:29And then the table of showbread, representing him as the bread of life.
32:34And then, of course, that innermost presence where he dwells in our hearts and, as it were, the holy of holy of our bodies.
32:42The very innermost place at the center of who we are is where God dwells and sheds the light of his presence into our hearts.
32:53So, yeah, wonderful.
32:55And, of course, the priest represented the priestly work of Jesus, where he stands as the mediator between God and men.
33:03So, yeah, wonderful foreshadowing of all of the work of Jesus.
33:09And this is the reason why the temple was so important in the Old Testament, is because it was the great evangelistic tool that pointed to the coming Messiah and represented all of these aspects about him.
33:21Back to you there, Roger, WB7VZO.
33:24Yeah, thank you for that comprehensive sweep, the sweep that this particular passage that Jesus mentions in that.
33:32In fact, this chapter in Matthew 23 culminates with his agony over his rejection that he sees prophetically in verse 37,
33:49where it's like he knows that the prophecy of Daniel chapter 9 is going to be fulfilled, this probationary time, so to speak,
34:07for them to be the formalized covenant people.
34:12And yet they end up rejecting and crucifying, as Peter says in Acts 2, you know, that you quoted and well brought up.
34:22It's so interrelated, but he is, Jesus is in agony over this prophetic experience of what happens to their sacrifice, the very center of the whole sanctuary service.
34:44Jesus, they're going to reject him, and he uses that wonderful metaphor about, oh, I wanted to gather you like a hand wants to gather her chicks.
34:56And you are unwilling.
34:58Wow.
34:59There again, we get back to the will, the powerful, you know, Jesus went to the cross to respect our power, our choice in the context of this Greek controversy, you know.
35:14That we find Jesus speaking of in John 10, 10, over.
35:18Yeah, thank you for that, Roger.
35:20Yep, you're right.
35:22And it was really sad the way everything the temple represented and foreshadowed was rejected.
35:30And in the rejection of Jesus was the rejection of every message that was being conveyed by the tabernacle about Jesus.
35:39And so he says, okay, you know, we've given you all the light we could possibly give you.
35:47We've given you all of the visible foreshadowings, illustrations.
35:51We've given you all the written scriptures.
35:53We've given you all the teaching and exhortation.
35:55We've provided all the proofs of miracles.
35:58I've demonstrated a sinless life before you.
36:01I've fulfilled in every respect everything that was ever said about the Messiah.
36:06And you're still going to reject all of that?
36:08Well, we're done.
36:10And so he goes on to say in Matthew 24, immediately after Matthew 23,
36:16do you see this temple and not one stone is going to be left on it?
36:20And, of course, we know that happened in 70 A.D. when Titus and the Roman legions came, leveled the temple, and scattered the Jews.
36:28And they weren't brought back to the land until 1948.
36:31Well, it's a sad story of having that much light and rejecting it.
36:37And so instead of building their spiritual lives around God's revelation, God's temple, and God's promised Messiah,
36:46they built their lives around self-importance and power and a desire to be themselves worshipped as God's.
36:57So when there's that much rejection of light, there's nothing but judgment that remains.
37:04All right, Roger, good comment.
37:05Thank you for that.
37:06All right, other comments on our passage.
37:08Please come down with your call sign.
37:10ZXN.
37:11Kevin, KB7, ZXN.
37:12Please go ahead.
37:13Yeah, KB7, ZXN.
37:16And, you know, also noting that, you know, verses 17, 18 here in the text,
37:23also point to the branch being spring forth in the Messiah.
37:33And power as described in Jeremiah 23, verse 5, and Zechariah 3, verse 8, and Zechariah 6 and 12, too,
37:45where he will reign from God's dwelling place.
37:49And, you know, Jesus fulfilled both the humanity side of this covenant, this pledge,
37:57but also the divine side of this ultimately as well.
38:01And, yeah, so I think we still see the promise of the fulfillment of the full covenant here ahead.
