Psalm 83 and 2 Chronicles 20

0:01 Looking at our world from a theological perspective. This is the Theology Central podcast making Theology Central. Good morning everyone. It is Monday, June seventeenth, twenty twenty four. It is currently ten thirty nine am Central Time, and I am coming to you live from the Theology Central studio located right here in Abilene, Texas. It all started with, well, a drive. I got in my car to drive to certain locations, and so it's just started off with a nice, friendly, every day drive when you have to go run some errands, right, just a normal everyday occurrence. But I decided, well, you know, all of this year, I'm trying to get everyone to participate in our sermons two point oh app sermon Challenge, where every single day we grab the sermon's two point oh app and find a random sermon to listen to. So, since I was going to be out driving just an everyday drive, running some errands, I grabbed my device and found a random sermon on the Sermon's two point oh app. That random sermon was entitled the Coming Middle East War, and I was like, WHOA, that sounds interesting. We're doing a series on eschatology. Okay, okay, maybe I can use this for our series on eschatology, all right, And I look at and once I download the message and get ready to listen to it,

1:32 and I open it up, I realized, wait a minute, this says Psalm eighty three the coming Middle East War. And immediately I was baffled and I was confused, and I was perplexed because wait, Psalm eighty three predicts a coming Middle East war? How? How how did I miss this? In seminary and Bible college and Bible Institute? How did I all of my reading and say, how did I miss this fact? Like? Okay? So I grabbed that audio and we did two hours of review on well two parts of that message. We took it apart, and we still don't really after two hours of review, we still don't understand why they think it's predicting a coming Middle East war because they never actually mentioned a coming Middle East war.

2:19 They mentioned everything else. So we were perplexed and confused, or at least I was. Now. Once I am perplexed and confused, You know what I do? I consider around and criticized, criticized, criticized, criticized, But what value is it? And just criticizing if I don't like the way someone's handling a text of scripture. I don't see that necessarily as let's focus on criticizing. Let's then take that they've put forth. They've presented their hypotheses, they presented their thesis. Now let's take it and let's see what we can do with it. And that started, Well, what's going to be this focus for the entire week. We're going to be talking about Psalm eighty three all week. Yesterday at Victory Baptist s and Ovalo, Texas, I spent two hours teaching on Psalm eighty three. We did a pretty good introduction and then we started working on the text. Two hours of teaching and well, now it's Monday and we've got I mean, the week will be over before we know it. So our focus is all Saw eighty three.

3:19 For the sermon's two point oh app sermon challenge, what should you be doing? You should be looking up random sermons on Psalm eighty three. Try to find at least one each day, right, remember, listen to it. Write down the name of the ministry, the name of the pastor the name of the church, and then a one sentence summary summarizing what you learned in that particular sermon, right, so please start doing that. This is PSAW eighty three week. Okay, it's all all week. It's gonna be psawm eighty three. I will continue to teach on SSAW eighty three at Victory Baptist Church. Probably, I don't know if we can finish it up next week. I don't know. We'll have to see. It may take a couple of more weeks, but we're gonna we're gonna to be working on it for this entire week, all the way into next Sunday, maybe even a week after that. I have created a series. So if you look up Theology Central and go to series, you'll see a series on SSAW eighty three.

4:14 You'll have kind of how it all started, all the way up to what we completed yesterday, and then what we're going to be doing today. So I hope this will be beneficial. Now, before we get into today's subject, before we really start, you know, trying to take it apart and trying to see where we're going to end up today, I want to kind of emphasize something because I think for me, as of right now, what is I'm going to try to emphasize. There's so much to Saw eighty three that we need to take apart. But the thing I'm going to emphasize at least to start off this week is Psalm eighty three, verse eighteen. Psalm eighty three, verse eighteen. Now I'm going to read it from the King James version right. Psalm eighty three, verse eighteen. That men may know that men may know that Thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, are the most high over all the earth. Psalm eighty three eighteen. That men may know that Thou whose name alone is Jehovah are the most high. Art the most high, using the King James language, art the most high over all the earth. As we are thinking about Psalm eighty three this week, I

5:46 want us to just really think about the fact that God that his name alone is Jehovah. I want you to consider the significance of that, right, that your name alone is Jehovah's the significance of that. I really want you to think about that, and that you that God is the most high over all the earth. What is the significance that his name alone is Jehovah and what And I want you to really contemplate the significance of that he is the most high over all the earth. I really want you to think about that. If I read it from the New King James, it reads this way that they may know that you whose name alone is the Lord, but it's capital L O R D Jehovah. Right, and then we can get into a discussion Jehovah Jehovah. We get you know, we could get into all the discussions about that. But okay, that you are the most high over all the earth. That phrase, you are the most high over all the earth. I really want you to think about that, and I really want you to contemplate that, because sometimes in life things don't go very well.

6:59 Sometimes life you are faced with very difficult circumstances, painful circumstances. You can feel abandoned, you can feel alone, you can feel like you're facing it all by yourself. You may not understand the pain, the confusion. You may not understand. Just like in Saw eighty three, the sawmist is greatly bothered by what is happening. In a sense, we referred to that Saw maighty three as a communal lament that he's he's offering up a lament for the community right forever. This is a communal lament. He is he's offering this lament up for in a sense, the congregation for the people of Israel.

7:39 It's a psalm of Asaf, who was a part of King David's reign, and he was a Levite and he was a part of He kind of in a sense led worship. He's kind of voicing that everyone in the community, everyone, they're a part of Israel. They're perplexed, and they are confused, and they're bothered, and they're fearful, and they're concerned because they're facing great, a great difficulty. A confederacy of nations have gathered together to come against Israel, to wipe them off the face of the earth. They are there's a grave danger, like a serious situation developing. So we see that Asaf and Psalm eighty three, verse one, he writes, I keep not thou silence, Oh God. He has felt that God has been silent, and he's asking God, God speak. We need you to do something, he says, hold not thy peace and be not still. God. We need you to do something. We need you to act because right now you don't appear to be doing anything, because these nations are coming against us.

