To All,
J.R. Church provided the book "Hidden Prophecies In The Psalms", using the premise that this 19th Book of the Bible is prophetic for the 1900's, and the Chapters are prophetic to the Jews, Chapter for year. Thus he argues that Book 19, Chapter 44 prophecies the Holocaust; Book 19, Chapter 49 prophecies the international recognition of the nation of Israel; etc., etc. As such there is only one Chapter which is not Jewish centric, the 45 which begins as follows:
Psalm 45
[sup]1[/sup]My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
[sup]2[/sup]You are the most handsome of the sons of men;
grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.
One should contemplate exactly who "You" is, and I would argue that it was the men with stripes on their sleeves who opened the gates of the murder camps, as the United States Army. But to further assess this premise, one can consider an unusual aspect in verse 4:
[sup]4[/sup] In your majesty ride on victoriously
for the cause of truth and to defend[sup]*[/sup] the right;
let your right hand teach you dread deeds.
If this is prophetic for World War II, how many new weapons were developed for killing? Certainly the most prominent NEW weapon would be nuclear. As such then I would propose that the term "
dread" is appropriate, and "
deeds" is equally appropriate on three counts.
The first is that there were TWO brand new materials (uranium and plutonium); there were TWO brand new designs (gun-assembled, and implosion, -- respectively); and there were two targets, (Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, -- respectively).
Thus the plural "
deeds" is entirely appropriate for this United States and the nuclear weapon designs and deployments.
But to remove ourselves from what some would decry as the murder of innocents, -- GOD recognizes that war is a terrible thing which was brought to our front door, and the United States did NOT engage in warfare without cause. Furthermore they did not engage for gain. They engaged because they "
loved righteousness and hated wickedness". And finally the United States is the nation which rebuilt the war stricken nations under the Marshal Plan.
And so when we consider the United States, we MUST include this example which GOD honored.
BibleScribe