38:12And, you know, as, you know, I point to Romans 11 frequently, but, you know, in the illustration that Paul gives us,
38:27we, the church was grafted into that tree.
38:30You know, we, Israel wasn't grafted into the church.
38:33The church was grafted into that covenant.
38:35And, yes, there is a new covenant that we're under also.
38:41But there are eternal, there are prophecies of the eternal nature of this.
38:48And I think the physical reign ahead there from Jerusalem there that this promise contains as well.
38:57KB7, ZXN.
38:59Yeah, thanks, Kevin.
39:01Thanks, Kevin.
39:02Turn off by SDR here.
39:04Thank you, Kevin, for that comment.
39:05Appreciate that and that future perspective and hope of fulfillment that you're speaking of there.
39:12One of the things that I want to point out here before we run out of time is the progressive nature of this psalm.
39:20You know, in verses 1 to 7, it's looking back on David's role in establishing the temple and that he wanted to do it and he provided all the materials for it.
39:34So all Solomon had to do is pick them up and build.
39:36And then, of course, there was the work of Solomon in building the temple and this wonderful prayer of dedication that he's making here and petition that God would come and inhabit the temple and be pleased with it.
39:50And then, of course, there were the future expectation of what God's going to do for his worshiping people down the road.
39:59Political stability, the presence of God, the provision of God that he's going to make for them, spiritual redemption, military strength.
40:08All those things are promised there in verses 11 through 18.
40:12And so my point is that the work of God is not all accomplished in one generation.
40:20We receive a great blessing and gift from our forefathers, the people who went before us.
40:29Yesterday, I believe it was, we were talking about Tyndale and Wycliffe and all of these people who went before us who provided us with the word of God.
40:38Now, here we are, and we're carrying on the work of our forefathers, and we're looking forward to our descendants, our spiritual descendants, carrying on the work after we're gone.
40:53You know, we see people like John MacArthur and R.C. Sproul and others who have passed away.
41:00Well, God's now raising up other men to teach the word of God to the people of God.
41:08And so we have to take this long-range, intergenerational view of the work and the progress of the kingdom of God.
41:16And yes, during certain periods of history, in the past, that work really languished, and it seems like the evil was going to dominate.
41:25And then we see revival.
41:26We see restoration.
41:28And so here we are at our stage in history right now, and it seems like, in many respects, evil is dominating.
41:34But don't despair.
41:37Recognize that God's plan is bigger than these ups and downs in the kingdom of God and these comings and goings of the great men of God.
41:48And, you know, the work is going to go on.
41:51I was telling someone the other day that the kingdom of God was not defeated in the slightest on November 3rd.
41:58And so we have to have not only that long-range perspective, we have to have the spiritual perspective and look forward to future blessings that God's going to bring to us through his word, through his son, through his spirit, through his new covenant temple, which is the church.
42:19So be encouraged and take the long-range view of the work of the kingdom of God and recognize that it's intergenerational and it doesn't rise and fall on any one period of history or any one group of people, but that God is supervising it and it carries on through the generations, through the centuries, through political upheaval.
42:41The kingdom of God has been going on now for 2,000 years, and it will continue to go and grow until Christ comes back.
42:47So be encouraged and let this psalm be a framework for you to draw that encouragement from as we see the grand sweep of God's redemptive work and purposes here, at least through several generations.
43:03All right, any final comments on our psalm?
43:05Please come now with your call sign.
43:07Yeah, with your B7, these are all.
43:09Roger, please go ahead.
43:12I think you gave the sweep right into the future.
43:16And that sweep continues in this marvelous verse of verse 16 of Revelation 22, where David is lined up right there of the covenant that will extend right through into the new Jerusalem and the new temple.
43:38Over.
43:39Well said.
43:40Yeah, Revelation 22, 16.
43:41Between I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the churches, I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star.
43:52That's an interesting statement, Roger.
43:55He's the root of David, which means he's the source of David.
44:00And, of course, as God, he created David.
