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Tonight we were discussing Psalm 117. Scott pointed out that it's the shortest Psalm. But despite the fact that it's so shprt it has a pretty heavy eschatalogical meaning. The translation that I had was the King James, Which was my favorite of all the other translations that people had their. Here it is:
1O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
All of the nations are called to praise YHWH. Not just Israel, but all of the world. The men and women of YHWH's creation were called to their purpose as creatures made by YHWH. Praising YHWH for nothing more than what he is. This is a pretty New Testament picture. Paul took up a collection from gentile churches that he oversaw for the Christians in Jerusalem who were suffering from a famine. The ineresting thing about this collection is that it was more than just a way of helping people in need (thought that was there) Paul saw the opportunity to stage a microcosm of the eschatalogical kingdom that Jesus initiated with the Cross (and by 'the cross' I mean crucifixion, resurrection and ascension; the things that, with much irony, vindicated Jesus as king.) The eschatalogical expectaion of many first century Jews included the inclusion of the gentiles into the new creation that YHWH had promised.
In fact the New King James version uses the word gentiles instead of nations in the first line. So, for his goodness and mercy demonstrated to us in, if nothing else, our being in the church. The fact that we have been called into community with one another in faith is evidence of YHWH's goodness, faithufulness and the list goes on.
Tonight we were discussing Psalm 117. Scott pointed out that it's the shortest Psalm. But despite the fact that it's so shprt it has a pretty heavy eschatalogical meaning. The translation that I had was the King James, Which was my favorite of all the other translations that people had their. Here it is:
1O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
All of the nations are called to praise YHWH. Not just Israel, but all of the world. The men and women of YHWH's creation were called to their purpose as creatures made by YHWH. Praising YHWH for nothing more than what he is. This is a pretty New Testament picture. Paul took up a collection from gentile churches that he oversaw for the Christians in Jerusalem who were suffering from a famine. The ineresting thing about this collection is that it was more than just a way of helping people in need (thought that was there) Paul saw the opportunity to stage a microcosm of the eschatalogical kingdom that Jesus initiated with the Cross (and by 'the cross' I mean crucifixion, resurrection and ascension; the things that, with much irony, vindicated Jesus as king.) The eschatalogical expectaion of many first century Jews included the inclusion of the gentiles into the new creation that YHWH had promised.
In fact the New King James version uses the word gentiles instead of nations in the first line. So, for his goodness and mercy demonstrated to us in, if nothing else, our being in the church. The fact that we have been called into community with one another in faith is evidence of YHWH's goodness, faithufulness and the list goes on.
posted by Anglopressy at
9:29 PM
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I see in the Psalm that you quoted that there is more of what probably inspired the eschatalogical vision of all of the nations praising YHWH together, without the presence of any ethnic animosity or supposed superioriity. Thanks for the comment. I didn't remember whether or not I'd sent you a link to this.
Nate I was thinking about starting up another group blog, would you be interested in joining in?
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