Psalm 49 expresses an important message for all people of the earth.vs.1-2Psalms 49:1-2XWaiting for response This is that no person, however rich,v.6Psalms 49:6XWaiting for response can deliver himself or a loved one from death, that he should live forever.vs.7-9Psalms 49:7-9XWaiting for response The best that anyone can do, and many rich people do this, is to name lands and monuments after themselves v.11Psalms 49:11XWaiting for response in the hope they will be remembered always. Many people believe that if they live good lives they will receive a reward and live for ever in some other world, but the truth is “man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish”.vs.12,20Psalms 49:12,20XWaiting for response In nature we are no different from the animals and when we die we cease to exist, but if we please God he will raise us from the dead, and this is the hope of the saints: “God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me”.v.15Psalms 49:15XWaiting for response
No amount of money can buy this resurrection from the grave: the price of redemption from the grave is very high v.8Psalms 49:8XWaiting for response so both rich and poor “like sheep are laid in the grave”.v.14Psalms 49:14XWaiting for response Nevertheless a ransom has been paid to redeem the saints,v.7Psalms 49:7XWaiting for response not gold and silver, but the precious blood of Christ.1 Peter 1:18-191 Peter 1:18-19XWaiting for response The saints will be raised from the dead “in the morning” v.14Psalms 49:14XWaiting for response which is the term used in the scriptures for the time when Jesus returns as the Sun of righteousness, rising with healing in his beams Malachi 4:2Malachi 4:2XWaiting for response to end the night-time of the world’s history.
Psalm 49 expresses an important message for all people of the earth.vs.1-2Psalms 49:1-2XWaiting for response This is that no person, however rich,v.6Psalms 49:6XWaiting for response can deliver himself or a loved one from death, that he should live forever.vs.7-9Psalms 49:7-9XWaiting for response The best that anyone can do, and many rich people do this, is to name lands and monuments after themselves v.11Psalms 49:11XWaiting for response in the hope they will be remembered always. Many people believe that if they live good lives they will receive a reward and live for ever in some other world, but the truth is “man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish”.vs.12,20Psalms 49:12,20XWaiting for response In nature we are no different from the animals and when we die we cease to exist, but if we please God he will raise us from the dead, and this is the hope of the saints: “God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me”.v.15Psalms 49:15XWaiting for response
No amount of money can buy this resurrection from the grave: the price of redemption from the grave is very high v.8Psalms 49:8XWaiting for response so both rich and poor “like sheep are laid in the grave”.v.14Psalms 49:14XWaiting for response Nevertheless a ransom has been paid to redeem the saints,v.7Psalms 49:7XWaiting for response not gold and silver, but the precious blood of Christ.1 Peter 1:18-191 Peter 1:18-19XWaiting for response The saints will be raised from the dead “in the morning” v.14Psalms 49:14XWaiting for response which is the term used in the scriptures for the time when Jesus returns as the Sun of righteousness, rising with healing in his beams Malachi 4:2Malachi 4:2XWaiting for response to end the night-time of the world’s history.