Today’s Word
What We Don’t Know
Mankind in its splendor, yet without understanding, is like the animals that perish. Psalm 49:20 NASB Without understanding – In a Gallup poll in 2017, 86% of Americans said that they believe God exists. Apparently His existence has almost nothing to do with how they behave. Church attendance continues to drop. Atheism is on the rise for the first…
And Equal Justice For All
Though while he lives he congratulates himself—and though people praise you when you do well for yourself—he will go to the generation of his fathers; they will never see the light. Psalm 49:18-19 NASB The generation of his fathers – Do you recall the investigation into verse 15, the verse that apparently suggests an afterlife? We discovered that the idea…
The Threat of Money
Do not be afraid when a person becomes rich, when the splendor of his house is increased; For when he dies, he will take nothing with him; his wealth will not descend after him. Psalm 49:16-17 NASB Do not be afraid – Does this seem odd to you? We would have expected “Do not be envious” or “Do not…
Can Heaven Wait?
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for He will receive me. Selah Psalm 49:15 NASB Receive – If the Tanakh really doesn’t have a clear concept of Heaven, then what can this verse mean? Doesn’t it imply that there is redemption from Sheol? Doesn’t it suggest that God “saves” us from the eternity…
He Leads Me
Like sheep they sink down to Sheol; Death will be their shepherd; and the upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form shall be for Sheol to consume, so that they have no lofty home. Psalm 49:14 NASB Death will be their shepherd – Could there be any more chilling fate of the foolish? Psalm 23…
Dis-Agreement
This is the way of those who are foolish, and of those after them who approve their words. Selah Psalm 49:13 NASB Approve – When is agreement an obvious mistake? According to this psalm, when it aligns with the choices of the foolish. Ah, but Hebrew has three words translated “fool,” and they don’t all mean the same…
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