{"id":4473,"date":"2024-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/january-14\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:38:27","slug":"january-14","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/january-14\/","title":{"rendered":"January 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insight from Psalms 18:<\/span><\/p>\n

This long superscription is helpful to the reader, because it demonstrates that this psalm is about the joyful praise of the King (the Christ) based on his deliverance from all of his enemies. The superscription serves to prepare the reader for what he will find in this psalm. Tom Kelby, <\/span>\u12e8\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12a8\u1325\u1293\u1275 \u121b\u1235\u1273\u12c8\u123b\u12ce\u127d \u130b\u122d (\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d 1-19): \u12e8\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u1230\u1263\u12aa \u1218\u1218\u122a\u12eb<\/span><\/i> (Webster, WI: Hands to the Plow, 2015), 112.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yahweh doesn\u2019t actually ride the clouds like a chariot [as pictured in verse 10]. However, this is poetic language demonstrating his great power. It is significant to note that Baal is also described in this way in ancient near eastern literature. The fact that Yahweh is described using language that is sometimes used by worshipers of Baal does not demonstrate that Yahweh and Baal are the same god. Nor is this language used because the Israelites invented a new god (Yahweh) based on a Canaanite god. Rather, this is an example of Polemical Theology. By describing Yahweh in this way, the Christ is mocking Baal. By describing Yahweh in this way, the Christ is also emphasizing that Baal is not the god who rides on the clouds and he is not the god who delivers the Christ. Tom Kelby, <\/span>\u12e8\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12a8\u1325\u1293\u1275 \u121b\u1235\u1273\u12c8\u123b\u12ce\u127d \u130b\u122d (\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d 1-19): \u12e8\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u1230\u1263\u12aa \u1218\u1218\u122a\u12eb<\/span><\/i> (Webster, WI: Hands to the Plow, 2015), 113.<\/span><\/p>\n

Notice the connections between [verse 15] and Exodus 15. Exodus 15 is a very significant poem celebrating the crossing of the Red Sea. The psalmist\u2019s quotation of Exodus 15 demonstrates that the exodus event celebrated in Exodus 15 was foreshadowing the far greater exodus event that is connected to the death and resurrection of the Christ. The poem in Exodus 15 is also quoted in Psalm 118:14, Isaiah 12:1\u20136 and Revelation 15:1\u20134. The books of Isaiah and Jeremiah focus a great deal of attention on the \u201csecond exodus\u201d of the people of God that is connected to the death and resurrection of the Christ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4473","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}