Psalm 117, Praise the LORD you gentiles!

Psa 117:1, PRAISE THE LORD, ALL YOU GENTILES! LAUD HIM, ALL YOU PEOPLES! 

The Psalmist previously called on the Jewish nation to praise the LORD, but now calls on the Gentiles to praise HIM! It was always GOD’s intention to bless the whole world, not just the Jewish nation, BUT EVERY PERSON WILLING TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD!

Gen 12:3, I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; AND IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.”

Out of the Jewish nation came our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS the Messiah, who died on the cross for you and me!

Gal 3:8-9, And the Scripture, FORESEEING THAT GOD WOULD JUSTIFY THE GENTILES BY FAITH, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “IN YOU ALL THE NATIONS SHALL BE BLESSED.” SO THEN THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED with believing Abraham.

Psa 117:2, For His merciful kindness is great TOWARD US, And the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD! 

Praise HIM you Gentiles, for the great mercy which was shown to us HIS people, maybe shown to you!

Psa 100:3-4, KNOW THAT THE LORD, HE IS GOD; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; WE ARE HIS PEOPLE AND THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE. ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, AND INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE. BE THANKFUL TO HIM, AND BLESS HIS NAME.

For Christians all around the world, we rejoice over the name above all names which is JESUS, the SON of the living GOD!

Mal 1:11, For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, MY NAME SHALL BE GREAT AMONG THE GENTILES; IN EVERY PLACE INCENSE SHALL BE OFFERED TO MY NAME, AND A PURE OFFERING; FOR MY NAME SHALL BE GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS,” SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. 

The day is coming when ALL who worship the LORD JESUS, from every nation and tongue, will come together before the LAMB of GOD! WILL YOU BE THERE? WILL YOUR NAME BE WRITTEN IN THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE?

Rev 7:9, After these things I looked, and behold, A GREAT MULTITUDE WHICH NO ONE COULD NUMBER, OF ALL NATIONS, TRIBES, PEOPLES, AND TONGUES, standing before the throne and BEFORE THE LAMB, CLOTHED WITH WHITE ROBES, WITH PALM BRANCHES IN THEIR HANDS, 

Psalm 83, the times of the gentiles!

Psa 83:1-2, …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.

IF GOD kept silent or held HIS peace or stood still Israel would perish! Truth be told, Israel has been the target of satan for thousands of years! BUT, by the grace of GOD, HE has preserved them in spite of persecution! GOD has also brought them back to their homeland!

Eze 37:14, I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I WILL PLACE YOU IN YOUR OWN LAND. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,” says the LORD.’ “

Psa 83:4, They have said, “COME, AND LET US CUT THEM OFF FROM BEING A NATION, THAT THE NAME OF ISRAEL MAY BE REMEMBERED NO MORE.”  

Even up to present times, Israel remains a target of the world. Until the ‘TIMES OF THE GENTILES ARE FULFILLED”!

Luk 21:24, And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES ARE FULFILLED. 

There are many schools of thought regarding this passage, but for me, it’s a time the LORD gave to build HIS church! There is a blindness in the truth of CHRIST JESUS, but one day the blinders shall be lifted. And, they shall see JESUS AS THEIR LONG-AWAITED MESSIAH!

Psa 83:13-14, O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind! As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,

GOD is faithful to Israel in spite of their unfaithfulness to HIM! HE will always have HIS faithful remnant in Israel!

Psa 9:20, Put them in fear, O LORD, THAT THE NATIONS MAY KNOW THEMSELVES TO BE BUT MEN.

Psa 83:18, THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT YOU, WHOSE NAME ALONE IS THE LORD, ARE THE MOST HIGH OVER ALL THE EARTH. 

They world maybe blinded for now, but the day is coming Where every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that HE IS LORD!