44:04And then he says he's the offspring of David.
44:06And so, as a man, he's the descendant of David.
44:11And so, Jesus is both the source of David and the descendant of David because he is the God-man.
44:17What a wonderful statement and connection.
44:20So, you're right.
44:21You know, what we see in this grand sweep of the Bible is that in Genesis 3, 15, God promised a Redeemer.
44:27The rest of the Bible is a story about that Redeemer, the preparation for the Redeemer, the provision of the Redeemer, the reign of the Redeemer, and the second coming of the Redeemer, where he's going to make all things new.
44:41And he's going to eradicate the work of the devil and restore the Garden of Eden.
44:48And, once again, his people will have peace, unity, prosperity, and blessing under his rule and reign in the new heaven and in the new earth.
44:59So, it's all tied to these covenants.
45:03And, of course, to Jesus being the son of David that's spoken of here.
45:08Roger, great comment.
45:09All right.
45:10We are out of time.
45:11We need to stop there today.
45:14And we need to go to prayer.
45:16What a wonderful psalm.
45:18It talks about the centrality of the temple of God to the spiritual life of the people of God and all the communication God makes through that temple regarding the ultimate temple, which is the church of God.
45:33That is spoken of there in the New Testament.
45:37All right.
45:37Any final prayer requests before Al leads us in prayer?
45:40Please come out here and call, sir.
45:42Just a very brief comment.
45:44Okay.
45:44We have a comment and a praise.
45:46Let's do the praise first.
45:47Okay.
45:48The praise comes from the very last words of verse 18 of our song today.
45:55But upon himself, his crown shall shine.
46:03Talk about a revelation to come.
46:06Over.
46:06Amen.
46:08The crown of Jesus is shining.
46:09The crown of Jesus is flourishing.
46:11The kingdom is expanding.
46:14His purposes are being accomplished.
46:16Praise the Lord for that.
46:18All right.
46:18There was a comment.
46:19Comment.
46:19Go ahead.
46:20Yeah.
46:20I just wanted to recognize David's devotion and I think of an important principle displayed here where he says, you know,
46:32I will not sleep or give my eyes slumber until I find a dwelling place for the Lord.
46:40You know, he wanted to give God an honorable going place and seek his position and comfort before his own.
46:48And I think we see that important principle we see in Matthew 6, 33, where seek ye first the kingdom of God and these things will be added to you.
46:58Clearly, that's where David's heart was at.
47:00And we see that expressed in the beginning verses here.
47:05KB 7 is that extent.
47:08Trevor, what a great comment.
47:09Thank you for that.
47:11You know, the idea of putting the priority on the house of God and he's going to sacrifice sleep before he'll sacrifice his commitment to and his involvement with and his participation in building, in this case, the temple for us, building the new covenant temple of a local church.
47:30Thank you for that.
47:32Yep.
47:32A lot of people sleep instead of go to church.
47:35Well, let's get up and let's go to church and be focused on that new covenant temple that God has given to us.
47:42All right.
47:42Any final prayer requests before Al leads us in prayer?
47:45Please come down with your call.
47:46Bye.
47:46KK7.
47:47KK7.
47:48KK7.
47:49Carol, KK7 TPO.
47:51Please go ahead.
47:52KK7.
47:52KK7 TPO.
47:53All right.
47:54We're praying for Carol's grandson and great-granddaughter, Alice, and for their safe journey up to Alaska.
48:18So, traveling mercies for Carol, KK7 TPO's granddaughter and son.
48:27All right.
48:28Thank you, Carol, for that.
48:29And if I garbled anything there, just shoot me a text message and we'll make it clear.
48:34But Carol's children and grandchildren are traveling, and let's pray for traveling mercies for them.
48:41Copy there, Al?
48:44Good copy.
48:45Any more?
48:46Any more?
48:48All right.
48:52I'll go ahead and close in prayer for us.
48:58Thank you, Pastor Max.
48:59And good morning to everyone on the net.
