Protect the church-
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Numbers 5:1–3 (ESV)
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. 3 You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
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A purpose fulfilled-
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Psalm 22:22 (ESV) 22 I will tell of your name to my brothers;
Some comments on the entire Psalm-
This is a kind of gem among the Psalms, and is peculiarly excellent and remarkable. It contains those deep, sublime, and heavy sufferings of Christ, when agonizing in the midst of the terrors and pangs of divine wrath and death which surpass all human thought and comprehension. I know not whether any Psalm throughout the whole book contains matter more weighty, or from which the hearts of the godly can so truly perceive those sighs and groans, inexpressible by man, which their Lord and Head, Jesus Christ, uttered when conflicting for us in the midst of death, and in the midst of the pains and terrors of hell. Wherefore this Psalm ought to be most highly prized by all who have any acquaintance with temptations of faith and spiritual conflicts.—Martin Luther. |
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Yesterday (and today) I chose to post a lot of what Spurgeon had to say about Psalm 22 because clearly he is very insightful and I didn't have much to add…nor time enough to reflect on every bit of it.
Today I pick up at verse 11 and continue through verse 21. There seems to be some natural division in the Psalm…
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