WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.480 As I read Psalm 29 for us today, I invite you to follow along in your own copy of God's Word in the English translation. 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:21.699 And we'll do our best through the language to grasp the meaning of this ancient Hebrew poetry, this lyric that's been breathed out by God. 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:27.080 And I encourage us to keep it open in front of us and follow along as we work through this passage today. 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:35.079 I'll read it trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful Word for you and me, His people. 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.259 And I pray that you'll receive it in that way as well. 00:00:39.519 --> 00:00:42.079 Psalm 29, a Psalm of David. 00:00:44.519 --> 00:00:47.500 Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones. 00:00:47.899 --> 00:00:51.320 Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 00:00:51.939 --> 00:00:54.640 Give unto the Lord the glory due His name. 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.039 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:01.280 The voice of the Lord is over the waters. 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:04.599 The God of glory thunders. 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:07.340 The Lord is over many waters. 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:09.900 The voice of the Lord is powerful. 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:12.939 The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 00:01:13.780 --> 00:01:16.200 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars. 00:01:16.780 --> 00:01:20.040 Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon. 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:24.280 He makes them also skip like a calf. 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.960 Lebanon and Syrian have a wild young ox. 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:34.420 The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire. 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.180 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness. 00:01:38.860 --> 00:01:41.300 The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:45.880 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth. 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.000 The Lord strips the forest bare. 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:53.379 And in His temple everyone says, glory. 00:01:55.179 --> 00:01:57.939 The Lord sat enthroned at the flood. 00:01:58.459 --> 00:02:01.979 And the Lord sits enthroned as King forever. 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:06.219 The Lord will give strength to His people. 00:02:06.699 --> 00:02:10.500 The Lord will bless His people with peace. 00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:12.879 The word of God for the people of God. 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:15.319 Thanks be to God. 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:16.300 Please be seated. 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:25.879 The grass withers, the flower fades, 00:02:25.979 --> 00:02:28.000 but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:02:34.259 --> 00:02:35.280 Please pray with me. 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:35.340 Amen. 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:44.340 Oh Lord, we thank you for who you are and for what you have done. 00:02:44.860 --> 00:02:49.060 We thank you that you've recorded your wondrous deeds in the scripture. 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:53.599 We thank you that your Holy Spirit breathed out every word of the Bible. 00:02:54.620 --> 00:02:59.300 That everything you breathed out is useful for building up and building up your church. 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:06.280 Lord, we pray that your voice will go forth powerfully today through the preaching of the word. 00:03:07.380 --> 00:03:10.780 Because your word is alive in the hands of the Holy Spirit. 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:15.219 We pray that your Holy Spirit, Lord, will cause us to hear your word. 00:03:15.880 --> 00:03:21.180 And hear the voice of our Lord, Jesus Christ, through Psalm 29 today, Lord. 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:23.140 For your glory alone we ask. 00:03:23.540 --> 00:03:23.780 Amen. 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:23.920 Amen. 00:03:29.300 --> 00:03:29.740 Amen. 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.620 The voice reveals the person. 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:42.219 Have you ever been surprised when you maybe you just you cough or clear your throat or just just do something that's not even a word 00:03:42.219 --> 00:03:48.820 and people instantly recognize who you are just because of that little sound coming out of your voice, your throat. 00:03:50.220 --> 00:03:54.580 Just like our voice gives it away to people who know us of who we are. 00:03:54.580 --> 00:03:59.080 the voice of the Lord reveals who he is to us, his people. 00:04:00.380 --> 00:04:03.160 Psalm 29 is a majestic psalm. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.380 It's a song of confidence in God. 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:13.939 And it's a song that establishes his majesty, his sovereignty over all his creation. 00:04:14.540 --> 00:04:16.220 And it calls for one response. 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:19.160 Respond by saying with his people, glory. 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:28.580 My prayer today is that the Lord would cause you and me to hear the voice of the Lord thunder. 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:37.020 With his help, we'll walk through this psalm and you can hear the voice of the Lord thunder in five different places. 00:04:38.140 --> 00:04:40.280 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder. 00:04:41.020 --> 00:04:42.280 Five different places. 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:43.620 The first place is this. 00:04:43.620 --> 00:04:48.940 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder in the highest heavens. 00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:53.280 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder in the highest heavens. 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:57.700 Beyond the visible realm of the clouds and the atmosphere and the stars. 00:04:57.900 --> 00:05:01.080 Beyond that, so to speak, in the spiritual realm. 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:03.900 Psalm 29 begins there. 00:05:04.280 --> 00:05:05.200 It begins in heaven. 00:05:06.379 --> 00:05:08.260 In verses 1 and 2, we see this. 00:05:08.660 --> 00:05:13.440 And before this literal thunderstorm hits the earth in verse 3, 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:17.320 David is commanding what we can call the heavenly council. 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:21.480 The angels of heaven. 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:23.779 Those spiritual mighty ones. 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:27.779 Those beings that live to worship God day and night. 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:30.219 Crying forth, holy, holy, holy. 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.000 And giving him the glory that is due his name. 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:40.740 So in Psalm 29 verses 1 and 2, here's a man under the inspiration of the Spirit. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:43.319 Recognizing that's the reality in heaven. 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:46.759 And he's commanding them like God's anointed king. 00:05:47.220 --> 00:05:51.120 Directing the choir of angels to worship God. 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:55.180 Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones. 00:05:56.060 --> 00:05:57.899 Literally, it's sons of God. 00:05:57.899 --> 00:06:01.120 Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:03.779 Give unto the Lord the glory due his name. 00:06:06.019 --> 00:06:07.259 Ascribe unto him. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.239 Recognize this is who God is. 00:06:11.239 --> 00:06:16.699 He says, worship the Lord in the beauty or majesty of holiness. 00:06:17.899 --> 00:06:20.639 Around the throne of God, there's no room for sin. 00:06:21.159 --> 00:06:23.819 The beings there are holy. 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:30.939 They are ones who God has brought in and accepted to be in the presence of the God, the creator. 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:32.180 Undefiled. 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:37.199 The reason we know that this phrase, sons of God, refers to the angels. 00:06:37.459 --> 00:06:39.339 Is by looking at the rest of scripture. 00:06:39.500 --> 00:06:41.519 Where else is this phrase used? 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:46.800 The most clear example, though there are many others, is Job chapter 1 verse 6. 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:49.719 And he says exactly the same thing. 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:55.800 The sons of Elim, the sons of God, present themselves before the Lord. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.020 And they shout for joy at creation. 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:03.780 So here are the angels in heaven. 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:06.060 The highest of heavens. 