49:02Let's come together before the Lord in prayer.
49:05Heavenly Father, thank you for the time together with you and your words.
49:09And we just thank you that, in your mercy, you can please be here, the prayers and phrases that we have for you today.
49:16We can turn to Carol.
49:18She's having TPO, stop family traveling.
49:22We just want to see that you have your hand of protection over her as she travels, her family travels.
49:29And we also want to listen to our other members, too.
49:35Here we have Brian, K.
49:36I said, ZIP.
49:39We join him in lifting up his wife, Tony, who's having an MRI on her foot.
49:43And we just pray that there's a proper diagnosis for foot pain and a treatment plan.
49:51We pray for Tim, W7ASY, and his wife, or his mother-in-law, Rebecca.
49:59Tim's mother-in-law is suffering with edema on her leg.
50:02We pray for the reduction of swelling as she works as a caregiver.
50:08And we just pray that she'll be able to find opportunities to relieve that and get those legs elevated and try to relieve that swelling.
50:19For Roger, WB7BVL, we join him in lifting up Terry, who's having an ablation procedure.
50:28And we pray for his success and for the reduction of her anxiety regarding it.
50:35We also continue to pray for Autumn's success and her launch into society.
50:43And for Steve, W6YSI, the Brownsville, Oregon, Pastor Ben Borey passed away Saturday, November 7th.
50:53And we just pray for his family as they go through this time of grief.
51:03And we want to lift up Gene Sanchez, who goes later, filling in for him at the pulpit.
51:10While Gene's own wife, Dory, is also fighting cancer.
51:15And for Steve's wife, Leslie, who has an appointment with a vascular surgeon on December 2nd, regarding her leg pain.
51:25We lift up Jupel, N7PTT, for safe travel to his family as they return from vacation.
51:34For Keith, K7NEV, for his son Grant and his wife, Rachel, they're expecting a baby boy in May.
51:43And we pray for a safe delivery and healthy baby.
51:47For David, at KI7TWC, his daughter, Brenda, is battling cancer.
51:54And she's receiving chemotherapy treatment right now.
51:57And we also want to lift up David for the release of his pain from his bulging disc in his back.
52:05And for the treatment to be effective.
52:08For Steve, W6YSI, his wife, Leslie, has a referral to a vascular surgeon.
52:16For her neck pain, December 2nd, we pray for proper diagnosis and treatment plan.
52:21For Rob, KB7CL, and we lift up him and for his unsopened prayer request.
52:30For Mike, N7GND, for the safety and success of his elk hunting trip.
52:38For Al, N6MOT, we pray for his health issues and health issues of his wife.
52:45For George, K1KOY, he lost his wife, Pamela, to cancer in July.
52:52We pray for comfort for George, his family, and for all of us who are dealing with cancer.
52:59His granddaughter, Caleb, who has delivered his first-grandson about November 17th.
53:05And we pray for her safe delivery and healthy baby.
53:08For safe travel, for George, he'll be going to visit family.
53:14For George, for Charles, N7BEN, his son, Trevor, pastor, and soon on October 11th.
53:25And we just pray for peace and comfort for her family.
53:27For Jerry, KG6J, we continue to lift up his boss, Rochelle, as she goes to chemo and radiation treatment on her neck cancer.
53:40We pray for the treatments that she be receiving to be effective.
53:44We also give praise that Jerry is approved for more therapy sessions.
53:49And we're praying that those will continue to improve his pain, relief, and balance.
53:57With that, Alpha Alpha Phi Yankee, we pray for continued healing of his vision from his head and neck injury.
54:07We pray for success in the remodel of their new home.
54:12And we also pray for their neighbor, Nancy, who needs healing from cancer.
54:17She's also in need of salvation.
54:22We give praise that Nancy is showing great improvement.
54:26And for Jambra Park, who is recovering from a foot surgery at home now, and pray that she's improving.
54:34Her son, her husband, Ken, is having heart arrhythmia issues.
54:39We pray for Mike, KI-7RFB, and his wife, Liz, who lives a fighting cancer, praying for effective chemo treatment.
54:50And for Mike, as he supports her in this fight against cancer.
54:56For Will, Kilo Mike, 5, Fox, for 5.
55:01Our prayers for continued hormone treatments for the next year.
55:05And we pray that the treatments will be effective in restraining and removing his prostate cancer.
55:10We continue to pray for Keisha's liver transplant that's been postponed since she's stable now.
55:17And we pray for the success.
55:19But we pray for her stress that she has in her life.
55:26We pray for her salvation.
55:29And we pray for the success of the new Bible study that Will started attending.
55:36For just AK-608, we pray for the thousands of Bibles being shipped out to our troops.
55:42And we just ask that you please use those Bibles to save and sanctify the soldiers.
55:48And we pray that there's a need for new chapels to be built on Camp Pendleton,
55:55that that need would be met for you, God, to raise up those commandments.
56:01We pray for Jeff that he prepares to travel tomorrow to meet with his publishers and share his testimony.
56:08We lift up Tom, WWF-17.
56:13Tom's recovering from major sperm surgery, and he's in a wheelchair.
56:18We're praying that his physical therapy will provide relief from pain and increase his mobility.
56:24We pray he'll be approved for an electric wheelchair, and that that need will be met.
56:29We continue to pray for Pastor Jeff Black, who has severe ulcerative colitis.
56:36And we pray for his healing through the medical treatment that he's receiving.
56:41For Cody, KI-7-TRF.
56:43We pray for his Uncle Doug, a believer who's had a severe head injury.
56:48And we pray for his ongoing treatment and recovery.
56:54We give praise leading, showing good improvement.
56:58For Scott, 87, YQT.
57:01His wife, Pam, has spear lupus, and we pray it will go into remission.
57:06We pray for his daughter, Kendra, and her ongoing multiple chronic health needs.
57:11We continue to pray for Mike, a KK-7-N, with stage 4 cancer.
57:18And we pray for the chemo treatment that started us September 26th to be effective.
57:25For his, uh, should answer.
57:31Back to Dave, AI-7-QQ.
57:35We pray for his prison ministry in Idaho State Directional Facility, as a volunteer services
57:43coordinator, and also for the services he conducts in the juvenile correctional facility in Idaho.
57:50We give praise for Noah, a young man in Dave's ministry, and that he is saved and attending church.
57:58And we give praise for Noah's continuing in your word and faith.
58:06For Keith, a KK-7-R-K-R, and his wife, Ronnie, who has Alzheimer's.
58:12We pray that it does not progress.
58:14And for strength and wisdom, for Keith and caring for her.
58:18We pray for Dr. Harriet's recovery from her stroke.
58:21We lift up, uh, Bert, and, uh, W-7-R-K-B, and his wife, Danny.
58:29And we pray for the remission of her multiple directions.
58:34We also want to lift up all those who have, uh, there's a silent multitude with unspoken parents.
58:40We lift them up as well.
58:42And all who are suffering throughout the world.
58:44And we just ask that you would, uh, protect us and guide us and bring us back tomorrow for more of you and your words.
58:53So, Lord, thank you for your goodness and mercy and grace to each one of us.
58:58Mostly for the gift of your son, Jesus Christ.
59:01And it's through him that we pray for all these things.
59:04Amen.
59:05This is KJ7QQH.
59:07Returning back to you, Pastor Max, with net control.
59:10Now, KJ7QQH, thank you so much for leading us in prayer.
59:16I really appreciate you bringing us to the throne of grace.
59:18And may God be pleased to answer each of those prayers.
59:22This is WV7MAX, net control for the West Coast Bible Study.
59:25I want to thank all the stations who checked in today and those who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency.
59:31We meet here seven days a week at 6 a.m.
59:33in order to read the scriptures, uh, understand their meaning, message, and application in our lives,
59:39and then to pray for grace and mercy to be able to live out what we learned
59:43and for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship.
