934 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 78 - Part 2 of the Messianic Prophecies Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 78 PART 2 of the MESSIANIC PROPHECIES – PART 2 Psalms 22, 23, and 24 You know, from day one I have always stressed that this is an informal Bible study. I’m not going to be a stuffed-shirt. We’re going to keep it simple and have a time of fellowship and search the Scriptures together. So those of you out in television, if you’re ever in the Tulsa area the first Wednesday after the first Sunday of a month, why come in and enjoy the day with us. All right, let’s go right back to where we left off in Psalm 22. As I said in the introduction of the last program, Psalms 22, 23, and 24 are sort of a trilogy. They all fit together, and we’re going to take them in that order. But here in Psalm 22, we have the first 21 verses—the graphic description of the crucifixion. It is so graphic that there is no mistaking that this is what it was talking about. And yet you want to remember, crucifixion hadn’t even been invented yet. That wouldn’t be invented for at least another 700 years. That’s another one of the miracles of Scripture. That here we have this description of a person on a cross being crucified, even though it had never happened at this point in time. All right, so let’s finish the first half of chapter 22. We are still dealing with the crucifixion. Then at verse 22, we will break into the resurrection. Verse 16 again: Psalms 22:16 “For dogs (That is the Gentile Roman authorities.) have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: (We were describing that as the screaming Jews hating Him, even as we know Saul of Tarsus did.) they pierced my hands and my feet.” Now that was something unknown in any kind of an execution before crucifixion. Psalms 22:17-19 “I may tell (or I can count) all my bones: they look and stare upon me. (Which means that He was in an elevated position.) 18. They part my garments among them, (And we know that that’s exactly what they did.) and cast lots upon my vesture. (They gambled over the robe, remember?) 19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD: (In other words, it’s God the Son crying out to God the Father.) O my strength, haste thee to help me.” Psalms 22:20a “Deliver my soul from the sword; (That is from death itself.) my darling…” Now the commentary that I read the other night was, I think, the one that made the most sense. He’s referring to his own physical body. He can’t be referring to the church, because that isn’t even revealed yet. So He’s speaking of His own physical body of flesh. Psalms 22:20-21 “Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. (That is, again, from the Gentile soldiers around me.) 21. Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.” In other words, as He was crying out from the very depths of death itself. All right, now verse 22—we will break into, as I said earlier, into the graphic description of His resurrection. Psalms 22:22 “I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.” Now let’s stop and go all the way up to John’s Gospel chapter 20 and have the fulfillment of that—to the exact letter. John 20—resurrection morning, when Mary has gone to the tomb and finds it empty. She runs back and finds Peter and John, and they all come together. All right, then Jesus reveals Himself to Mary, remember, in verse 15. John 20:15a “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener,…” We were just talking about that last night in our McAlester class. Did He look weird in His resurrection body? Did He look like something from outer space? Did He have a pointed head and weird color? No. If He looked like a gardener, He looked very what? Ordinary. Just very ordinary. Now the reason we were talking about it last night is because we were talking about our eternal state when we get our resurrected body. Well, what’s it going to be like? Like His resurrected body. So, what was His resurrected body? Very normal. Looked like a gardener. Like an ordinary human being. But it wasn’t ordinary. It was supernatural. It was flesh and bone. It wasn’t blood. That was left up there at Calvary. So the resurrected body was flesh and bone. But on the other hand, He walked and talked. He had fish frying on the shores of Galilee. He ate with them. But on the other hand, the supernatural aspect is that He could go through twenty feet of concrete as if it wasn’t there. We’re going to have those same capabilities someday when we get our resurrected body. Well, anyway, that’s all on the side. She supposed Him, verse 15 again, to be the gardener. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible