Psalm 49 expresses an important message for all people of the earth.vs.1-2Waiting for response for Psalms 49:1-2 This is that no person, however rich,v.6Waiting for response for Psalms 49:6 can deliver himself or a loved one from death, that he should live forever.vs.7-9Waiting for response for Psalms 49:7-9 The best that anyone can do, and many rich people do this, is to name lands and monuments after themselves v.11Waiting for response for Psalms 49:11 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.12,20Waiting for response for Psalms 49:12,20 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.15Waiting for response for Psalms 49:15
No amount of money can buy this resurrection from the grave: the price of redemption from the grave is very high v.8Waiting for response for Psalms 49:8 so both rich and poor “like sheep are laid in the grave”.v.14Waiting for response for Psalms 49:14 Nevertheless a ransom has been paid to redeem the saints,v.7Waiting for response for Psalms 49:7 not gold and silver, but the precious blood of Christ.1 Peter 1:18-19Waiting for response for 1 Peter 1:18-19 The saints will be raised from the dead “in the morning” v.14Waiting for response for Psalms 49:14 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 4:2Waiting for response for Malachi 4:2 to end the night-time of the world’s history.
Psalm 49 expresses an important message for all people of the earth.vs.1-2Waiting for response for Psalms 49:1-2 This is that no person, however rich,v.6Waiting for response for Psalms 49:6 can deliver himself or a loved one from death, that he should live forever.vs.7-9Waiting for response for Psalms 49:7-9 The best that anyone can do, and many rich people do this, is to name lands and monuments after themselves v.11Waiting for response for Psalms 49:11 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.12,20Waiting for response for Psalms 49:12,20 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.15Waiting for response for Psalms 49:15
No amount of money can buy this resurrection from the grave: the price of redemption from the grave is very high v.8Waiting for response for Psalms 49:8 so both rich and poor “like sheep are laid in the grave”.v.14Waiting for response for Psalms 49:14 Nevertheless a ransom has been paid to redeem the saints,v.7Waiting for response for Psalms 49:7 not gold and silver, but the precious blood of Christ.1 Peter 1:18-19Waiting for response for 1 Peter 1:18-19 The saints will be raised from the dead “in the morning” v.14Waiting for response for Psalms 49:14 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 4:2Waiting for response for Malachi 4:2 to end the night-time of the world’s history.