Dr. Jobe Martin

Here is an great interview with Dr. Martin where he mentions the Tola'ath

Psalm 22:6-8

Psalm 22:6-8

Jesus Was Rejected So You Could Be Accepted

Psa 22:6  But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 

Psa 22:7  All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 

Psa 22:8  He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 

1. Jesus is a Worm (Tola’ath) – vs. 6a*
1. The worm that Jesus is referring to is the coccus ilicis

                                                               i.      When the mother worm gets ready to have her offspring she does the following:

1.      First the Tola’ath attaches itself to a tree

2.      Then she makes a hard red shell around herself and young

3.      She then lays her eggs in the shell

4.      Then she dies and allows her young to feed on her flesh

5.      After that, her body covers them in a red dye like blood.

6.      On the 3^rd day, her body contracts into a heart like shape that is the constancy of wool

7.      This then covers the young in a snow like whiteness

8.      Isaiah, when he prophesies of the Messiah, describes this perfectly

a.       Isaiah 1:18 

2. Jesus is Not Just a Man – He is Divine – vs. 6b*
1. Colossians 1:15-22 
3. Jesus is a Disgrace to Mankind – vs. 6c*
1. Jesus is hated by many in history. This is why modern scholarship wants to even change our calendars from BC and AD to BC and BCE. People see the Savior of the world as a disgrace.

                                                               i.      Isaiah 53:3-6 

4. Jesus Was Mocked By His Own People (The Jews) – vs. 6d-8*
1. The exact words of the people that watched the crucifixion, over a 1000 years later, are perfectly predicted here.

                                                               i.      Matthews 27:40-43 

                                                             ii.      Mark 15:29-32  

Special thanks to Jobe Martin and his research on the Tola'ath. Please reference his material for more detail on this very special worm that Jesus refers to.

Psalm 22:3-5

Psalm 22:3-5

The God Who Was Faithful to the Jews Will Be Faithful to You

Psa 22:3  But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 

Psa 22:4  Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 

Psa 22:5  They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 

1. This is the Theology of Jesus.
1. Many today claim to know what Jesus believed, but here it is straight from Him.

                                                               i.      In this passage, Jesus is glorifying the Father

1.      John 17:1-6 

2. Jesus Believed the Following About God the Father.
1. God is Holy – vs. 3a*

                                                               i.      Isaiah 6:1-7 

                                                             ii.      Revelation 4:8 

2. God dwells in the praises of the people of Israel – vs. 3b*

                                                               i.      Psalm 150:1-6 

3. Faith in God is the ultimate priority – vs. 4-5*

                                                               i.      Our Fathers put their faith in God

1.      In the past the people of God placed their faith in God and God delivered them

a.       Hebrews 11:1-3 

2.      Currently the people of God place their faith in God and see His deliverance.

a.       Isaiah 45:17 

3.      Those that continue to put their trust in God will not be disappointed.

a.       Romans 1:16-17  

Psalm 22:1-2

Psalm 22:1-2

He Hath Made Him Sin For Us

Psa 22:1  To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 

Psa 22:2  O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 

1.     This Psalm Was Written by David; Speaking as if He is the Messiah.

a.      This is like Jesus telling you His story only it is written 1400 years before His birth.

2.     God Abandoned Jesus, So You Would Never Be – vs. 1-2

a.      Jesus calls from the darkest hour of history and God cannot answer

                                                              i.      Matthew 27:45-46 

b.     Because Jesus experienced the pain of unanswered prayer so He could be the perfect High Priest (or intercessor) for us.

                                                              i.      Hebrews 5:7-10 

c.     He experienced suffering so we didn’t have to

                                                              i.      Isaiah 53:2-7 

d.     He received our sin so we could be forgiven

                                                              i.      2 Corinthians 5:19-21 

e.      He became cursed so we didn’t have to be cursed

                                                              i.      Galatians 3:11-13 

f.       He broke to power of the flesh so we could be free

                                                              i.      Romans 8:1-4

Psalm 21

Psalm 21

I Will Rejoice in the Salvation of God!

Psa 21:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 

Psa 21:2  Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. 

Psa 21:3  For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 

Psa 21:4  He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. 

Psa 21:5  His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 

Psa 21:6  For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 

Psa 21:7  For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 

Psa 21:8  Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 

Psa 21:9  Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 

Psa 21:10  Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 

Psa 21:11  For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. 

Psa 21:12  Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 

Psa 21:13  Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. 