00:07:07.220 --> 00:07:13.260 The voice of the Lord calling them through scripture to give him glory and honor that is due to him. 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:17.560 And then we read of heaven coming to earth. 00:07:17.719 --> 00:07:22.319 In verse 3, it tells us that the voice of the Lord is over the waters. 00:07:22.899 --> 00:07:25.279 The God of glory thunders. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.339 The Lord is over many waters. 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:39.300 Well, most likely this is a literal reference to thunderclouds forming from evaporated water over the Mediterranean Sea. 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:42.000 On the west coast of Israel. 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.300 And as they form, you can see those clouds. 00:07:46.280 --> 00:07:47.579 They're getting darker and darker. 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:49.759 They're building up. 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:52.620 They're moving with the wind. 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.360 A charge is forming inside of them. 00:07:56.300 --> 00:07:59.960 And the sight of that thunderstorm that's about to blow into the kingdom. 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:01.800 It's getting closer and closer. 00:08:02.900 --> 00:08:05.660 Maybe that's what reminded David of how little he is. 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.000 It reminds him of God's power. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.860 And he says in verse 4, 00:08:11.540 --> 00:08:17.360 The voice of the Lord, even as it begins to thunder, is powerful. 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:22.779 The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.060 Seven times this phrase is used. 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:29.459 The voice of the Lord. 00:08:29.860 --> 00:08:34.379 And in scripture, in the Hebrew tradition, seven is the number of completeness. 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:35.980 It's God's number. 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:38.879 It's the number of divine perfection. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:47.180 We could say seven million more examples of how the voice of the Lord speaks and thunders, couldn't we? 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:56.500 But by using this phrase seven times in a concise, poetic way, that number seven stands for all the countless ways the Lord speaks. 00:08:56.500 --> 00:09:08.500 Brothers and sisters, the next time that you get to hear thunder in the clouds, let it remind us of the voice of the Lord. 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:16.539 Remember how the voice of God, it goes forth from heaven and it's full of power and majesty. 00:09:16.539 --> 00:09:26.179 No matter what you're doing in that moment, if you're looking out the window or driving or washing the dishes, pause and worship the Lord. 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:31.360 Let it stir your heart to remember who our mighty God is. 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:39.639 We sing a great song today that that that can fill those words when he stirs our heart and reminds us of his majesty. 00:09:40.180 --> 00:09:42.899 We sing the splendor of the king. 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:45.600 Clothed in majesty. 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:48.220 Let all the earth rejoice. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:50.159 All the earth rejoice. 00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:57.680 He wraps himself in light and darkness tries to hide, but it trembles at his voice. 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:59.979 It trembles at his voice. 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:08.299 We join our voices as a church when we gather with these voices in the highest of heaven. 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:15.000 Revelation 4 and 5 gives us a glimpse into the throne of God in heaven. 00:10:16.219 --> 00:10:18.739 And it's described by the apostle John this way. 00:10:18.739 --> 00:10:20.399 As a roaring. 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:22.779 As many waters. 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.659 The voice of the angels that surround the throne. 00:10:25.659 --> 00:10:27.079 The living creatures. 00:10:27.219 --> 00:10:27.740 The elders. 00:10:28.699 --> 00:10:31.939 He says the number of them was 10,000 times. 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:33.919 10,000 of thousands. 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:36.740 Saying with a loud voice. 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:38.980 Holy, holy, holy. 00:10:39.319 --> 00:10:41.159 Lord God almighty. 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:44.679 Who was and is and is to come. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:51.100 You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:53.300 For you created all things. 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:57.860 And by your will they exist and were created. 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:03.240 The Lord is holy, holy, holy. 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:09.120 Cherubim and seraphim fall down before thee. 00:11:09.659 --> 00:11:13.460 Who wert and art and evermore shall be. 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:19.120 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder in the highest of heavens. 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.860 Number two. 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:25.840 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder in the tallest mountains. 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:30.500 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder next in the tallest mountains. 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:35.419 So that thunderstorm that began to form over the Mediterranean Sea. 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:37.360 It's on the move. 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.360 And it begins to invade the land. 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:44.860 It begins at one tip of God's kingdom on earth. 00:11:45.460 --> 00:11:49.360 And it moves its way all the way down to the other far extreme. 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.159 It starts in the northwest. 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.980 And it moves its way all the way down to the southeastern border. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.240 Look at verse 5. 00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:02.899 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars. 00:12:03.019 --> 00:12:07.519 Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon. 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:12.039 Lebanon was the land up north of Israel. 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:13.419 Up in the mountains. 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:18.519 It was the land that was possessed by the Canaanites and the Phoenicians. 00:12:18.659 --> 00:12:20.460 Outside of the kingdom of Israel. 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.639 And these were Baal worshippers. 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:27.299 Verse 6. 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:31.379 David says that God makes them skip also like a calf. 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:32.620 Lebanon and Syrian. 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:35.819 Like a wild young ox. 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:40.219 Lebanon and Syrian on the two highest mountain ranges. 00:12:40.599 --> 00:12:43.419 On the northern border of Israel. 00:12:45.099 --> 00:12:48.240 Syrian is the Phoenician name for Mount Hermon. 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:53.139 And it towers over 9,000 feet above sea level. 00:12:53.139 --> 00:13:03.480 In the ancient mind, these mountains were the ultimate symbols of stability, permanency, and raw physical power. 00:13:04.659 --> 00:13:07.179 Mountains are completely immovable. 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:10.100 We know those driving around them here in Colorado, don't we? 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:18.799 And these Phoenician Canaanite Baal worshippers, as well as the Philistine worshippers of Baal. 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.279 They believed that Baal was the cloud rider. 00:13:22.979 --> 00:13:26.259 He was the god that lived up on one of those mountains in their land. 00:13:26.699 --> 00:13:30.399 And from there, he orchestrated and directed the rain and the thunderstorm. 00:13:31.599 --> 00:13:35.959 They gave Baal glory for the rain that would bring the crops and their food. 00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:41.899 They were worshipping a demon, a false god, in the place of the creator. 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:52.480 Worshippers of Baal believed that he ruled over all the earth and controlled these storms that were blowing in over Israel. 00:13:53.740 --> 00:14:06.639 And here in Psalm 29, it's David, the king, who is a shadow of the king Jesus, reclaiming Yahweh is the lord of the storm. 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:14.799 Yahweh, not Baal, is the true king who commands the heaven, the thunder, the rain across all borders. 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:23.360 David compares these mountains of the enemies of God up north to a calf and a young wild ox. 