Wretched Man
Puritan Board Freshman
I've become more and more persuaded in the *messianic consciousness view of the Psalms. One psalm in particular that resonated with me early on with this view is Psalm 18, in which it appears we have the most intimate and descriptive account of Christ's resurrection. This of course is also cited in 2 Samuel 22 and heavily parallels Jonah's prayer from the belly of the whale, which I also suspect falls into this view and is descriptive of the same event.
I'm curious if anyone has any strong thoughts on this, as this Psalm seems to be get glossed over... and yet I find it unbelievably gripping. Not only do we get a glimpse of Christ's devastation as he suffers the penalty of our sins, but the earth-shattering emotional response from God the father. To assume this is simply David speaking hyperbolic of himself just doesn't carry water for me.
If this does truly describe Christ's resurrection, when does this take place? Is it while he was suffering on the cross in the final 3 hours of darkness? Or is this afterwards when he is buried for three days? (I am not convinced Christ actually descended into Hell).
Edit: *By "Messianic consciousness", I am referring to the view that the Psalms should be viewed as words Christ spoke. Not just regarding or pointing to Christ - or in the sense all words of the Bible are God's.
I'm curious if anyone has any strong thoughts on this, as this Psalm seems to be get glossed over... and yet I find it unbelievably gripping. Not only do we get a glimpse of Christ's devastation as he suffers the penalty of our sins, but the earth-shattering emotional response from God the father. To assume this is simply David speaking hyperbolic of himself just doesn't carry water for me.
If this does truly describe Christ's resurrection, when does this take place? Is it while he was suffering on the cross in the final 3 hours of darkness? Or is this afterwards when he is buried for three days? (I am not convinced Christ actually descended into Hell).
Psalm 18: 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry...
8 Smoke went up from his nostrils,
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 He bowed the heavens and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.
10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.
12 Out of the brightness before him
hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 He sent from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of many waters.
17 He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a broad place;
he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his rules were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
24 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Edit: *By "Messianic consciousness", I am referring to the view that the Psalms should be viewed as words Christ spoke. Not just regarding or pointing to Christ - or in the sense all words of the Bible are God's.
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