1.      When The King Rejoices in God’s Salvation (Yeshua) the He Receives the Strength for the Battle. – vs. 1*

a.       This Psalm is about David examining the benefits of His trust in God, but there is prophetic overtones to this as well. This could also be about the Messiah, David’s descendant. It could also be about you and me; receiving, in Christ, the benefits of being joint heirs with Jesus. I believe that all three options are correct. So to emphasize the significance of all three lets examine this as if it is all referring to Jesus or the Salvation (Yeshua) of the Lord as He is referred to in the text.

                                                   i.      Romans 8:14-17 

2.      What God Has Done For the Messiah and David He Wants to Do For You.

a.       God answers the prayers of Jesus – vs. 2*

b.      God blessed Jesus with the richest blessings and crowns Jesus with unequaled glory. 3*

                                                   i.      Philippians 2:5-11 

c.       God gave Jesus eternal life. – vs. 4*

                                                   i.      Colossians 1:18 

                                                 ii.      Revelation 1:18 

d.      David is glorified by the honor and majesty that is given to his descendant, who is Jesus. – vs. 5*

                                                   i.      John 17:1-2 

e.       God gives Jesus eternal blessing. – vs. 6a*

f.        God gives Jesus joy by giving him his favor. – vs. 6b*

·        David cannot help himself so he interjects here with the point of this Psalm: he, you and I are the true recipients of all of this giving. The Father is giving this to the Son so it can be given to us. So that when we trust in God we become immovable. – vs. 7*

g.       God reveals the hidden and most dangerous enemies of Jesus. – vs. 8*

h.       God punishes the enemies of Jesus in hell . vs. 9*

                                                   i.      Revelation 20:10 

i.         God wipes out the continued influence of the Anti-Christ. – vs. 10*

j.        God stops the plans of those that would plan evil against Jesus. – vs. 11*

k.      God goes out to war against the enemies of Jesus. – vs. 12*

                                                   i.      Psalm 7:11-13 

3.      When We Exalt Christ We See His Power and Are Compelled to Give Him Praise for His Power. – vs. 13*

a.       John 17:21-26 

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

A Battle Hymn

Psa 20:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

Psa 20:2  Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Psa 20:3  Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

Psa 20:4  Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Psa 20:5  We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

Psa 20:6  Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

Psa 20:7  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psa 20:8  They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Psa 20:9  Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

1. God Hears our Prayers – vs 1-4
1. What do we run to in troubling times?

                                                               i.      Psalm 18:2-3 

2. God is Our Salvation – vs 5-6
1. God Saves us from the enemy

                                                               i.      Psalm 18:35 

                                                             ii.      Isaiah 40:31 

2. Divine Intervention
2. Do not Trust in Worldly Might – vs 7-9
1. Weapons and technology will not save you

                                                               i.      Napoleon – “God is on the side that has the heaviest artillery” – “I make circumstances” – After Waterloo quoting Thomas a Kempis “Man proposes, but God disposes”

2. David’s ending plea

                                                               i.      Cry out to God in simple faith – let’s not over complicate things

1.      “Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. Captain, that is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.”

                                                                - Stonewall Jackon

2.      Psalm 74:12 

3.      Matthew 18:1-4

Pastor Kevin Weston preaches from Psalms 19:7-10

Here is the video of one of my more recent messages for those of you that enjoy my notes.

Dinesh D'Souza on the inalienable right to life

D'Souza at his finest...

Psalm 19:11-14

Psalm 19:11-14

What Can the Bible Do For You?

Psa 19:11  Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 

Psa 19:12  Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 

Psa 19:13  Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 

Psa 19:14  Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. 

1. The Bible Cautions Us to Stay Away From Dangerous Things. – vs. 11a*
1. Proverbs 3:11-13 
2. The Bible Gives Us Great Reward. – vs. 11b*
1. 1 John 5:1-5 
3. The Bible Shows Us Our Blind Spots. – vs. 12a*
1. Psalm 139:23-24 
4. The Bible Cleanses Us From Secret Faults. – vs. 12b*
1. 1 John 1:7-9 
5. The Bible Keeps Us From Committing Sins of Pride. – vs. 13a*
1. Numbers 15:30-31 
6. The Bible Frees Us From the Slavery of Self Service. – vs. 13b*
1. Luke 9:23-24 
7. The Bible Keeps us from Participating in the Great Rebellion Led by Satan Himself. – vs. 13c*
1. Isaiah 14:12-15 
8. The Bible Helps us to Say Things that Are Acceptable to God. 14a*
1. Psalm 141:3-4 
9. The Bible Helps us to Think What is Acceptable to God. 14b*
1. Psalm 119:9-11 
10. The Bible is Where We Find the Portrait of Our Redeemer – Jesus Christ. – vs. 14c*
1. Hebrews 2:17 

Psalm 19:7-10

Psalm 19:7-10

The Law of the Lord is Perfect!

