Ep 387 | Psalms 102-150, Come Follow Me 2026 (Aug 31-Sept 6)

**Bryce Dunford** (0:03)
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**Mike Day** (0:10)
We also dive into the history and cultures of the text.

**Bryce Dunford** (0:13)
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**Mike Day** (0:16)
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**Bryce Dunford** (0:26)
And I'm Bryce.

**Mike Day** (0:27)
This section of Come Follow Me is going to cover Psalms 102 to 150, the third set of the Psalms this week. For those of you that haven't heard the previous two, we would encourage you to go back and listen to those.

**Bryce Dunford** (0:40)
In the previous two podcasts on Psalms, we established the setting of the Psalms, that the ancient Israelites had a temple ceremony.
Not necessarily an individual one like we have today, but a group ceremony, a festival. And it was associated with the beginning of the year, the Feast of Tabernacles. And they would gather, and they would have this days-long ceremony. It's that setting that we believe is the backdrop of the Psalms, that these Psalms come out of different portions of that ceremony. So those of you who have been to a modern-day temple should recognize a lot of the themes and ideas that you find in the Psalms, because they are just dripping with temple imagery and temple covenants.

**Mike Day** (1:23)
I think that's a good intro, Bryce. It's good to have a little bit of background, especially for those of you that haven't heard us before. So thank you for reminding all of us what's going on. Before we jump in to Psalm 102, I just want to pay homage to a couple of the Psalms that we skipped, because last week in Come Follow Me, it ended in 86, and so we're skipping 87 through 101 But I want to talk a little bit about Psalm 89
So I think one of the things that is happening in Psalm 89 is it's talking about God's power in creation. So look in verse 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain. Thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm. Skip down to verse 14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. I think one of the ways we can read these verses is God's power of creation. Rahab is this personification of Leviathan, or the personification of the Chaos Dragon. God has defeated the forces of chaos and established truth, and he is our king. That's verse 18
Then we skip to verse 20-23, where it talks about David's kingship. Remember, anciently, David or the king, whoever the king was, was a son of David. The king represented to the people, God's chosen servant, and that when the king was righteous, the land would be whole. The king would make covenants at the fall festival, and that's the setting of life we think is happening here with the Psalms. And so the king would make these covenants, and then he would be anointed king. And as this was going on, then the people would also have those promises extended to them. The men and women could become kings and priests unto God, as David, or whoever the king was, and his spouse were made king and queen. So with that in mind, go to verse 20 I have found David my servant, with my holy oil, I have anointed him.
With whom my hand shall be established, my arm shall also strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. This is a promise of invulnerability. This is a promise that the king has been anointed with the holy oil. In fact, the word Messiah or Christ, whether we're reading this in Hebrew or Greek, that is one who has been anointed. So this is a promise that the king who has been anointed will be strengthened with the arm of God. Then go to verse 29 of section 89 It says, his seed also will I make to endure forever in his throne as the days of heaven. Then it says, verse 36 of Psalm 89, his seed shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established forever as the moon. And so there's this promise to the descendants of the king that the seed will continue. This is a promise of children and posterity. And remember, this isn't just to the king.
This is to you. These are temple promises.