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:31.679 He says they're skipping and leaping and bounding like they're full of terror at Yahweh's voice. 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:38.620 Verse 7 says the voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire. 00:14:39.439 --> 00:14:43.039 It's a mysterious poetic description, but it's actually perfect. 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:50.339 The literal word there, the verb, is that the voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire. 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:59.600 He's saying if you take a big massive boulder like a rock and you picture a giant chisel striking the top of that rock, 00:14:59.680 --> 00:15:02.800 you would watch that rock splinter and crack all the way down. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:11.259 And the sound that that would make and even the jagged cutting down, that's exactly like a strike of lightning. 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.580 And that's what he's describing it at. 00:15:13.660 --> 00:15:18.980 This flame of fire that God has smashed down through the atmosphere. 00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:26.320 The Lord, by his voice, his thundering voice, divides the flames of fire. 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.840 He hews them out in the atmosphere. 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:40.320 As these dark storm clouds roll in and thunder begins to crack and lightning begins to strike on the land up on these mountaintops, 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:45.360 everything seems to tremble and quake at the voice of the Lord. 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:53.220 The sky is violently split open by bolts of lightning that come from the mouth of God, so to speak. 00:15:53.220 --> 00:16:02.040 The voice of the Lord is so sharp and powerful that it carves out these flashes of fire like a stonemason. 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:12.500 This false god that the neighbors worshipped, Baal, when they would make an icon of him, you know, on a coin or something like that, 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:15.699 they would put in his hand a lightning bolt. 00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:18.779 So a lightning bolt was the weapon of Baal. 00:16:20.099 --> 00:16:22.519 You see what Psalm 29 does. 00:16:22.599 --> 00:16:24.519 It says that lightning is God's tool. 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:32.259 It's made by the spoken word of the living God who spoke and brought everything in creation into being. 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.559 He is the one who deserves to be praised. 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.740 And the voice of the Lord thunders across all borders. 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:46.199 Even those outside of the kingdom of God in Israel at this time, 00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:49.220 they could not deny the power of the creator. 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:57.220 God has revealed himself sufficiently in nature so that all may know that he is God, the creator. 00:16:58.160 --> 00:17:01.440 We all owe God worship and obedience. 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:04.079 This is what God is due. 00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:09.160 Romans 1, 2, and 3 says that no man is left with any excuse. 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:12.299 We know we must worship our creator. 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:16.299 We sing how great is our God. 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:19.859 His is the name above all names. 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.419 No one else compares. 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.980 He alone is worthy of our praise. 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:29.399 And when his voice reaches the ear of a sinner like you and me, 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:31.359 and he calls us into his kingdom, 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.700 we can sing how my heart rejoices in this great God. 00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:38.059 I love his voice. 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:44.159 Because his voice thunders among the tallest mountains, 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:47.019 calling all to bow their knee to him. 00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:50.539 Number three, the third place. 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.480 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder, 00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:55.359 not only way up there in the tallest mountains, 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.559 but also next in the lowest wilderness. 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:03.240 Hear the voice of the Lord thunder also in the lowest wilderness. 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:06.579 That's where verse 8 takes us. 00:18:06.679 --> 00:18:07.419 Look at verse 8. 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:11.019 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness. 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:14.300 The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.660 The voice of the Lord in the thunderstorm, 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:24.000 it's now blown all the way across the kingdom of Israel. 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:29.240 From the northwest up by the Phoenicians and the mountains of Lebanon, 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:34.560 it's blown all the way south to the very border with Egypt now. 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:39.759 And it's just south of the Dead Sea is where this wilderness of Kadesh is. 00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:43.299 Remember those mountains up in Lebanon where the cedars grow? 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:45.700 We see that here too on the top of the hills. 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.539 You see all the beautiful tall trees, the hardwoods. 00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:52.119 But remember the Dead Sea, it's below sea level. 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:59.259 You go from the mountains 9,000 feet above sea level all the way now to the wilderness below sea level, 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:01.639 the wilderness of Kadesh. 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:09.860 It's swept across the entire domain that God has given Israel at this moment in redemptive history. 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:14.439 And the voice of the Lord now in this desert, this wilderness, 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:17.919 the winds, the storm, the thunder, 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:21.679 it's like it's making the sand in the wilderness dance. 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:24.479 He shakes the wilderness. 00:19:26.419 --> 00:19:30.099 They shake in the terror of this mighty voice. 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:35.899 The lightning-filled thundercloud from which the voice of the Lord thunders, 00:19:36.459 --> 00:19:44.419 it pictures God's power and majesty overshadowing every inch of His kingdom on earth at that time. 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.399 And the voice of the Lord in this cloud, 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:50.039 it envelops the entire length of the land 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:53.299 that's wedged between the Mediterranean Sea to the west 00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:55.099 and the Arabian Desert to the east. 00:19:55.099 --> 00:20:00.980 That's modern-day Lebanon all the way through the land of Israel down to Egypt. 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:05.519 And so he's using one geographic extreme point and then the other. 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:08.740 He's not mentioning any other points of reference in between. 00:20:09.959 --> 00:20:12.480 Again, he's using a concise tool here 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:16.059 to show from one extreme to the other 00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:19.019 the totality of God's dominion. 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:22.240 And throughout the land of Israel, 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:25.460 this domain where he's put his people to live 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:27.000 and to know him and worship him, 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:30.180 through them he's revealed himself more clearly in his word 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:32.700 and he's told them how they can be saved. 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:36.740 Here is the kingdom of God and he provides for you. 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:40.980 He is the one that you need to give thanks when your crops grow. 00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:45.980 Psalm 147 verse 8 picks up on this theme. 00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:48.819 The Lord covers the heavens with clouds. 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:51.059 He prepares the rains for the earth. 