Psa 19:7  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 

Psa 19:8  The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 

Psa 19:9  The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 

Psa 19:10  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 

1. The Law of the Lord (The Bible) is Perfect. – vs. 7a*
1. The absolute purity of the word of God is what converts the soul and brings change into our life.

                                                               i.      Romans 10:17 

                                                             ii.      Joshua 1:8-9 

2. The Testimony of the Lord (The Bible) is Sure (unmovable).  – vs. 7b*
1. The ignorant are enlightened by the unassailable truth of God’s Word.

                                                               i.      2 Timothy 3:15-17 

3. The Statutes of the Lord (The Bible) are Equitable. – vs. 8a*
1. True justice and balance brings a healthy joy and excitement to the soul.

                                                               i.      Jeremiah 15:16 

4. The Commandment of the Lord (The Bible) is Pure. – vs. 8b*
1. The simple beauty of the purity of the Bible brings true and lasting fulfillment.

                                                               i.      Psalm 1:2-3 

5. The Fear of the Lord (The Bible) is the Source of True Morality. – vs. 9a*
1. The true morality of God’s word is enduring, and will be preserved to all generations. Offering them a way of freedom from oppression.

                                                               i.      Ezekiel 36:26-27 

6. The Judgments of the Lord (The Bible) is Truth. – vs. 9b*
1. Truth is more precious than gold. – vs. 10a*

                                                               i.      Psalm 119:72 

                                                             ii.      Psalm 119:127-128 

2. Truth is sweeter than honey. – vs. 10b*

                                                               i.      Psalm 119:103 

The World and The Word (Psalm 19)

by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. *

Evidence for Creation › Evidence from Science › Evidence from the Physical Sciences › The Universe Is Stable › Available Energy Decreases Over Time

The 19th psalm is one of the most magnificent writings in the Bible and indeed in all literature. As in all the psalms, the structure is poetic as it extols the majesty of creation in its first six verses, followed by the far greater glory of the Scriptures in the final eight. It displays remarkable scientific insight as well as profound spiritual truth.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork" (Psalm 19:1). The "firmament"(Hebrew,reqia, meaning "expanse") was indicated as the space between the primeval "waters above the firmament" and those below (Genesis 1:7), so it seems to have essentially the same meaning as our modern scientific concept of "space."

Then, verse 2 tells us that the marvels displayed by God in "space" are also being shown through "time." "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge." These remarkable verses are speaking of the space-time universe in which are shown forth all the multitudinous workings of God and all the beautiful and intricate designs in His creations.

In fact, they are all "declaring the glory of God." We know from the New Testament that, in the deepest sense, this can only mean the Lord Jesus Christ who is the very "brightness of His glory" (Hebrews 1:3), for we ultimately have "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (II Corinthians 4:6). In one way or another the gospel is being "preached [in every creation] which is under heaven" (Colossians 1:23).

That is, for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, "the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made," so that those who will not see and hear the witness of God in creation are "without excuse" (Romans 1:20). The heavens declare the glory of God, but sadly, "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).

This testimony of the created world has "no speech nor language" (note that "where" in verse 3 is not in the original Hebrew of this verse). Nevertheless, "their line gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world" (v.4). This verse is quoted in the great missionary passage of Romans 10 as saying "their soundwent into all the earth" (Romans 10:18) and as proving that all men have had access to the evidence of God's power and love. Jesus Christ is "the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" (John 1:9).

The problem is that "men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil," so would not come to the light (John 3:19,20). The "line" of Psalm 19:4 is a reference to the measuring line of the surveyor, indicating that God's measurement of human response to His revealed glory in creation somehow conditions any further revelation He might give to men and women.

In the structures and processes of "nature," there is abundant witness to His "eternal power and Godhead,"leaving men and women "without excuse" when they have "changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things" (Romans 1:20,23), attempting to replace the God of creation with an atheistic or pantheistic evolutionary pseudo-creation. God's measuring line thus finds them far "short of the glory of God."

The most magnificent of God's structures is the sun, which provides the energy for maintaining practically all earth's natural processes. "In them [that is, in space and time] hath He set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race" (Psalm 19:4,5).