8:43 They want to destroy us, They want us to no longer exist. God, do something well in your life and my life. We can face some very painful circumstances, difficult things, and you know what it feels like sometimes, God, where are you? Are you paying any attention? God? Do you not see what's going on? And God appears to be an active He appears to be silent, he appears to not even be present. But we need to be reminded every single day, every single day, we need to be reminded that His name alone is Jehovah. His name alone is Jehovah.

9:30 Now I'm not gonna give too much away about that. What is the significance of that name? You need to remember every single day in spite of circumstances. I cannot stress this enough. No matter how bad the circumstance is, no matter what it appears, no matter what it feels like, God, the truth of God triumphs. It remains true in spite of circumstances. Circumstances does not change the truth of God. God, the truth of God remains true irregardless of circumstance. See, it's so easy sometimes to go well based on these circumstances. Well, God doesn't exist, or God doesn't care, God is not present. You never define the truth of God on the basis of circumstances. Have because the truth of God remains true, irregardless of circumstances, irregardless of these circumstances. That Israel and Asaph is feeling, irregardless of their emotions, irregardless of their fear panic concern. His name alone is Jehovah. That does not change. And this is very important. And he is the most high over all the earth. He is the most high over all the earth, irregardless of circumstances, irregardless of anything. And so I really want you to really consider that phrase, the most high over all the earth dignifies that phrase, the most high over all the earth. It signifies

11:03 the sovereignty, supremacy, and exalted nature of God over all creation. This expression emphasizes God's unrivaled position as the highest authority and ruler over the entire earth. By acknowledging God is the most high over all the earth, the psalmist is recognizing and declaring God's absolute power, majesty, and authority over everything in existence. It reflects a deep reverence and all for God's transcendence and dominion over the world. See those things are true of God, his dominion, his rule, his reign, his sovereignty, his power, his dominion irregardless of circumstances and Psaw eighty three. Asafh and Israel are facing horrible circumstances, a confederacy of nations that want to destroy them. He feels like God has completely abandoned them. But when it's all said and done, what he wants to happen in regards to everything that happens is that they all may know that his name alone is Jehovah and that he is the most High over all the earth.

12:11 I want us to really this entire week. I want us to just stress those things. What is the sign I want you to write down and I want you to answer this week. What is the significance of the fact that his name alone is Jehovah And what is the significance of him being the most high over all the earth? What is the significance? And those things are true? I cannot stress it enough. Air, regardless of your feelings, your emotions are your circumstances. The phrase most High over all the Earth indeed, can signify God's control over all things, even those that may seem horrible or painful to us. This expression emphasizes not only God's sovereignty and supremacy, but also his providential care and ultimate authority over all aspect of creation, including the events that occur on earth. He has listen. I cannot stress that enough. His authority over every aspect of creation, including events that occur on Earth. And some of those events that occur on Earth seem painful, horrible, confusing. We don't even understand why these things are happening, but somehow God is an authority and control over all of it. Now, we did review a sermon not too long ago on the sermon's two point oh app preached at a conference and over the last few weeks, and that pastor said that God is not in control over all things. He does not cause all

13:43 things to happen. And I was baffled by that proclamation. But if God is the most high over all the earth, he's in control even when it doesn't make any like why God is in control? Well, then why are these things happening? I don't have a good answer for you. And the Psalmist is a little perplexed as well. Even in the face of difficult circumstances tragedies are suffering. Acknowledging God is the Most High over all the Earth can provide an assurance that He is ultimately in control. It speaks to the belief that God's purposes are higher than our understanding and that He can work all things together for good, even amidst pain and hardship. The phrase The phrase most High over all the Earth invites believers to trust in God's wisdom and sovereignty, recognizing that his plans are ultimately for the greater good, and that he is able to bring redemption, healing, and restoration out of even the most challenging situations. It serves as a reminder that God's ways are beyond our comprehension, and his loving presence and guidance extends over every aspect of life, even in the midst of adversity. Two concepts. His name alone is Jehovah, and he is the Most High over all the Earth. Right raises down, Meditate on those phrases, think about those phrases, discuss those phrases. Make that a major focus in this week of PSAW eighty three. Let's not forget that I know this all started on just me in a car running errands and sitting

15:18 in parking lots waiting. I know that it all started with that, and it kind of started almost kind of like, wait, someone thinks Saw eighty three is predicting a coming Middle East war? What is going on? But it has now turned into Saw eighty three. Let's focus on the fact that his name alone is Jehovah, and he's the most high over all the earth in spite of horrible circumstances and adversity. And if you're not going through horrible circumstances now, if you're not going through adversity, now, trust me, it's on its way. Don't know when, don't know how. It's going to be bad, and it's going to be painful, and it may feel tragic, and it may feel like the end of the world. But that does not change two facts. These facts of God remain facts no matter what happens. His name alone is Jehovah, and he's the most high over all the earth. How you reconcile those facts with what you see? I don't have any easy answer for you. I don't think anyone in the history of theology, religion, Christianity, Theism, has ever been able to completely understand that. But God is God, irregardless of what we see, experience, feel, want, desire, it doesn't change that. And I really want us to give that some serious thought. Now that's just kind of a I just want to establish that as a major focus for this week. Now, while that's a major focus, we're still going to be working through a lot

16:51 of issues, all right. So someone who was listening emailed me yesterday that they were listening to sermons on the Sermon's two point oh app going along with the Sermon's two point oh app challenge, and they started listening to sermons on PSAW eighty three and they came across one that connected Psalm eighty three with second Chronicles And I'm like, wait them, okay, wait, so wait, what is going on here? Okay what Because we've had this all started with a sermons series connecting psaw Maty three with some future event that hasn't even occurred yet. And now we have a sermon where someone is connecting psaw Maty three with events that have already occurred. This is sometimes what's maddening about hermeneutics and about theology and about sermons. It's like, how can everyone read psalms?

