Psalms 22, written over 1000 years before Christ Was Crucified On The Cross

Psalms 22

Psalms 22 was written over 1000 years before Christ Was Crucified On The Cross, Matthew 27

Psalms 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Jesus never called His Father God. He always called Him Father
Of David = relating to or concerning David's Son and David's Lord = "The root and the offspring of David"
David "being a prophet and knowing . . . spake of".
Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
These three Psalms (22, 23, 24) relate to the sufferings and the glory of the Man Christ Jesus.
Psalms 22 = The Good Shepherd on Earth, in Death
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Psalms 23 = The Great Shepherd, in Heaven, by Resurrection
Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Psalms 24 = The Chief Shepherd, coming in His Glory to earth and Zion, again
1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Revelation 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
Psalms 22 is Christ as the sin offering
Psalms 40, as the burnt offering
Psalms 69, as the trespass offering
My GOD, my GOD = God as Almighty in relation to the creature; not God in covenant relation with His servant.
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Jesus never called His Father God, He always called Him Father
Jesus quoted Psalms 22:1 were the scripture would be fulfilled = This was written in Psalms 22:1 = 1,000 years before it happen.
The Psalm is Christ's prayer and plea on the Cross
It begins with "My God, My God", and it ends with "It is finished".
John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the spirit.
If the Lord uttered the whole of this Psalm on the cross, the dying malefactor must have "heard", and believed.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
The "kingdom" had been referred to by Christ in Psalm 22:22-30
Roaring = lamentation = spoken of a lion, and of thunder.
It is believed by some scholars (including this humble student) that our Lord actually quoted all, or, most of this Psalm while hanging on the Cross.

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head saying,

These were the words of the chief priests
John 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
Kenites Crucified Jesus = Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Matthew 27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

He trusted on the Lord = devolved all on
Worm = Hebrew tola', not the ordinary word for "worm", but the crimson coccus from which the scarlet dye was obtained. = Hence rendered "scarlet
Jacob, so called Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Christ thus took the lowest place of His People.
Matthew 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Bible study Matthew 27

9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

None to help = Compare to Psalm 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
He was alone in this wondrous work. Only the women looking on afar off.
Mark 15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath.

12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

In the midst of my bowels = within me

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Dogs refers to "Enemies" being implied (not expressed).
Assembly = congregation: in civic aspect.
Wicked = breakers up.
They pierced, etc. = "As a lion [they break up my hands and my feet". The Hebrew text reads ka'ari = as a lion (the "k" = as).
Take the "k" as part of the verb k'aru, and alter the vowel points, making it read "they pierced".
It is better to translate the Hebrew text literally, and supply the Ellipsis of the verb from Isaiah 38:13. I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
"They break up". The meaning is exactly the same, and agrees with John 19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

Tell = count.
The whole description applies to death by crucifixion only.
Look and stare = look for and see.
In this idiom the former verb includes the feeling implied by the context.

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Who are they? The kenites
The church of Pergamos God was not pleased with this church, Why?

Revelation 2:12-13 We see then, that this is an evil place, where Satan exercises his power and authority. Thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat.

Revelation 2:14 I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

They say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
At the foot of the cross, they were casting lots for His clothes
Matthew 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Mark 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
John 19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

John 12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
Darling = only one = my one own priceless possession; for "my life", answering to "my soul" in the preceding line.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

Unicorns = wild ox
Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Another name for Satan = death
Through death he might destroy him (Satan) that had the power of death = that is, the devil

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

I will declare = These words are Christ's in resurrection.
Hebrews 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Thy Name = Thee for the Person and all His attributes.
Psalm 20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Brethren = John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Congregation = assembly: in its military aspect

23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

Jacob = All the tribes of Israel
Ye that fear the Lord = Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Ye the seed of Israel = Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Fear = revere = Referring to Israel. Hebrew word yare'. Not the same word as in first line and Ps 22:25.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

The affliction = the humiliation
The afflicted = the patient One

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Meek = the patient or wronged ones

27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Daniel 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations.

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

You cannot keep alive your own soul. It's God that can forgive you for your sins
John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Revelation 21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

A seed shall serve him is a generation
It's the generation of the fig tree. May 14, 1948, When Israel became a Nation.
Romans 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Jesus last words on the cross = It is finished
He hath done this = It is finished
Thus concluding the Psalm = Compare the beginning = to accomplish or finish
Shall declare His righteousness = His righteousness shall be declared.
That shall be born = Referring to the new birth as declared by Christ to Nicodemus
That = For

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