Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 50

"Psalm 50:
The psalm is a warning to the pilgrim of Zion to avoid hypocrisy and

formalism before God.
The psalmist skillfully develops this burden in a polemical fashion with its exposures of externalism and hypocrisy.
The Lord God, the Supreme Judge, levels two felony charges against His professing people.

I. Introduction: The Supreme Judge Enters to Preside (50:1-6).
II. The Supreme Judge Levels Two Charges (50:7-21).
A. First Charge: Ritualism (50:7-15);
B. Second Charge: Rebellion (50:16-21).
III. The Supreme Judge Offers a Solution (50:22-23).

“Title”:
This is the first psalm has been entitled “A Psalm of Asaph” 
Sometimes the simple “Asaph” may stand for the longer expression “the sons of Asaph”.

Psalm 50:1 The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Psalm 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Psalm 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him.
Hebrews 12:29 For our God [is] a consuming fire.

Psalm 50:5 Gather my saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.
Psalm 50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take My covenant in thy mouth?
The wicked assumed that they were true Israelites.
They were familiar with the words of God's statutes, and with the

terms of the covenant. They claimed the right of enforcing them against others (Rom. 2:18-20).
While in their own persons they set them at nought (verses 18-20).
God declares that they have no right to assume to be teachers of others until they are able to teach themselves.
They are unfit even to "take his covenant in their mouth.":
This is saying, why do you say you are a believer when you are not?

Psalm 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver."
BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 3/29/2026 - What Chemistry can and cannot do

"Chemistry is essential in all aspects of life. 

Reactions are happening around us, and within us all the time, they generally are either one directional or they form an equilibrium. 

*A reaction that goes in one direction will continue until one reagent is no longer available. 

*A reaction that forms an equilibrium finds a balance of both products and reactants present; if it is then disturbed, it will return to the original or find a new equilibrium. 

*When these reactions are taking place within a living system, we may even refer to them in different terms than when it is happening in the lab. 

*The same chemical reaction may occur in the lab or in a cell, and depending on what the reagents are and where it is taking place, we call it inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, or biochemistry. 

However, no amount of chemistry has ever produced or breathed life into any cell (....then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Genesis 2:7). 

Chemistry alone cannot create a plant, animal—or certainly not a human who has been given a soul by our Creator as we were made in His image (Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Genesis 1:26)." 

AIG

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 49

"Psalm 49: This psalm reads almost like a passage from the Book of Proverbs, with its bold contrast between the destinies of wicked and righteous.
There is first an invitation to listen (verses 1-4): the poet calls on all men because the psalm has a universal application.

Second, he demonstrates how woefully inadequate riches are (verses 5-12): on the day of one’s death they cannot redeem (verses 6-7).
Finally, the divergent destinies of the wicked and the righteous are vividly stated (verses 13-20): the wicked man has no hope beyond this life (verse 14), but the righteous man will be resurrected to eternal life (verse 15).

The wisdom poet of Psalm 49 developed his somber theme in two stages, focusing one death as the universal experience of all men.
I. Introduction (49:1-4).
II. Stage One: The Common Experience of Death (49:5-12).
A. Applying His Teaching through an Important Reflection (49:5-6);
B. Explaining His Teaching through Important Reminders (49:7-12).
III. Stage Two: The Contrasting Experience in Death (49:13-20).
A. The Assurance of This Contrasting Experience in Death (49:13-15);
B. The Application of This Contrasting Experience in Death (49:16-20).

Psalm 49:1 Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:
Psalm 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
Psalm 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
Psalm 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Psalm 49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
Psalm 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalm 49:7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalm 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
The irony is obvious; the wealthy person somehow hopes to get around death, yet he witnesses people constantly dying all around him, from the wise to the foolish.

Psalm 49:10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for He shall receive me. Selah.
Believers in Christ have the promise of the resurrection.
Because Jesus lives, His followers will also live.
Believers in Christ are the redeemed.
Selah means pause and think on these things."
BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 3/28/2026 - Self Ordained Editors of the Story

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou Me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Job 38:2-4

The Self Ordained Editors have been WRONG -- and Will Be WRONG:
"If you imagine the story of the universe as a film endlessly in post-production, cosmologists would be its obsessive editors, constantly tweaking the narrative. The version they are working with is an

astonishing cinematic achievement: it starts with a bang, space-time erupting out of nothing, before unfurling majestically with the formation of stars and then galaxies, sculpted by the gravitational pull of both visible matter and mysterious dark matter, all the while serenely expanding thanks to a shadowy force known as dark energy.

But it can’t be the final cut. The more we peer into space, the more it seems incomplete: the story contains niggling inconsistencies and key protagonists remain maddeningly elusive. For decades, cosmologists have been struggling to refine the script.

Now, they finally have fresh inspiration from the cosmos. A powerful telescope has mapped millions of distant galaxies to trace the expansion of the universe with unprecedented precision. What it appears to be revealing is that dark energy behaves so weirdly, it can’t be what we thought it was.

Theorists are contemplating a complete rewrite of dark energy. How it all pans out is far from clear. But many are warming to the idea that we are about to produce a cosmic story – one that looks very different from the current version." 