17:40 How can you have people read the same chapter Psalm eighty three And someone's like, this is a prediction of a future war that hasn't even happened yet, And you're like how, And then someone else is like, no, psaw Maedi three is talking about something that's already happened. They're reading the same chapter. How can the same chapter we lead people to such radically different conclusions. This says a lot about interpretation and harmoneutical methods and skills and so much, but I haven't listened to it yet. They gave me the time stamp where this discussion supposedly begins, I think is around fourteen minutes end of this, So we're just going to hit play, and I don't know what's getting ready to happen. I have no idea. I have no idea. I'm hoping it's something good, all right, But even if it's not, even if it's not helpful, well, hopefully that kind of that little devotional thought about his name alone is Jehovah and he is most high over all the earth will help you have a very practical focus. Through this entire study of Psalm eighty three, all right, and I'm going to emphasize that and repeat that frequently, so by the end of the week, either you're going to be grateful of my repetitive reminder of it or you're going to be very frustrated by it.

18:56 But that's okay, all right, right, because I'm gonna do what I think should be done. Right. So here we go. Are you ready to hear this? I have. I'm very curious. I'm very curious how this is gonna come about. But we're gonna find out, and we're gonna do so right now. And so Saw eighty three tonight, if you got your Bible Saw eighty three, let's stand real quick in reverence of the Word of God tonight Saw eighty three. If you can listen fast, I'm gonna preach fast. I'm we'll run through this chapter quickly. The Bible says in verse number one of Psaw eighty three, keep not thou silence, O God, hold not thy peace, and be not steel, O God, For lo thine enemies make a tumult. And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, come and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent. They are confederate against thee Tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites of Moab, and the Hagarenes, Deball and Ammon and Amelek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tiree.

20:11 Asher also is joined with them. They have hopen the children of lot Selah do unto them, as under the Midianites, as to Cserah, as to Jabin. At the brook of Kisson, which perished at Aindore, they became as dung for the earth. Make their nobles like orif like Zev and Yea, all their princes, as ZeVA and Zalmuna, who said, let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession, Oh My God, make them like a wheel, as the stubble before the wind, as the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire. So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm, feel their faces with shame, that they may seek Thy name. O Lord, Let them be confounded and troubled forever. Yeay, let them be put to shame and perish, that men may know that now whose name alone is Jehovah, arn't the most high over all the earth. Father. We love you. We're so grateful for the privilege we have to gather this evening.

21:14 Blessed now the preaching of your word in Jesus' name. Amen and amen, you can be seated now. This song saw mayby three is a very interesting song because when all these things started happening in Israel, a lot of people started reaching out to me and saying things, I remember when we were there again the rockets happening is going on, And one man reached out to me, a friend of mine, he says, do you realize that all these nations that are gathering together today or what you find in Ezekiel thirty eight and thirty nine, GoGG and magog? And he was all excited about it. My wife, she says, Listen, she says, you know, he may be excited being six thousand miles away from it, but being three miles it's not that exciting. I don't want to hear another thing about it, you know, so interesting every time something happens in Israel. Every time they're like, hey, it's equal thirty eight, thirty nine, it's happening, and everybody gets excited. I mean, I have been hearing this. I I don't even know how many times. I mean, if we go through I became a Christian in the nineteen eighties, joined the United States military, was in the military, you know, a good portion of my adult life, okay, And every time a different conflict would happen, desert storm, doesn't matter, our invasion into Iraq in two thousand and three, with all the different things, the War on Terror, Afghanistan, and just not only the United States involvement, but anything else happening anywhere, it's like, oh,

22:48 it's his equal, it's happening. It's gog and maygg, it's revelation, it's happening. It's happening. And what's funny is everyone shows up. They write all these books, right, you know. I remember when ah'm Hussein he was going to rebuild Babylon and this is what the and then this was going to happen and this I remember going to the Christian bookstorem being all these books about what the coming Middle East war? Because you know, and of course none of the things written in those books happen. The people who write those books that don't come back and apologize or no, they made their money. They got paid, so they wait for the next thing and then they write another book and boom they get paid. Or or you hold conferences and charge people one hundred dollars to get in here the preaching of God's work, and do they come back and say, well, we got it wrong.

23:34 No, they got paid. So and I do find that death story of Little Humors. Yeah, if you're six thousand miles away, it's fun to go, oh, this could be this, and this could be this. If you're three miles away from it, living in Israel and this is all going down, it's not so fun. It becomes very painfully real. But I just think we have to stop with the wild speculations. Every time something happens, we run to the Bible and go, this is it, this could be and how many times? I mean, if if we if we had a chart of all the time someone has been wrong, I don't even know if there could be a chart that large that would all though, And even if people say, well, I didn't make a direct prediction I just I just speculated. I was just giving my opinion. Yeah, and you sold a book and and you got paid for it. But okay, I just think sometimes we got to stop that, you know. I just I don't. I don't. I don't know if I have a specific way in which we should operate. I don't know if I can, But I just think we got to be more careful, right And a lot of times when an event is playing out, we can tell everyone watch it, pay attention to it, follow the events, keep up to date, but not make any wild speculation because in many cases the vance occur. Everyone's like, oh, this is Head, this is Head, it's all going to happen.

