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Series: Psalms Teaching
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Scripture: Psalm 48
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Psalm 48 Worksheet

Psalm 47 praised the God of Zion, and Psalm 48 follows it by __________________________ the Zion of God.

Psalm 48 celebrates Jerusalem as Israel’s capitol and the key city of God’s dealing with mankind on earth. But don’t miss the key to what makes it special is God, who will be __________________________ on the earth.

 

God and His city are put there for the entire earth’s _______________!                           V. 1-3

Wherever a person lives on earth, even in places of higher elevation, spiritually speaking to go up to Jerusalem is to go up to the ______________________ ‘mountain’ from which everything else makes sense.

Jerusalem is only about 2,500 feet above sea level. It is actually a tad in the shadow of the Mount of Olives, which rises 100 feet higher.

 

Remembering when God miraculously ______________________ Israel                          V. 4-8 

Isaiah 36-37                 2 Chronicles 32           2 Kings 18-19.

In John 3 Jesus said you see the impact the wind has, but not the wind. Israel knew the only explanation for their enemies’ fear was the movement of their ____________________ but ever-present God!

God is the source of deliverance for His people, but He is also a greater ___________________ to our temporary prospering than any of our enemies.

 

God is the ____________________  we must always turn back to                                     V. 9-14

All the way back to Genesis 12 we see that Israel was blessed to be a blessing. I love how the Psalms appreciate that Jerusalem was not there only to be a blessing to Jewish folks but also so that the ends of the earth would ________________________ the Lord.

Missions is not the main purpose of the church: worship is. Missions exists because there are still places on earth where worship does not.   -John Piper    

Singers like the Sons of Korah had stayed as close to Jerusalem as they could, waiting for the days to come when they would again be _____________________ upon to lead out in the singing of praises to our great God in the city of God!            See Nehemiah 12:27-29

Death is probably not an adequate translation for the last word in verse 14. It should be the word ______________________ or forever! That is how the Greek Septuagint translated it.

 

THIS IS OUR GOD, OUR GOD FOREVER AND EVER; HE WILL BE OUR GUIDE EVEN TO ETERNITY!