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:53.279 He makes the grass grow on the hills. 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:55.500 He makes peace in your borders. 00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:58.159 He fills you with the finest of wheat. 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:00.940 He sends out his command to the earth. 00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:03.960 His word runs swiftly. 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:07.779 He sends out his word and he melts the snow. 00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:12.279 He makes the wind blow and the waters flow. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:17.879 All of the created order from the highest forested mountain 00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:20.059 down to the lowest, driest desert. 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:24.379 It all trembles under the sovereign voice of Yahweh. 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:28.759 And we sing his praise this way too. 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:31.680 Thou rushing wind that art so strong, 00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:34.379 ye clouds that sail in heaven along. 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.799 Oh, praise him. 00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.680 Hallelujah. 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:43.880 You can hear the voice of the Lord thunder in the lowest wilderness. 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.160 The wilderness of Kadesh. 00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:51.019 That term Kadesh is not by accident. 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:54.360 It's a pregnant point of reference as well. 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:57.779 It's loaded with meaning in special ways. 00:21:57.779 --> 00:22:01.619 If you search your Bible for that word, Kadesh, 00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.779 what else happened there in that wilderness? 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:09.019 This is the same wilderness where Moses failed to trust the Lord 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:12.619 when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it like God commanded. 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:17.660 Kadesh is also where the people then failed to trust the Lord 00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:20.839 when they came back and heard the report from the spies 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.639 that had gone into this very land. 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:25.280 And they said it's possessed by giants. 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:27.220 Don't trust God and obey. 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:29.620 And the Lord punished them for it. 00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:35.540 Kadesh, this wilderness represents two of the greatest failures of God's people. 00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.640 Though he had delivered them out of slavery, 00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:40.160 he had shown his covenant faithfulness to them. 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:45.920 The wilderness of Kadesh is a reminder of their failures to God, 00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:47.080 their covenant breaking. 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:50.939 But even there in that wilderness, 00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:54.399 that place where we're reminded of our greatest sins, 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.359 our greatest failures, 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:59.859 even there the voice of the Lord thunders. 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:04.299 When we're reminded of our sin, our weakness, 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.579 God still speaks to us. 00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:08.699 The Lord still reigns there. 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:12.339 Our most devastating failures, 00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.539 our worst sins, 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.079 our humbling mistakes, 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.759 mistakes. 00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:19.939 They do not dethrone our great God. 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.799 The thunderstorm makes it undeniable 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:26.099 that we are so tiny, 00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:28.240 so weak as creatures, 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:31.639 and that the Lord is the almighty creator, 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:34.179 and that he is not silent. 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.460 We cannot deny him. 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:39.460 We see his voice and his work everywhere. 00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:43.000 This same creator God who rules over 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:46.420 the mountains and the wilderness. 00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:51.059 He is the one through whom all things have their being. 00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:54.039 He is the bringer of life by his word. 00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:58.500 Notice within the dominion of the kingdom of Israel, 00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:01.559 within the land where they are living with God as their king, 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:04.039 what verse 9 says about God, 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:06.220 what his voice reveals of him. 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:12.500 Verse 9 says that the voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:15.559 and strips the forests bare. 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:21.180 It's revealing two wonderful truths about God. 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:28.059 A fragile Bambi is born by the merciful voice of the Lord. 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:33.159 We can conclude the voice of the Lord works mercifully. 00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:38.619 And also, those iron-like branches are snapped off the hardwood 00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:41.000 by the mighty voice of the Lord. 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:44.579 We can conclude that the voice of our Lord 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:46.740 not only works mercifully, 00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:48.279 it also works mightily. 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:51.220 And he's putting those two truths together, 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.200 side by side. 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:59.400 Our Lord is holy, holy, holy, merciful, and mighty. 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:03.080 All creatures of our God and King, 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:05.940 even you deer and you trees, 00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:09.900 lift up your voices and with us sing hallelujah. 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:13.799 Let all things their creator bless 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:16.680 and worship him in humbleness. 00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.240 Hallelujah. 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.420 Hallelujah. 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:26.519 While the voice of the Lord in creation reveals God undeniably, 00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:29.759 it does not reveal God sufficiently. 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:34.980 The voice of the Lord is heard in creation in the nature, 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:37.820 both inside and outside of his kingdom. 00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:41.640 But this voice of the Lord in creation, 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:45.880 it only reveals him enough for all men to know we are condemned. 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:48.740 We know there is a creator. 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.520 He's mighty. 00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.900 And I'm nothing. 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:56.580 It's not enough to know God savingly. 00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:00.220 Where do we go to hear the voice of God 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:03.580 minister grace and salvation and redemption 00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.700 the way he's ordained? 00:26:05.760 --> 00:26:07.520 Well, that's where the psalm takes us next. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.820 Look at verse 10. 00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:12.560 Where do we go to hear the voice of the Lord thunder? 00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.360 His grace. 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:16.599 It's in his holy temple. 00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:21.740 We hear the voice of the Lord thunder next in his holy temple. 