25:04 And then well it goes So I remember when Obama was like, oh, this is Head. We're gonna become a Muslim nation. He's gonna take away our guns, he's gonna take down our churches. We're gonna end up in FEMA camps, and we're all gonna be marked with the mark of the beast. Oh my goodness, this is And then Obama left office and it's just over and over, and it's just everyone loves to just go crazy. It's like whatever. So so a lot of people immediately run to Ezekiel, Well, when things like this happened. Now, I'm curious, is he gonna bring Psalm eighty three into what's happening or is he gonna bring salmighty three to what happened in the past. Let's let's find out. But you know, when you look at that, and a lot of people were speculating, is this gog and magogue? It's not gog and magogu but close the nations that are though, we're seeing an alignment and a joining together of all these nations. Understand that those nations that are mentioned in Ezekiel third thirty nine are not Arab nations. They're not at all mini Muslim, but not Arab nations.

26:07 What we are seeing now is Arab nations that are rising against Israel and so but understand that this war is not a battle against Arab and jew It is not a battle against Islam and Judaism. It is not that at all. It is a war on terrorism, is what it is. And it is a war specifically focusing as it was focusing down in the Gaza area towards Thamas, but now up towards Hezbela, up in the Lebanon area. You see, they are all just simply proxies of Iran. Now, Iran does not liking Brother Michael would tell you this. He says that Iranians do not like Arabs. They're not Arabs, They're Persian. They are not Arabs at all, and they don't like them. They look down upon them. But you know what they will do. They will unite together for one purpose, and that is the annihilation of Israel. That is their desire. But this Psalm here is another song that everybody loved to go to. And they would ask the questions, are we at witnessing an event of psawm eighty three taking place? Some will say, and I've got good friends that'll even say this, that there's a battle that's going to happen. Some will even say before the rapture, and some say before the tribulation of Psaw eighty three. Now, I don't think any event has to happen for the rapture of the church.

27:27 That's the next evacuate. Okay, So he's heard people too who connect Psalm eighty three with some future event. I am baffled by that. Now, maybe they just mean, well, Psaw eighty three was a historical situation, but it's gonna be like SSAW many three on the basis of what are you basing it off? PSAUW eighty three again, let me go to Psau eighty three and just read again the language we talked about this yesterday. All right, for low thine enemies make a tumult. It's happening. Then when Asef brings this communal lament and speaks for the people, this was happening at his time, right, this, this is and Aceph is a part of David Right, David's reign. Okay, uh, they have taken crafty council against that people. They have said for they have consulted that these are things that were happening. Was was how it had been happening and was happening.

28:26 It was kind of a past present situation. I still don't understand why people like saw maydy three future future future what I don't get it or or or even if you say, well, Saw eighty three was passed, but something similar is going to happen in the future. On the basis of what what are you basing that off of? Is Psalm eighty three quoted in the New Testament referencing future events. If you've got a clear New Testament reference to Saw eighty three that connects the event Saw eighty three to something yet future, than by all means, let's then let's discuss that now. In the sermon series that sparked this entire discussion, we did two hours of review and the person never once mentioned anything. Well, I didn't even mention a future war.

29:18 I still don't even understand what was going on in that. It was baffling beyond all. I don't even understand. It's almost like someone gave it a title and someone forgot to tell the preacher. It's just really it's really bizarre. We still need to go review the rest of those. So but he's he knows people have done the same thing. So I'm I'm just baffled where this is coming from, Like what I need to try to find the origin of Saw eighty three future war? And well why is the language which speaking of it in a past present situation? Like I just I just don't understand. Let's see what he Obviously he's going to go to second Chronicles twenty. I just gotta which takes it in an opposite direction. I stead of going future, he goes past, which is somewhat interesting. Nothing has to take place, no red Heifer, No, nothing has to happen, no eclipse, no nothing. Listen, Jesus is coming, and nothing's gotta happen for that to happen. Nothing does. That's why we believe in the imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ and so. But anyway, they'll refer to this psalm. But notice interesting here in Psalm eighty three he says, and he starts off a psalm, a song or psalm of Aseef. I believe this psalm was fulfilled, not in nineteen forty eight, as some will hold, or nineteen sixty seven is so others would hold, or either in a future event. It is an event that was fulfilled in Second Chronicles, chapter number twenty. Okay, now this is foutka. First of I didn't know some

30:52 people say Psalm eighty three was fulfilled nineteen forty eight or sixty seven. What in the world, Look, I I don't. I think sometimes why Bible prophecy will people who really get into Bible prophecy, why it can be so irritating to me? Is it's nothing but wild speculation spoken of with great arrogance as if they're basing it off scripture, and they'll be like, you just don't know how to read. I know I can read some eighty three. I don't know what you're talking about. So much Bible prophecy is wild speculation spoken and such arrogant confidence, and I think in some cases it just doesn't even bother following any hermaeutical rule. So I still look, we have not found any convincing argument yet for this being future future like nineteen forty eight, nineteen sixty seven future, so future from the perspective it being written that, or even future further further out. Now, if as we are listening to random sermons this week on Psalm eighty three and the sermon's two point zero app if you come to one that makes an argument for a future interpretation, by all means, let me know what you find and what they say, all right, and maybe we will review that. So far, so what we're not even really I don't even know how to argue against it, because there's nothing in the text that would lead me from a textual standpoint. I don't have any clue that says, oh, this is future based on the way it is written. He says, this was fulfilled and Second Chronicles twenty.

