"Your Enemies Make A Tumult"

Psalm 83:1-4 says, "Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, and do not be still, O God! For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; and those who hate You have lifted up their head. They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, and consulted together against Your sheltered ones. They have said, 'come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.'"

Last week's message revolved around Psalm 2 that says there is a coalition of nations and groups who are working together to eliminate Israel as a nation. However, Psalm 2 also proclaimed that Jehovah God is still reigning from His Throne Room and will destroy all of Israel's enemies in the future. Bless His Holy Name!

We believe God desires for us to clearly understand this message since Psalm 83 is the same message but in a different format. The first four verses again reveal a coalition of nations plotting to destroy Israel. In fact, verses 5 through 8 actually identifies the nations in this coalition but uses their Old Testament names:

Moab and Edom are areas of current day Jordan

Amalek Is Syria

Philistia Is Gaza

Tyre Is Part Of Lebanon

Assyria Is Iraq

The last half of Psalm 83 actually becomes a prayer or request to Jehovah God "To Deal With Them" who we know are Israel's enemies. The remainder of Psalm 83 illustrates this prayer to Jehovah God suggesting how He should deal with these  enemies:

Make Them Like A Whirling Dust - Verse 13

Pursue Them With Your Tempest - Verse 15

Frighten Them With Your Storm - Verse 15

Fill Their Faces With Shame - Verse 16

Let Them Be Put To Shame And Perish - Verse 17 

In closing, Psalm 83 ends by explaining why God should defeat Israel's enemies, "That men may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth." Amen And Amen!

May Our Precious Lord Bless You Today And Every Day,

Frank