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:25.219 A person from any nation, 00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:27.699 anyone who can see a thunderstorm, 00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:33.279 you may go and hear the voice of the Lord clearly and savingly. 00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:36.259 Hear him speak words of grace 00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:39.079 and reveal himself, his plan of redemption. 00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:42.159 Verse 10 says, in his temple. 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:47.480 When the people of God hear the voice of the Lord in his temple, 00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:49.600 look how they respond. 00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:52.779 It's a one word shout. 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.340 It's glory. 00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:57.040 You behold by faith, 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:59.259 he is merciful and mighty. 00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.680 And you say glory. 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.860 Why is this so? 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:05.279 Why is it in the temple? 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:12.219 The temple is the place where God's glory dwells on earth. 00:27:13.219 --> 00:27:16.579 The temple is where the voice of the Lord speaks to you 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:19.199 through the reading and teaching of his word. 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:25.519 The temple is where the voice of the Lord ministers God's covenant faithfulness to you 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:29.240 through the blood that was shed for the forgiveness of sins. 00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:35.980 The temple is where you and I can hear the voice of the Lord proclaim his gracious blessings 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:39.200 to you and me who deserve his wrath. 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:42.500 The temple is where you and I are reminded 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:45.759 of that God is our creator. 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:49.740 And he rules over the storm. 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.099 Verse 10 says, 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:55.259 the Lord sat enthroned at the flood. 00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:58.720 Not sure what David was envisioning. 00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:01.000 It could be in that wilderness setting, 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:04.019 these dry creeks of Israel, 00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:05.600 just like we have here in Colorado. 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:11.579 When a flash flood of a monsoon hits the southwest where it's desert-like, 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:15.140 the dry creeks fill up very quickly. 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:17.720 You can get swept away with them like a flood. 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:23.000 But it's also a reference to the flood of Genesis, 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:26.279 the great floods throughout all of the Old Testament. 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.920 It's an allusion to this water of destruction and chaos. 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.180 The mighty works of God, 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:36.119 preserved in his word and the scriptures, 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:38.039 throughout redemptive history. 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.319 The waters at creation, 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.579 God hovering over them, 00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:46.440 enthroned above the water that he created. 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:49.700 Also the worldwide flood 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.779 that we read about in Genesis 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:54.799 as a foreshadowing of the coming judgment, 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.899 the eternal punishment 00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:57.519 where God will pour out his wrath 00:28:57.519 --> 00:29:00.839 and bury all the sinners under his judgment 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.559 when he comes again. 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:05.119 It's a reminder of 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:08.720 the time when the Lord delivered his people from slavery 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.700 and he led them across the Red Sea 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:13.119 and then there he covered the enemies of God's people. 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:16.279 He buried them in a flood at the Red Sea. 00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.940 And then he did the same with the Jordan River, 00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:20.779 crossing over into the Promised Land 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:22.700 through those waters of judgment 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:24.159 into his blessing. 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:27.080 Verse 10 says, 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:29.860 The Lord sits as king forever. 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:35.019 What is David envisioning by faith 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.100 as the Lord sitting? 00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.100 He says, 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:42.900 The Lord sits as king forever. 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:47.180 And the setting in verse 10 is the temple. 00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:52.940 It's a vision of a priest in the temple ministering God to us 00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:56.539 and it's a vision of a king ruling over his people. 00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:02.960 The temple in the time of David had not yet been built. 00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:06.080 So is this the temple of the highest heaven 00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:09.779 that by faith the Lord is letting him trust this promise? 00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:15.039 And what is David envisioning of how God will actually bring this 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:17.379 to be accomplished and fulfilled? 00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:22.259 See, David never got to build the temple himself. 00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.879 He never got to see the temple 00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:25.759 or enter the temple. 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:29.259 He never got to join in the temple 00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.399 and shout glory. 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:34.740 So I believe David is trusting in a future event, 00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:36.780 a future promise that's yet to come. 00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:41.460 The temple was on David's mind 00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:44.019 incessantly as the Holy Spirit led him 00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:46.759 to compose this entire cluster of psalms. 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.960 As you remember, 00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:51.040 this summer we've been going through Psalm 25 00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:52.360 all the way through this one. 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.200 There are numerous references. 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:57.799 It's laced with allusions to a temple, 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.940 a tabernacle, 00:30:59.100 --> 00:31:00.140 or a house of God. 00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:03.100 This is what David's meditating on. 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.940 It's what's filling his mind. 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.660 A friend of mine 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:09.680 who's studied this carefully, 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:13.460 he pointed something out so helpful to me. 00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:17.019 He pointed out how in Acts 2, 00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:20.000 the apostle Peter cites David. 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.840 He cites Psalm 16. 00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:23.220 It's a Psalm of David. 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:25.259 And then Peter interprets that 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.019 and he says, 00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:29.279 David was speaking of Jesus Christ. 