32:24 Now that's a little bit fascinating to me. Second Chronicles twenty. Let's let him build on this. I'm I'm a little confused by this a little bit, but I want to hear this hypothesis. So we have two things we're going to be We're really three things to be looking for this week. Obviously, I've given you at the very beginning of my introduction kind of a devotional practical thing to be considering. I want you to consider the significance of his name alone is Jehovah, and he is most high over all the earth. I want you those two things. I want you to consider from a practical perspective, and the significance of those The second thing we want to consider is do we have any evidence that this is speaking of a future anything a Saw eighty three and if we can find that great and then third, now what we need to be considering is was Saw eighty three fulfilled in Second Chronicles twenty, which would still make Saw eighty three prophetic. I still struggle with that because the language of Saw eighty three is not this is going to happen, but that it is happening. So then we would have to put this is what you would need to work on. Was asaff alive during the events of Second Chronicles twenty, that would be important to figure out. If he wasn't, then why was this not written in a prophetic way but written as a communal lament, lamenting what was happening for the people at that time, Because

33:59 then you have to say, this is not classified as a lament some or a communal lament some, but this is this is written as a prophetic a prophetic sum and I just don't see it that way. Right. Well, we'll let him, We'll let him argue this and see where how he builds this hypothesis. It was there in Second Chronicles twenty when Jehasafat and all these nations that's mentioned here. It talks about Ammon and some of these others are coming over to Angetti and they're coming out to destroy Israel. They're trying to get, as the Bible says, their inheritance, that is the land, and so they're coming out to take the land away. That's their desire.

34:40 Jehasa Fat began to seek the Lord. He began to pray unto God, and all of a sudden he called in the choir leaders, and he called in a seth and he called them in, and he got the singers, and the singers started singing. And you know what God did when they started singing, He sit an ambushment and God defeated the enemies. Okay, now this is interesting. So he puts forth the concept. I asked you the question, and he answered it. Asaf was alive during the reign of Jehosaphat. So I wanted to verify. So I was looking things up. From what one source I have found. Asaf was alive during the reign of King Jehosaphat. Asaf was a prominent figure in the Old Testament, known for his role as one of the chiefly vites appointed by King David to lead worship in the tabernacle and temple. His name is associated with the Psalms, as he is believed to be the author of several psalms, including some of the Book of Psalms. Jehosaphat reigned over the Kingdom of Judah from around eight seventy three to eight forty nine BC. According to Biblical chronology, Asaf's involvement in leading worship during the time of David suggests that he lived during a period that predated King Jehosaphah's reign. Therefore, it is likely that Asaf was alive during the reign of King Jehosaphat, that it was likely that he was alive. So if he was alive, if he was alive, losing my voice. If he was alive, then the way he just stated it would make sense.

36:07 Okay, this confederacy of armies are coming against Israel. He calls in Asaf to basically compose a communal lamit, to lamit their concern fear about this confederacy of nations. And that's well, that's Psalm eighty three. So Saw eighty three. It wouldn't be so much that he that it was fulfilled in Second Chronicles twenty three. It would be that psawm eighty three was composed during the events of Second Chronicles chapter twenty. I think would that be more accurate Saw eighty three. If he is stating that he called in Asaf, and Asaph is kind of the worship leader, right, he's a Levite, Well, then it would be that Saw eighty three was composed during the events of Second Chronicles twenty. Second Chronicles twenty fulfills Psalm eighty three, But the historical context of Psalm eighty three is Second Chronicles twenty. Would that not be best?

37:09 The best way to put it? Now? You know, I like to just put I like to speculate. I like to throw out the speculations. Some of you hate when I do that, but I do that because I want you to. Then, right now, you're on the couch, you know, eating a bag of Doritos. Get up off the couch, go to the table, grab a Bible and notebook and some reference tools, and start working on this. Let's find an answer that is what this psawm is here. You go back and study and compare the two, and it is identical when you compare the two. But I want you to notice a few things real quickly about Psalm eighty three. All right, we have a challenge, ladies and gentlemen. The Second Chronicles twenty and Psalm eighty three are identical.

37:55 So you know what you're doing this week. It's time, ladies and gentlemen, it's chart time. I need you to go through Saw eighty three. I need you to go through Second Chronicles twenty, and I need you to lay out the things that are identical. Make sure you put a reference Saw eighty three verse one second Chronicles twenty. Go through each verse, connect them, show how they are identical. And then if there are differences. Now he says they're identical, there's almost always some differences. Then I want you to write down the differences. That's your We've stumbled upon an assignment. Ladies and gentlemen, Saw eighty three and second Chronicles twenty. We compare contrast, We chart it out. You get started on that right now. Look, stop, I don't care what you're doing. Tell your kids they don't get food. Tell your husband it doesn't tell your wife. All that matters.

38:49 Right now, your entire family is committed to charting that. That's all everything else. Call your pastor, Hey, hey, we can't have church. I'm busy doing a comparison between SAW eighty three and Chronicles twenty. Why are you doing that? Well, some crazy guy on the internet says I have to, and I have to do what he says because he I don't know why, but I have to. All right, call your boss, tell him you can't come to work. To stop everything, right, I want that assignment done in the next thirty minutes. Go all right, okay, well, okay, we got to finish this review first, right, but that's that's our We've got an assignment. We got a see, this is why, this is why we do the sermons two point oh app challenge, Right, this is why we're doing this. When you listen to random sermons, if you'll just take the time to get to use these sermons you're listening to, you have a lifetime of study in front of you. You every whether you agree or disagree with the sermon. In fact, sometimes when you disagree or not sure that you'll get more out of those sermons if you'll actually then engage in study. Right, So let's see what we're gonna find out. Notice, first of all, the plea for God's presence in verse number one. Look what the psalm is said, Keep not thou silence, Oh God, hold not thy peace, and be not steel, Oh God.

40:07 Do you know what Jehosaphat realized, as Asaf realized. Listen, they needed the presence of God. There was nothing they could do in their own self. They needed God. You know what, Israel I'm thankful for some of their leaders. Listen, their government's messed up just as bad as ours. Is. Don't think they've got some righteous government. And don't you even please, don't think that net In Y'ah who's the answer. He's not. He's a politician, just like anybody else. Listen. I'm glad they got a strong leader like net and Yahoo, but you know what, leaders will let you down. Leaders will fail. And the psalmist here is saying, listen, it's not a great leader that we need. It's God that we need. It is God. You know what you need at this church.

