Living in the – February 10, 2016 b. celebrates God’s word and faithfulness in response to the Psalm 148 and Book Three crisis of Book Three. I. Introduction C. The connection between Psalm 148 and Book Three A. Theme of Book Three: The King’s Crisis over 1. Central verse of Psalm 148: Verse 8  God’s Promises “fulfilling his word” 1. Confidence and commitment have given 2. Close correspondence between Psalms 148 way to crisis in Book Three. and 89 2. Crisis in 14 of the Book’s 17 psalms a. Heavens as a sign of God’s 3. Personal crisis  Ex. Psalm 73 reliability (89:2, 5, 37) 4. National crisis  Ex. Psalm 74 b. Reference to the heavens and earth 5. Royal crisis  Ex. Psalm 89 (Psalm 148: 1, 7 and Psalm 89:11) B. All of the crises are overcome in Christ. 3. Psalm 148 highlights God’s faithfulness in II. Psalm 148 and Book Three creation as a foundation for God’s promise A. Introduction to give life to his people. 1. Praises God for his faithfulness in fulfilling a. The blessing of the nearness of God his promises. (148:14; 73:26, 28) 2. Calls for praise from the heavens and the b. Contrasted with the crisis of God far earth (vv. 1 and 7) away (89:46) 3. This praise culminates in verse 13 4. Psalm 148:14 celebrates the victory God has 4. Psalm echoes the Genesis account of given to his king  “raised up a horn” creation in a number of ways. a. The king as the exalted horn  Ps. 5. Concludes with the new song of redemption 89:17, 19-20, 24 to God as Redeemer  v. 14 b. This seemed to have failed in Ps. 89 B. The connection between creation and Israel c. But Psalm 148 answers this crisis. 1. A continuation of a theme present in Psalm D. The Exalted King is the resolution of the crisis. 147:15-20. 1. Pictured in Christ in Revelation 1:5 a. Word of God ordering creation 2. Faithful witness  Ps. 89:37 b. Unique word for his people 3. Firstborn ruler  Ps. 89:27 2. Where is the crisis of Book Three? 4. Jesus Christ is the exalted horn of for a. Psalm 148 seems to be a psalm of his people! praise to the Creator. Next time: Lord willing, we will meet on March 9 at 7:00 p.m. to study .