59:47I'll be returning this frequency now to regular amateur use.
59:51This is WV7MAX.
59:52So be clear and standing by.
59:55Alpha Alpha Five Yankee with today's joke.
59:58Alpha Alpha Five Yankee with today's joke.
60:00Go ahead.
60:00Joe, go ahead.
60:01What building has the most stories?
60:07What building has the most stories?
60:12Library.
60:12There's got to be an obvious answer to that, but it's not coming to me.
60:16How about a library?
60:17A library.
60:18Does that work?
60:19Yes.
60:20You're the second person to get it.
60:21Somebody else got it, too.
60:24Okay.
60:25Well, that was my wife, KB7KTY.
60:27She was the one who came up with that.
60:29So, anyway, the building with the most stories is a library.
60:33That's good, Beck.
60:33Thank you for that.
60:35All right.
60:35Any other comments?
60:36Please come now with your call sign.
60:38I got it, too, Beck.
60:39I was just silent about it.
60:43All right, Joe.
60:43We're giving you credit, too.
60:45Okay.
60:45Any other comments?
60:46Go ahead.
60:47You all have a blessed day.
60:53Alpha, Alpha, five, Yankee.
60:55Me, too.
60:59K-O-Y.
61:00All right, Beck, real good.
61:01You have a blessed day, too, and I hope you make some good progress on that house today.
61:06All right.
61:06That's Beck, Alpha, Alpha, five, Yankee.
61:08About 7-3, and we'll chat with you later.
61:10All right.
61:10Anybody else want to chat?
61:11Throw out your call sign.
61:12K-O-Y.
61:15George, K-1-K-O-Y.
61:17Go ahead.
61:17I'm just very impressed with this whole psalm today.
61:20A lot of promises made.
61:22God tells us where to look for fulfillment of those promises.
61:25It's going to be in Zion, and they are, in fact, making preparation for the Third Temple,
61:31already collecting all those instruments of worship that have been destroyed through the centuries.
61:36They're gathering them together again with plans for the Third Temple.
61:40K-1-K-O-Y.
61:43Yeah, thanks for that report.
61:45I'm aware of that effort, and thank you for letting us know about that.
61:49All right.
61:49Any other comments?
61:51Please come down.
61:54Thank you, Max, very much.
61:56I'm going to take my head cold in myself and move on over at different frequency.
62:01We'll see you in the morning, KI-6-WXP.
62:05All right, Joe.
62:06You have a great day, and you're going to QSY, copy that, 7-3, and we'll chat with you later.
62:11All right, that is Joe, KI-6-WXP, WV-7MAX here.
62:16Anybody else want to chat?
62:17Please go ahead.
62:20KG-6J.
62:21Jerry, KG-6J.
62:23Go ahead.
62:24I just really filled this morning.
62:28What a wonderful study and so many great comments.
62:32And as I turn around and go to the work, T.C., I got filled this morning.
62:37Just thank you so much, Pastor Max.
62:43Well, praise the Lord for that.
62:44Yep, it's good to have the manna of the Word in our hearts and minds before we go about our affairs of the day.
62:50So, praise the Lord for that good report.
62:53Thank you for that, Jerry.
62:55KG-6J, appreciate the encouragement that God blessed and met the need that was in your life.
63:00I think he did that for all of us every day.
63:03So grateful.
63:04All right, other comments.
63:05Please come down.
63:06All right, well, this is WV-7MAX, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study.
63:28I'm going to go ahead and go QRT since I'm not hearing any voices out there.
63:32Appreciate all of you and your comments and your presence and participation in the net.
63:38What a blessing it is to have iron sharpening iron and the fellowship of the saints together enjoying our Savior and his promises
63:48and especially the salvation that he provides each of us with through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of those sins.
63:59This is WV-7MAX will be clear and QRT.
64:03See you all tomorrow.
64:04God bless each one.
64:05God bless each one.
64:35God bless each one.