40:47 You know what we need in our country. It's God. That's what we need. I'm telling you it's not just a change of administration. We need God to reign and rule. We need the presence of God. And that's what the it's almost displeading here. I'm telling you Israel's got a great army. But you know what, their army fails. Their army failed. We saw that on October seventh in astonishment. A matter of fact, in Ezekiel thirty seven, at thirty eight, it talks about them sitting in safety. That word that used there speaks about relying on your own self, and that's what they were doing. I'm telling you, listen, Israel, listen, they need. God is what they need, I'm telling you, and you're thankful for some of the things, like the Iron Dome. Was fascinating watching that thing in action, but you realize it don't stop it all. I remember back in twenty twenty one when they shot in eleven day period they shot four thousand rockets out of Gaza into Israel. October seventh, they shot thirty five hundred rockets that day from Gaza into Israel. And do you know what the Iron Dome couldn't do, couldn't stop it all. There were too many coming in. I remember just about a month and a half ago, they shot sixty rockets over my house and the city of Saffots, and not a single rocket was stopped. That Iron Dome. Don't always stop them, David Sling, don't always stop them. I'm telling you, listen, it's not military that they need. It's the presence of God that they need. And that's what the Psalmist is pleading here. It's for God's presence, he said

42:19 in Psalms chapter number twenty and verse seven. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord, our God. I'm telling you it's the presence of God that they need. But then it was God's protection that they needed. Notice verse number two down to verse number eight. You'll find in verse number two he says, for low thine enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. You see a cry for God's protection because of the cry of the enemy. You see he says, they're in verse number two, they make a tumult. That's that word. Come on, Hebrew literally means to make a noise, to make a cry, a loud voice. And well, I'm telling you that's exactly what we've seen since our over seven now yesterday we talked about to malt, We talked about that the practical implications from all this entire section. We offered up an outline of the entire Psalm. You can go listen to all the work that we did on Psaw eighty three. Part I called him Psalm eighty three, Part one, Part two. You'll find it in our series on Psalm eighty three. So he's going I wanted him to do a little bit more work on second Chronicles twenty is what I wanted.

43:25 So I'm gonna I'm gonna stop. I'm not gonna well, we'll get back to this. There's not a lot of time left. He's only got a few minutes, so I think he's just gonna work through Psalm eighty three. He's just basically made the assertion that this is identical to Second Chronicles twenty, and that he believes Second Chronicles twenty is the fulfillment of PSAW eighty three. But if Asaf was alive, I'm gonna put forth this. If Asaf was alive, and according to him, Jehosaphat called in Asaf to basically pen a communal lament to reflect the lament of the people during this crisis, then so is not a Second Chronicles twenty is not a fulfillment of PSAW eighty three. Psalm eighty three is the lament. It is the prayer during the events of Second Chronicles chapter twenty. Now that's the assertion made. So when I started contemplating this, well, I just I reached over and I decided to ask artificial intelligence what it thought about this hypothesis. Artificial Intelligence AI asked this, So, this is my question. Is Second Chronicles twenty the fulfillment of PSAW eighty three? This was AI's response. Second Chronicles twenty and Psalm eighty three are two distinct passages, each with its own context and message. While some scholars and commentators have drawn parallels between the two passages, they are generally considered

44:58 not to be directly related in terms of one being the fulfillment of the other. So AI does not necessarily agree with this hypothesis. I'm not saying AI is right, but I'm saying that it seems to be not so sure about it. And please note AI just says there's parallels. He said that they're exact, that they're like exact. Second Chronicles twenty and Saw Many three is exactly. That's why I want you to chart it out. Ai did not stop there. Second Chronicles twenty recounts the story of King Jehosaphat of Judah facing a coalition of enemy nations and seeking God's help in the face of overwhelming odds.

45:43 The passage highlights Jehosaphat's prayer and God's response, leading to a miraculous victory for the people of Judah. Saw maighty three, on the other hand, as a prayer attributed to Asaf expressing a plea for God's intervention against the enemies of Israel. The Psalm describes the enemy these plots and ask Gods to defeat them and bring about peace and justice for his people. While both passages and vob prayers for deliverance from enemies and the manifestation of God's power on behalf of his people, they are not directly linked in terms of one being of fulfillment of the other. Each passage serves its own purpose within the broader narrative of the Bible and offers unique insights into the themes such as trust in God, divine intervention, and victory over adversaries. So AI was not too was not too an agreement with this hypothesis, But okay, But I had to ask some more questions. So I said, what would be the chronological order of second chronicles twenty and saw eighty three? Which would have happened first, written, first, et cetera. I didn't articulate the question very well, so and again with Ai, it's the more the better you are and asking questions, the better the information you will obtain. So AI decided to answer it this way, and I immediately had a problem with its answer. But all right, here we go. Scholars believe the Second Chronicles twenty, which describes the events during the ring of King Jehosaphat of Judah, likely predates the composition

47:15 of Psalm eighty three. The events in Second Chronicles twenty took place historically during the ring of King Jehosaphat, while the psalms were written over a period of time by different by different authors, including Asaf, to express various themes and prayers. Therefore, in terms of chronological order historical events, Second Chronicles twenty records the historical events during the ring of King Jehosaphat and his victory over the enemy coalition. Composition of Psalms Samiti three, attributed Asaf, was likely composed at a later time period as a part of the psalm's collection in the Hebrew Bible. Now immediately I started having problems with this, it says in summary, Second Chronicles twenty would have taken place first in terms of historical events, while Psalm eighty three would have been composed at a later time as a part of the biblical psalms. And I'm like, wait and wait, wait, that makes no sense. Asaph is a part of David's rain. David comes before Jehosaphat, right, so I'm like, wait a minute, now, I think what AI was doing is like, well, when we talk about the composition of psalms, the psalms were spread out over a period of time when they were all collected. But I'm like, but when Asaph originally composed the prayer, it would have had to be there's a high probability before Jehosaphat, right, or you would have to go with the argument during the time of Jehosaphat. So I challenged AI, and I said, well, if Asaf wrote Saw eighty three and it was a part of David's reign, wouldn't