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:32.660 So in 2 Samuel chapter 7, 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:34.539 the Lord gives David the promise 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:37.720 of what his seed, his son, will do. 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.600 And Peter tells us 00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:42.059 that by faith David trusted the Lord. 00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:44.019 This is referring to Jesus Christ. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:47.220 So that answers these mysterious allusions 00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.860 beyond David's own lifetime 00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:52.140 and vantage point then. 00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:54.520 He's getting glimpses 00:31:54.520 --> 00:31:56.340 and the Spirit's breathing out a promise 00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:58.600 of the future work of Jesus, 00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:00.280 the voice of God, 00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.860 the prophet, 00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.420 the priest in the temple, 00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:05.140 the king ruling over his people. 00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:08.960 God fulfilled his promises 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.620 to build the temple 00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:12.759 first through Solomon, 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:14.759 but ultimately through Jesus Christ. 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:18.359 Let's not skip over Solomon entirely. 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.140 Go back to verse 5. 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:22.720 Look at again what it says in verse 5. 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:26.339 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars. 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:30.119 Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon. 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:33.299 The next generation, 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.659 what would happen is this. 00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:36.419 The voice of the Lord 00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:38.219 would direct Solomon 00:32:38.219 --> 00:32:41.119 and the kings of the Phoenicians in Lebanon 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:44.379 to supply the lumber 00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:46.299 to build the temple. 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:50.239 Cedar was used 00:32:50.239 --> 00:32:53.039 because it's prized for that fine grain, 00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:55.339 its resistance to insects, 00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.079 durability, 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.619 and the pleasant aroma. 00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.019 It was used to line 00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:00.379 the interior walls, 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.199 the ceilings, 00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:03.500 and the innermost sanctuary, 00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.899 the Holy of Holies. 00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.799 Can you picture 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.339 a beautiful cedar box 00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:12.039 just built immaculately 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:14.579 and then gilded with gold? 00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:17.240 And it came from these very mountains, 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:19.019 9,000 feet above sea level 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:20.759 that once trembled 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.319 at the voice of the Lord. 00:33:22.939 --> 00:33:24.179 And now the voice of the Lord 00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.220 brings that lumber 00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:27.700 to represent the Holy of Holies 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:29.720 where His glory dwells. 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.420 So we get to hear 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.900 the voice of the Lord thunder 00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:35.360 in the holy temple by faith. 00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:39.759 But here's the fifth and final place 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:41.839 where we hear most clearly, 00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.700 most undeniably, 00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:45.480 the voice of the Lord thunder. 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:47.339 It's in Jesus Christ. 00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:49.640 Jesus Christ is the place 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:51.140 where we hear the voice of the Lord 00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:53.160 thunder most powerfully. 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:56.920 King David foreshadowed 00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.259 the work of Jesus Christ 00:33:58.259 --> 00:34:00.040 in His first coming 00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:02.640 as a shepherd, 00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.620 a warrior, 00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.019 a suffering king, 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:07.860 a man anointed by God 00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:10.360 to conquer through obedience. 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.780 Solomon foreshadows 00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:15.280 the work of Jesus Christ 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.440 in His second coming 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:18.920 to rule with peace 00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:21.079 over all the kingdom, 00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.039 to expand the borders 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.539 till it covers the whole world. 00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:27.800 Jesus Christ fulfills 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.280 Psalm 29. 00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:33.740 Our scripture reading 00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:35.060 in the New Testament today 00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:36.440 was from Matthew 17. 00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.300 Did you pick up 00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:38.580 on the similar language? 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:41.160 A bright cloud 00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:43.540 overshadowing this mountain 00:34:43.540 --> 00:34:44.400 where Jesus, 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:46.760 John and Peter and James 00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:48.160 are standing with 00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:51.060 Moses representing all the law, 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:53.160 Elijah representing all the prophets, 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.880 all which point to Jesus. 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:58.320 And Matthew 17 tells us 00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:00.380 in the midst of that cloud 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:02.700 on the top of a mountain, 00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:04.660 suddenly a voice 00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:06.519 came out from the cloud. 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:09.099 It's the voice of the Lord 00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:10.119 thundering. 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:14.260 This, Jesus Christ, 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:16.240 is my beloved Son 00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:19.700 in whom I am well pleased. 00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.980 Listen to the instructions. 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.280 Hear Him. 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:27.740 Jesus is my voice. 00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.820 Listen to Him. 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.320 Hear Him. 00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:36.340 Peter was one of those disciples. 00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.820 And he turns around 00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.480 to the church 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.280 in one of his letters 00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.700 in 2 Peter 1.16. 00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.340 And he writes this 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.920 to the church, 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.619 to you and me. 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:46.700 We were eyewitnesses 00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:48.460 of His majesty. 