... in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. Through the prayers of our
holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen. Glory
to You, our God, Glory to You.
O Heavenly King,
the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill all things,
Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us
from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the
beginning, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Psalm 111:1-10[1]
Praise the Lord.
I will praise the Lord with whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, the congregation.
The works of the Lord [are] great, sought out
by all those who have pleasure in them.
His work [is] honorable and
glorious. His righteousness endures
forever. He has made His wonderful works
to be remembered. The Lord [is] gracious and full of
compassion. He has given food to those
who fear Him. He will be ever mindful of
His covenant. He has showed His people
the power of His works, so that He may give them the heritage of the heathen.
The works of His hands [are] reality and judgment. All His commandments [are] sure. They stand fast
forever and ever. [They are] done in truth and uprightness. He sent redemption to His people. He has commanded His covenant forever. Holy and reverend [is] His name.
The fear of the Lord [is] the beginning of
wisdom.[2] A good understanding have
all those who do [His commandments].
[1] The
great works of God are: His creation of the Universe; His ongoing provision for
that creation; and His Law given through Moses.
These great works are administered on earth by an eternal covenant,
which unfolds in history: Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the tribes of
Israel, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus.
Yes, all these are pictures pointing to Jesus. Solomon employs a latter verse of this Psalm,
“The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom,” as the motto of Proverbs,
where he unfolds the wise nature of Jesus in great detail.
[2] This
is already, or will become the motto of Proverbs. Either this Psalm is written by Solomon, or
Solomon will quote David (or some other psalmist) in Proverbs. Because the argument of the book of Proverbs revolves
around the father-son relationship, we would be inclined to believe that David
wrote this Psalm, while Solomon quotes David in Proverbs.
[3] From
the human perspective, all the covenants were broken: covenants between Yahweh Noah,
Abraham, Moses at the Exodus, Moses in Deuteronomy, and David. These covenants were usually ratified and
sealed in the presence of the Shekinah. From the Divine perspective, all these
covenants continue in full effect and reach their culmination and ultimate
fulfillment in the blood of the new covenant.
Because this Everlasting Covenant cannot be broken, we now see each of
the broken covenants as a type of death, followed immediately by new birth or
resurrection. Each covenant discloses
some new facet of the kingdom of God. The
blood of the new covenant is both Old and New Testament in nature (Jeremiah
31:31; Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2
Corinthians 3:6-7; Hebrews 8:7-8, 13; 9:15; 12:24).
The Church is not a new work of God; it is the redemption, resurrection,
and revival of the true Israel of God, which is now re-clothed with the
righteousness of Christ by the power of the Holy Ghost within Her (Jeremiah
4:4; Romans 2:29). Until physical Israel
returns to Christ she is cut off and has no future with God (Romans 9-11);
Israel must be grafted in again to the tree of life by embracing her True Messiah. The blood of the new covenant cannot be
terminated. All of the covenants of God
are expressions of the Eternal or Everlasting Covenant, and each of them is
identified as such.
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