At first, the metaphors of bridegroom and runner seem strange figures to apply to the glorious light of the sun, which — physically speaking — is nothing less then the "light of the world," sustaining its very life. But that actually makes it a beautiful type of the world's Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ. He indeed is the heavenly Bridegroom, coming forth to choose and claim His Bride, the Church, and the heavenly Runner, encouraging us who are in His Church to "run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross" (Hebrews 12:1,2).

"His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof" (Psalm 19:6). This verse is often derided by skeptics as teaching that the sun goes around the earth, instead of the earth rotating on its axis.

But the writer was more scientific then his critics. There is no fixed point of zero motion in the universe, so far as astronomers know. The sun indeed is moving in a gigantic orbit in the Milky Way galaxy, and the galaxy itself is moving among the other galaxies. So the circuit of the sun is, indeed, from one end of the heavens to the other.

However, the psalmist was really using the scientifically correct terminology of "relative motion." No one knows scientifically where a fixed point of zero motion may be, so all motion must be referenced to some assumed fixed point. For practically all measurements by surveyors, navigators, and astronomers, the most useful (therefore, the most scientific) zero point is the earth's surface at the location of the observer. That is exactly what the psalmist has assumed.

And note the significance of the statement that "there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." This refers mainly to the sun's effect on the earth, and scientists now know that the heat energy transmitted to the earth by solar radiation empowers all activity on earth, either directly (e.g., winds, rains) or indirectly (plant life through photosynthesis, and therefore also animal and human life). Through "fossil fuels" derived from buried organisms, it even drives our machinery. It is significant that the science which deals with all these energy transfers is called thermodynamics (meaning "heat power") and its two basic laws are the best-proved and most universally applicable laws of science.

These two laws testify plainly to the existence and power of God. The Second Law (the law of decreasing available energy, as the universe heads downward toward an eventual "heat death," with the sun and stars all burned out) tells us that there must have been a primeval creation, or else the universe would already be "dead"! The First Law (law of energy conservation) tells us that no energy is now being created, so the universe could not have created itself. The only scientific conclusion is that "in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).

When this verse speaks of the sun's "going forth," however, it is not referring only to its transit across the sky, but to the "outgoing" of its radiant heat energy. It is the same Hebrew word as in Deuteronomy 8:3 which reminds us that man cannot live by bread alone, but "by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD." It is also used in the remarkable prophecy of the coming birth of Christ in Bethlehem, where we are told that His "goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting" (Micah 5:2).

Here also, the sun is a beautiful type of Christ, picturing both the Living Word and the Written Word of God. He is the eternally begotten Son of God, everlastingly proceeding from the Father and declaring Him (John 1:18), while the Holy Scriptures "for ever settled in heaven" (Psalm 119:89), can continually sustain our spiritual lives, just as the sun does our physical lives.

As marvelous as God's witness in the creation may be, it can never bring lost men to salvation. The sun may sustain their lives, but it can never save their souls.

Testimony of the Word of God

But God's Word can! "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul" (Psalm 19:7). We are saved by grace through faith, but "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). Therefore the apostle exhorts us to "receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls" (James 1:21). We can only know the One who is the Living Word through His revelation in the written Word, "the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (II Timothy 3:15).

That is why we, like the psalmist, must read, believe and love the Holy Scriptures. The psalmist (David) only had a relatively small portion of the Scriptures available in his day, yet he could say: "More to be desired are they than gold . . . sweeter also than honey . . . in keeping of them there is great reward" (vv. 10,11).

Note David's further convictions. "The testimony of the LORD is sure. . . . The statutes of the LORD are right . . . the commandment of the LORD is pure . . . the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether" (vv.7,8,9). And Paul echoes with similar conviction: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (II Timothy 3:16). Combining the witness of David and Paul, we are assured that "the law of the LORD is perfect . . . that the man of God may be perfect"(Psalm 19:7; II Timothy 3:17).

The psalm ends with a prayer, asking God for cleansing through the Word. "Cleanse thou me from secret faults"(or sins of ignorance — v.12). "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins" (or willful acts of disobedience — v.13). Otherwise, long-continued deliberate rejection of God's Word may become "the great transgression" (v.13) from which there is no deliverance.

Then he prays, and so should we: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD my strength, and my redeemer" (v.14).

*Dr. Morris is Founder and President Emeritus of ICR.

Cite this article: Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. 1996. The World and The Word (Psalm 19). Acts & Facts. 25 (9).