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.640 The same language 00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:51.800 used to describe God 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.660 in Psalm 29 00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.799 is the majesty 00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.940 of Jesus Christ. 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:58.579 He received from God the Father 00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.339 honor and glory 00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:04.259 when such a voice 00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:05.759 came to Him 00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:08.500 from the excellent glory. 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:12.179 This is my beloved Son 00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:14.579 in whom I am well pleased. 00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:16.420 Peter heard Jesus. 00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:18.000 Peter turned around 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.739 and told the church 00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:20.239 we heard His voice 00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:21.820 which came from heaven 00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:23.460 when we were with Him 00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:25.599 on the holy mountain. 00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.420 Brothers and sisters 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.280 and dear friends, 00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.219 Jesus Christ 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:32.340 is the voice of God. 00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.159 Jesus Christ 00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.940 is the Creator. 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.840 Jesus Christ 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.719 is the Word, 00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.820 the Logos 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.559 of God. 00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.360 He is the mighty 00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.599 voice of the Lord. 00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.679 Lord. 00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.480 Jesus Christ 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.559 is also the temple 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.239 of the Lord. 00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.119 He said, 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:49.239 you can tear down 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.779 this temple, 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.279 my body, 00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:51.000 and I'll rebuild it 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.639 in three days. 00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.719 I'll rise from the dead. 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.199 Jesus Christ 00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.039 is the radiance 00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.099 of the glory of God. 00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.940 He is the exact imprint 00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.400 of God's nature. 00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.219 Jesus Christ, 00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.900 the Scripture tells us, 00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.799 He is the one 00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.679 who upholds 00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.420 the universe 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.659 by the word 00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:08.039 of His power. 00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.579 Hear the voice 00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.440 of the Lord 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.720 thunder clearly 00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.780 and personally 00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:14.000 to you and me 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.400 in Jesus Christ. 00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.059 Psalm 29 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.420 began in heaven. 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.559 Remember that? 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.099 Verse 1, 00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:23.079 Give unto the Lord, 00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:24.760 O you heavenly beings. 00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.960 Give unto the Lord 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.980 glory and strength. 00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.860 Give unto the Lord 00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.720 the glory due 00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.980 His name, 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.579 which Jesus Christ 00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.039 revealed. 00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.920 It's the name 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.940 of the Father, 00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.559 the Son, 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:36.119 and the Holy Spirit. 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.880 The name 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:38.700 which one day 00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:39.920 every tongue 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.539 will confess 00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.019 and to whom 00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.599 every knee 00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.260 will bow 00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:43.760 and proclaim 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.900 that He is Lord. 00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:51.200 David is telling 00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.980 the congregation 00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.659 and you and me 00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.240 look up. 00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.860 The highest, 00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.900 most powerful 00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.960 spiritual beings 00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.599 in existence, 00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.940 they bow down 00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:00.159 and worship Jesus. 00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.940 Seated at the right 00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.860 hand of the Father 00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.659 Almighty. 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:06.400 The Lord is holy, 00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:06.820 holy, 00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.260 holy. 00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:09.040 Father, 00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:09.460 Son, 00:38:09.520 --> 00:38:10.020 and Spirit. 00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.980 How much more 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.900 should we 00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.920 who dwell on earth 00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.480 give to Him, 00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:16.520 ascribe to Him 00:38:16.520 --> 00:38:17.300 the glory due 00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:18.300 His name? 00:38:19.660 --> 00:38:20.600 In Psalm 29, 00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.760 though it began 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.200 in heaven, 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.280 it ends right here 00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:24.360 with you and me 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.260 on earth. 00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:27.300 The Lord in heaven 00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.580 dwells with His people. 00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.280 He's with His people. 00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:31.240 Look at verse 11. 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:33.859 The Lord will give 00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:35.019 strength to you, 00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.039 His people. 00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.839 The Lord will bless 00:38:37.839 --> 00:38:38.459 you and me, 00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.399 His people, 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.579 in His spiritual 00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.379 kingdom now 00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:42.419 with peace. 00:38:46.419 --> 00:38:47.259 You're either 00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:48.079 in His kingdom 00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:49.779 at peace with God 00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:51.899 or you're His enemy. 