48:45 that put the prayer before the events of Second Chronicles twenty? And AI responded, you are correct, and I'm like, thank you, thank you. Yes. See, when I do a podcast, people say you are wrong. I talk to AI, it says you are correct. That's why I've decided I'm only going to do podcasting for artificial intelligence. I'm going to gather all the AIS and say I'm going to do a podcast for AI because they will tell me I am correct. People will tell me I'm wrong. AI will tell me I'm correct. AI is better a better audience than people, Okay, right, maybe, okay, maybe that's a little extreme, right, but let's continue. Ai says, yes, you are correct. You are correct in pointing out that Asaf, who was traditionally associated with King David's reign, likely lived before the events recorded in a Second Chronicles twenty. During King jehoseph S reign, Asaf was a contemporary of David and a prominent figure in the musical and liturgy or the liturgical life of Israel. Given this timeline Asaf's time, Asaf lived during the time of King David and continued to serve in the musical and religious capacities during later reigns as well. Composition of SSAW eighty three. If SSAW eighty three is indeed attributed to Asaf, it would have been composed during or before the time of the events and Second Chronicles twenty under King Jehosepha st ran Please did you hear that it would have been composed during or before the time? Now that right there, I'm like, oh,

50:20 Ai didn't necessarily catch it. But I'm like, oh, they're okay, So this person's hypotheses is now, he says. Second Chronicles twenty is a fulfillment of SSAW maty three but when he said that Jehosaphact calls in Asaf, I don't know where he we would have to fight. He doesn't give a reference for that. So we need to find out where Jehosaphact calls in asafh So if anyone can find that, that's a that's a major goal today to find that. So if if Josephact calls in Asaf and then Asaph composes this communal lament, then Saw eighty three happens or was composed, or the prayer was written during the events of Second Chronicles twenty, that would give the historical context for it. Ai went on to say, taking this into consideration, it is possible that Psalm eighty three was composed by Asaf before the events described a Second Chronicles twenty took place. The psalms are not always arranged in strict chronological order in the Bible, and they often reflect prayers, reflections, and themes from various periods in history. So I think at best what we can say is either Asaf composed this during the time of David and this has nothing to do with Second Chronicles twenty zero, or Asaf was alive during this part of the reign of Jehosaphat. Jehosaphat calls in Asaf composes this communal lament to reflect the fear, concern, and desire of the people of Israel in

51:53 face of a confederacy of nations who wanted to wipe them out. Let's see how he can continues. People standing out on the street corner making a loud noise for nothing, not even knowing what in the world. They're saying, from the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free. Do you know what that means? That means everything from the river to the sea. Every Jew is to be murdered, is to be annihilated. That's what that means. People have no idea what they're saying when they get out and say, but they love making a loud noise, and that's exactly what they're doing. We see the cry of the enemy. We see the craving of the enemy in verse number four. For they have said, come and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. You see, that is their desire. It is not a too state solution. They don't want a two state solution. They don't want Oh yes, they do they want a two state solution. No, they do not. I'm telling you I have Palestinian friends. I am not anti Palestinian. I love the Palestinian people. I think Jesus died for him just as much as he died for the Jews. He loves all men.

53:02 Then he would have all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. But I'm telling you what. They do not want a two state solution. Matter of fact, in the Hamosis Charter it says this. In article seven, it states the day of judgment will not come until the Muslims fight and kill the Jews. In article eight it state just please note whenever someone mentions the Hamas Charter, remember you have the original charter and then it was updated. So whenever you hear a pastor mentioned the Hamas Charter or a conservative talk show host, go look up the Hamos Charter for yourself and look at how it's written today. All right, let's just make just for full transparency. Now we've talked about the Hamas Charter. It wasn't now it's still I mean, we could say majorly problematic. And I think a lot of kids protesting on some university can maybe we'll want to read the Hamas Charter, because you know, it's not just like Israel bad, you know, Hammas good. I mean, and he said, well, Hamas is not the Palestinians. Well, yeah, but Hamas has so embedded themselves within that area, and Hamas wants to kill Israel. So therefore, and they attacked Israel, and Israel's going to go after Hamas. How do you go after them if they've embedded themselves within the civilian population. It raises some very ethical dilemmas and lots of questions about how to find a war. You can have problems with that, but let's not think that Hamas is like, you know,

54:35 hey, we want Israel to be prosperous, and we want to be prosperous. I don't know if it's quite that way, but okay. It's that the Muslim brotherhood slogan Allah is its goal. The Prophet is the model, the Koran, its constitution. In Jihad, which is a holy war is its path, and death for the sake of Alli is the loftiest of his wishes. It says in article thirteen that there is no ne negotiated settlement possible. Jihad is the only answer. Article fifteen states that the day the enemies you serve part of Muslim land, jihad becomes the individual duty of every Muslim. You see, they hate what God loves. Why do you think they hate the church so much? Coast Cross died for the Church. Why you think they hate the land of Israel so much? And won't it because God loves it so much. I'm telling you why they hate the Jews because God is not done with the Jews. He loves the Jews. Now, it is interesting, this is the second time we've said when we did the review on the messages about the coming Middle East war, once again, what the preacher did is he he just talked about current events, not about future war, but about current events. And in this he said Second Chronicles twenty is the fulfillment of PSAU eighty three. And immediately what has he done. He's left Second Chronicles and he's now once again talking about current events. I don't That's what continues to blow my mind with all of these sermons on SAW eighty

56:07 three. It's like, either it's future, but we're gonna talk about now, it's past, but we're gonna talk about now. If it's if it's it's it's a fulfillment of Second Chronicles twenty. Then all the discussions should be how the verses in Saw maighty three relate to the events of Second Chronicles twenty, not how they relate to till today. And he's taking these verses and he's applying them to today. I don't understand that approach from a hermeneutical standpoint or even from a preaching standpoint, But I I'm just gonna stop there because we're almost at an hour and we're not gonna finish this, and clearly he's not going back to Second Chronicles twenty. I'll let it play just a little bit more, just so that we'll see. Maybe he does, but we'll see. And they hate it so much, they hate what God loves.

