“Truth for
Truckers” *February 8, 2014* Psalm 8 “The Excellent Name of Jesus”
Although David did not know the name of the Lord Jesus Christ this Psalm
rings with and underlines the wonderful name of the Savior of the world. His
glory has been set above the heavens which we view in the evening. The beauty
of the visible heavens is outweighed in glory by the actual abode of God where
His Throne and heavenly host abide: “Be
Thou exalted, O God, above the
heavens: let Thy glory be above all
the earth.” (Psalm 57:5, 11). His great glory is indescribable by the
limits of the mind of man, but a comparable illustration is the star-filled
heaven which we are able to view in the dark night sky when the sun is no
longer visible.
Jesus also utilized this Psalm as He refuted the chief priests and
scribes when He made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem: “And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that
He did, and the children crying in the temple, saying, Hosanna to the son of
David; they were sore displeased, And said unto Him, Hear Thou what these say?
And Jesus said unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes
and sucklings Thou has perfected praise?”(Matthew 21:15, 16).The Lord Jesus
Christ used this verse to silence “The
enemy and the avenger” (v.2) who came against Him the day when He fulfilled
prophecy as the King of the Jews.
In (v.3-8) David in his consideration of the heavens and the creative
works of the Lord asks two questions that compare these marvelous heavenly creations
of the moon and stars with man: “What is
man, that Thou are mindful of him? And the son of man that thou visits him? David’s
view of man vs. his view of the heavenly creation causes him to say: Lord, why
do you even consider man when you have this great creative power to make such
spectacular things like the stars and the moon? Man seems to be nothing in the
eyes of David, but the writer to the Hebrews fills in the blanks as is seen in
the next few paragraphs for it is through man, the God-man, the Son of man, the
Lord Jesus Christ that salvation of the human race was wrought.
And even though David’s view of man vs. the heavens was somewhat limited
because the Son of man we know is God in
the flesh, this obviously was not in the mind of David as he wrote this Psalm.
His view of man was not taking into account the Son of man our Savior who came
to rescue mankind from their bondage to sin. He was speaking about man as God’s
creation compared with His heavenly creation:
Thou
made him a little lower than the angels; and has crowned him with glory and
honor. Thou made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands: Thou has put
all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the
field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes
through the paths of the seas.” (v.5-8)
The book of Hebrews continues after
quoting this same passage in Psalm 2:3-8 by explaining: “But now we see not all things put under him[man]. But we see Jesus,
Who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned
with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every
man.”(Hebrews 2:8c-10) Although some may argue that the Lord died for a
select number the Scripture clearly teaches that He died for all men as this
verse in Hebrews states. John also wrote confirming this fact: “And He is the
propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.” (I John 2:2)
God when creating Adam and all of the animals etc. listed above gave him
dominion over His creation: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle,, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creeps on the earth” (Genesis 1:26). However, through the
fall not all things are under the dominion of man at the moment. But one day: “All things shall be subdued unto Him.” [The
Lord Jesus Christ I Corinthians 15:28].
Then in (v.9) the grand conclusion to
the Psalm: “O LORD our Lord, how excellent
is Thy name in all the earth.” David once again proclaims the
excellence of the name of the Savior of the world, the Lord Jesus Christ. This
brief but powerful Psalm exalts the name of the Lord and His marvelous
creation. Our application, Drivers, is rejoice and praise His wonderful name by
which we receive the blessings!
Chaplain
L.E.Wolfe www.btmi.org I-85 Exit 35 SC McPilot
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