{"id":4051,"date":"2011-04-24T09:09:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2011-04-24T09:09:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T13:09:10","slug":"psalm-22-guest-blog-by-frank-fodor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4051","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 22- guest blog-by Frank Fodor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"012\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is holy week, a week of passion , so I chose the 22nd Psalm <\/p>\n

o look at.  The psalm is one of being overwhelmed, which David<\/p>\n

feels, but interestingly, the Psalm skips down the Davidic line <\/p>\n

some 1000 years later and focuses on the Messiah, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

From its beginning line, Jesus quotes in aramaic,<\/p>\n

\u201cEli, Eli, lami sabaththani?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy God, my God, why have  you forsaken me?<\/p>\n

Why are you so far from helping me? And from the words of<\/p>\n

my groaning?<\/p>\n

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear.<\/p>\n

And in the night season, and am not silent.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure at some point in our lives, we have all felt that way,<\/p>\n

but in spite of our feelings, it all comes down to trusting.<\/p>\n

\u201c But you are holy, who inhabit the praises of Israel.<\/p>\n

Our fathers trusted in you, they trusted and you delivered<\/p>\n

them  They cried to you and were delivered.  They trusted in<\/p>\n

you and were not ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n

In spite of our faith or the faith of our fathers the feeling still remains-<\/p>\n

\u201c But I am a worm and no man.  A reproach of men and despised of the<\/p>\n

people.  All those who see me laugh me to scorn.  They shoot out the<\/p>\n

lip, saying, \u2018He trusted in the Lord let Him rescue Him;<\/p>\n

since He delights in Him!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew records these exact events. (See Matthew 27: 42-43)<\/p>\n

Real faith is like the trust of a child.<\/p>\n

\u201c But you are He who took me out of the womb.<\/p>\n

You made me trust when I was on my mother\u2019s breasts.  <\/p>\n

I was cast upon you from birth<\/p>\n

Adversity stares me in the face- many bulls have surrounded me.\u201d<\/p>\n

A reference to the Roman soldiers around the cross-<\/p>\n

\u201cStrong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bashan is the district east of Jordan, the exact location of the crucifixion.<\/p>\n

\u201c They gape at me with their mouths .  As a raging and roaring lion-<\/p>\n

( See Matthew 27- 27-31)<\/p>\n

\u201cI am poured out like water, and all my bones are our of joint;<\/p>\n

my heart is like a potsherd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Potsherd is broken pieces of earthen ware, it is what Job used to scratch<\/p>\n

himself with when he was in pain and misery.(Job 2:8)<\/p>\n

\u201cMy tongue clings to my jaws, you have brought me to the dust of death.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI thirst.\u201d John 19:28<\/p>\n

\u201cFor dogs have surrounded me. The assembly of the wicked has enclosed me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dogs, a reference to Gentiles, see Matthew 15; 21-27.<\/p>\n

They pierce my hands and my feet, I can count all by bones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reference is to Jesus not having his legs broken.( See John 19:31-33)<\/p>\n

\u201cThey look and stare at me.  They divide my garments among them<\/p>\n

and for my clothing they cast lots.\u201d- recorded by all four of the gospel writers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you, O Lord, do not be far from me, O my Strength, hasten to help me<\/p>\n

Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.<\/p>\n

Save me from the lion\u2019s mouth and from the horns of the wild oxen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 body was not mutilated or cast into a common grave as was normal<\/p>\n

for crucified criminals.<\/p>\n

\u201c You have answered me.  I will declare your name to my brethren.<\/p>\n

In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.<\/p>\n

You who fear the Lord, praise him!<\/p>\n

All the descendants of Jacob, glorify Him.<\/p>\n

And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!<\/p>\n

For he has not despised nor  abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,<\/p>\n

nor has He hidden His face from him.  But when me cried to him-<\/p>\n

He heard.  My praise shall be of you in the great congregation;<\/p>\n

I will pay my vows before those who fear Him.  The poor shall eat,<\/p>\n

and be satisfied;  those who seek him will praise the Lord.<\/p>\n

Let your heart live forever!  All the ends of the world shall<\/p>\n

remember and turn to the Lord.  And all families of the nations<\/p>\n

shall worship before you.  For the kingdom is the Lord\u2019s and He <\/p>\n

rules over the nations.\u201d (See Zechariah  14: 16,17)<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship all those who <\/p>\n

go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself<\/p>\n

alive.\u201d (See Philippians 2:5-11)<\/p>\n

\u201cA posterity shall serve Him, I will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation.  <\/p>\n

They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will<\/p>\n

be born, that he has done this.\u201d (See Hebrews 2: 10-13)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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