56:59 But we noticed the con addrescy of the enemy as well. He goes through from verse number six all the way down to verse number eight, and he lists several of these nations. Now listen, don't get sidetracked with all these nations trying to figure out what genealogy. Let me say this real quick. Palestinians are not the ancient Philistines. Can I say that again? Palestinians are not the ancient Philistines. Now, you'd be shocked at how many people when I say a statement like that and they go what you be shocked at how many says you see, everybody living in the Land of Israel between nineteen seventeen to nineteen forty eight under that Balfour Declaration were called Palestinians. Matter of fact, one of the Prime Ministers of Israel, Golden my Air, on her birth certificate it says this Palestinian. You see, a Palestinian was a Jew of Palestini was also an Arab that was living in the land. They were not considered Palestinians to what we see today until Israel broke away became a nation and they continued on with that same name. So both Jews and Arabs were called that. But so, but you'll find all these nations mentioned here, and understand the genealogies of people have been mixed up through the ages. So don't get sidetracked. He mentions all these nations, and all these nations are nations that are surrounding Israel. You see, they were the ancient enemies of

58:32 Israel then and you know what they still are today. They still are today. They still hate Israel today and so, but don't get focused on the genealogy. Focus on the geography. That's the focal point it should be. But then he goes through and he talks about the the plea for God's power from vers. If Second Chronicles twenty is to fulfillment, then what you should do is take this confederacy of nations, the Tabernacles of Edom and the Ishmaelites of Moab and the Hagarens or yeah, the Hagourins, okay, the Hagariotes and the new King James. The Hagarens and the King James. A right, I thought, I picked up my new King James. Wait a minute, why is it? Say Haggarins? Alright, goodball, amon Amelek, the Philistines, the inhabitants of tire asser Is joined with them. They have hoping the children of Lot. Well, if this is a fulfillment of Second Chronicles twenty, then you take saw mayby three and go to Second Chronicles twenty and say here, but he's talking about the now. Well again, I don't understand. We had a sermon series that points it to a future war, and all they talked about was now. Now, this is a sermon where connects it to Second Chronicles twenty, but talks about the Now, I am baffled beyond all comprehension. I am grateful that he puts forth the hypotheses of Second Chronicles twenty. Now he makes a dogmatic assertion that Jehosaphact called in Asath. He called him in. He stated it dogmatically. We need to

1:00:07 find the verse where Jehosaphat called in Asath, because if that is the case, then we can make a very strong argument that Psalm eighty three was composed during the events of Second Chronicles twenty. So we need to find textual justification for that. AI did not offer it. Now, I'm going to Maybe I could ask it at a later time, but I don't want to give it away. I want you to look for that today. I want you to look for that today, all right, I want you to look for that today. So yeah, we'll just let it play, just for a couple more seconds. First number nine, Now the verse number fifteen. He gives a couple of different examples. He said, in verse number nine, do to them as into the Midianites, as to Sinsarah, as to Jabin at the Brook of Kishaw, which perished at eying door. They became as dung for the earth. Now here he is. He's talking about two events that took place there in the Valley of Megiddo, or what we also refer to as the valley where Armageddon is going with the Nations will gather. That's where our church is. It's right there in that valley. And so you got we're gidding and his men would have been lapping up the water like the dogs right across there. Okay, so yeah, he's not going to go back to second Chronicles twenty. He's not going to go back to second Chronicles twenty, it appears. So here's what you need to do today. I want you to think about the implications of the fact that his name alone is

1:01:42 Jehovah. What is the significance of that, and what is the significance of the fact that he is the as it says in Some eighty three eighteen, the most high over all the Earth. I want you to contemplate that. I want you to think about that. I want you to chart out the differences are the how they are alike and how they are difference between Psalm eighty three Psaw eighty three and second Chronicles twenty. I want you to map that out. Obviously, I want you to be listening to sermons on Psalm eighty three, and I want you to be listening to or they do they make it future? Do they make it past? What do they do with ey three? So be listening to sermons, So consider his name, Jehovah most over the Earth. I want you to chart out the similarities and differences between Psalm eighty three and Second Chronicles twenty, how they are like I want you listening to sermons on p. Eighty three, and I also want you to consider and see if you can find where Jehosaphat calls in asaff because that was stated in a dogmatic way, where he calls him in. If so, then we may be able to put forth the hypotheses that Psalm eighty three occurred during the events of Second Chronicles twenty. Second Chronicles twenty is not a fulfillment of Psalm eighty three. Psalm eighty three have during that historical context. AI separated the context. We'll see if we can argue and prove otherwise not probably give you other things to do During all of that. I didn't write everything

1:03:12 down, but there you go. You have plenty to work on. I hope you have a great Monday, June seventeenth, twenty twenty four. I hope God will bless you as you study His word. And hopefully that kind of little devotional thought I gave at the beginning, I hope you'll really take that into consideration and understand, no matter what we face, his name is Jehovah and he is the most high over all the earth. Thanks for listening. Study God's word, and may he bless you as you do that. God bless