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:55.000 Jeremiah pointed out 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.539 that if you read 00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.239 Psalm 29 00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:59.639 and leave off 00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.339 verse 11, 00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:02.000 you're left 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:03.320 trembling in your boots. 00:39:04.180 --> 00:39:05.140 You're left 00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:06.579 fearing God 00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.160 the Creator 00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:08.200 with no hope 00:39:08.200 --> 00:39:09.360 of ever approaching 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.420 that holy temple. 00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:13.079 But if you approach 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:14.579 God through Jesus Christ, 00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:15.240 the temple, 00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:15.880 the way, 00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:17.320 the path, 00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.480 the meeting point 00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.720 where God dwells 00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.500 with you and me 00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.420 because of the blood 00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.940 of Jesus, 00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:25.260 you are united 00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.599 to the Creator God 00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.360 and His power 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.079 and His might 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:29.539 and you receive 00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:31.119 peace with God 00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:32.800 and peace in your life 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.780 which can only 00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:35.480 come from God. 00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.679 Let's let these clouds 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.840 that form above us 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:43.360 almost every single day 00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.200 remind us 00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:46.119 that one day soon 00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:47.360 the glory of the Lord 00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:48.519 will cover 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.880 the new heavens 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:51.300 and the new earth. 00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:53.080 just like these clouds 00:39:53.080 --> 00:39:54.240 cover the earth today. 00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:56.440 One day soon 00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.340 all God's people 00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:58.940 will get to hear 00:39:58.940 --> 00:40:00.760 the voice of the Lord 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.800 speaking to us 00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:04.519 audibly, 00:40:05.080 --> 00:40:06.539 our own ears. 00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:08.900 you will recognize 00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:10.079 the voice of Jesus. 00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.460 Just like you know 00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.599 a voice of your loved one 00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.460 around the corner, 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.219 you will hear Jesus 00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:19.159 one day soon. 00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.679 One day soon 00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.739 the voice of the Lord 00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.519 will fill 00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.659 every corner 00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.400 of His kingdom 00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.539 and His kingdom 00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.659 will have no end. 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.139 One day soon 00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.820 there will be 00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:30.119 no more 00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.659 false worship 00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.719 under the sun. 00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.920 One day soon 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.500 there will be 00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.639 no more memory 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.860 of our failures. 00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.519 No more reminders 00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.340 of Kadesh. 00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.139 One day soon 00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.559 there will be 00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.780 no more fear, 00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:45.099 no more shame. 00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.800 One day soon 00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:47.420 we will hear 00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.760 the voice of our Lord 00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:51.639 singing over us, 00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.840 His people, 00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:54.619 with delight in us. 00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:57.099 And on that 00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:58.260 great day 00:40:58.260 --> 00:40:59.059 our Lord Jesus 00:40:59.059 --> 00:41:00.440 will direct 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.500 the angels 00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.980 and all the 00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:04.179 great cloud of witnesses 00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:05.599 to lift their voices 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.759 and sing 00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:08.279 the praise of God. 00:41:08.919 --> 00:41:09.519 On that 00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.440 great day 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.480 you and I 00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.659 will join 00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.159 our 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:15.000 hoarse 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:16.399 weak voices 00:41:16.399 --> 00:41:17.519 with that 00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.399 great choir 00:41:18.399 --> 00:41:19.480 in heaven 00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:21.359 covering the new earth 00:41:21.359 --> 00:41:23.099 and we will all 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.960 thunder back 00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:25.879 our thanks to God 00:41:25.879 --> 00:41:26.679 in response 00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:28.299 to His voice 00:41:28.299 --> 00:41:29.139 calling us 00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:31.139 on that great day 00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:32.539 and forevermore. 00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.299 Let's praise 00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:34.699 the Lord 00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:36.539 and ask Him 00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:37.460 to lead us 00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.960 doing this 00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.779 now by faith 00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:40.179 longing for that day 00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.699 when it will be 00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.199 by sight. 00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.500 Please pray with me. 00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:53.340 oh Lord we praise you 00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:56.679 for how you've come near to us 00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:59.619 in the person of Jesus Christ 00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:04.280 how your perfect love drives out fear 00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:09.340 and how you reassure us that we belong to you 00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:12.800 who know your voice and who follow you 00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:15.960 please cause us to do that Lord 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:19.740 by your strength and for your glory we ask 00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.519 Amen