NewScientist

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 48

"Psalm 48:
A good example of the Songs of Zion, the psalm describes the glory of the city of Jerusalem which has been delivered by God from her enemies.
This psalm, sung with orchestral accompaniment, therefore contrast two different responses to the God of Zion and the Zion of God.
I. Introduction (48:1-3).
II. The Panic-Response of the Provokers of God (48:4-7).
A. The Chronicling of It (48:4-6);
B. The Cause of It (48:7).
III. The Praise-Response of the People of God (48:8-14).
A. Their Celebration (48:8-13);
B. Their Conclusion (48:14).
Ver. 4-7.
1. The opposition of worldly powers to the church. "The kings, "etc.
2. The manner in which they are subdued—by their own fears; conscience has persecuted those who have persecuted the church of God. They who have seized the ark of God have been glad to return it with an offering.
3. The completeness of their overthrow, As a fleet of ships of Tarshish, dispersed, broken, and engulfed by the east wind.

We sing this Psalm, because God is pleased to preserve His church and gospel against the roaring and hatred of kings and princes; who cease not from attacking them by violence and craft with all their might: and yet, they shall perish and be confounded, and covered with shame, while the gospel shall re main as it was before, unhurt and unhindered.

Psalm 48:1 Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of His holiness.
And in the perfections of His nature, being of great power, and of great wisdom, and of great faithfulness, and of strict holiness and justice.
And of wonderful grace and goodness; great in His works of creation and providence.
In His miraculous operations when on earth, and in the work of man's redemption and salvation.

Psalm 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
“The north”:
“North” is an interpretive translation of a word term that is ocurring as a Semitic place name, meaning “Zaphon”.
In Canaanite mythology Zaphon was an ancient Near Eastern equivalent to Mt. Olympus, the dwelling place of pagan gods.
--If this was the psalmist’s intention in Psalm 48:2, the reference becomes a polemical description of the LORD; He is not only King of kings but also is God of all so-called gods.

Psalm 48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
"And pain, as of a woman in travail":
This figure is made use of elsewhere, when the destruction of Babylon and the coming of Christ are spoken of (see Isa. 13:8).

Psalm 48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
God is seen at sea, but he is equally present on land. Speculative heresies, pretending to bring us wealth from afar, are constantly assailing the church, but the breath of the Lord soon drives them to destruction.

Psalm 48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the

LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Psalm 48:9 We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple.
Beauty brings on thoughts of God.

Psalm 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Psalm 48:14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.
He will walk with us even unto death."
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon/Martin Luther

Creation Moment 3/27/2026 - Cotton Candy Planet

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God... Hebrews 11:3

MORE of the DIVERSITY of the Planets......points to DESIGN:

"A bizarre, ultra-light planet is cloaked in such a thick haze that even JWST can’t reveal its composition. Its unusual size and orbit are forcing scientists to rethink how planets form.

A newly published study suggests that a dense haze surrounding the

ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d may be concealing both its composition and how it formed. Researchers led by Penn State used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to investigate this unusual “super-puff” planet, which already challenges standard models of planetary formation. What they found added to the mystery. The haze enveloping the planet appears to be the thickest ever observed, making it extremely difficult to detect the chemical signatures in its atmosphere.

Kepler-51 is a star about 2,615 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It hosts four known planets, at least three of which are classified as super-puffs. These worlds are roughly the size of Saturn but contain only a few times the mass of Earth. Among them, Kepler-51d is both the coolest and the least dense.

“We think the three inner planets orbiting Kepler-51 have tiny cores and huge atmospheres giving them a density akin to cotton candy,” said Jessical Libby-Roberts. “These ultra-low-density super-puff planets are rare, and they defy conventional understanding of how gas giants form. And if explaining how one formed wasn’t difficult enough, this system has three!”

“It seems very similar to the haze we see on Saturn’s largest moon Titan, which has hydrocarbons like methane, but at a much larger scale. Kepler-51d seems to have a huge amount of haze — almost the radius of Earth — which would be one of the largest we’ve seen on a planet yet.” 

SciTechDaily

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 47

"Psalm 47:
One of the six psalms of the divine kingdom, the psalm celebrates the LORD’s kingship over all the earth (verse 9).
Structurally, there are two choruses of worship in this Psalm 47, which celebrate this universal kingship of the LORD God Most High.
I. First Chorus: God as the Victorious King-Warrior (47:1-5).
A .Its Call to Worship (47:1);
B. Its Causes for Worship (47:2-5).
II. Second Chorus: God as the Sovereign King-Governor (47:6-9).
A. Its Call to Worship (47:6);
B. Its Causes for Worship (47:7-9b);
C. Its Code of Worship (47:9c).

Psalm 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
And so very proper to be used on occasion of the Messiah being made or declared Lord and Christ, as he was at his ascension (Acts 2:36).
“All ye people”:
The call to worship is universal.

Psalm 47:2 For the LORD most high [is] terrible; Hhe is] a great King over all the earth.
Yahweh, the “Most High” God; that is, who is exalted above all other beings (compare Exodus 18:11; 1 Chron. 16:25; Psalms 96:4; 95:3; 2 Chron. 2:5).
"Is terrible":

Literally, is to be feared; that is, reverenced and adored.

Psalm 47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
We shall rule with Him as His subordinates.

Psalm 47:6
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises untoour King, sing praises.
Psalm 47:7 For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Philippians 2:10

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

Psalm 47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of His holiness."
BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 3/26/2026 - The Rùm Affair

...to get dishonest gain... Ezekiel 22:27

"The case of fraud by a leading evolutionist, British botany professor John Harrison, was documented by reviewing his published writings in peer-reviewed scientific journals. One of the most well-known examples of Harrison’s frauds, and the best documented case, was the Rùm Affair;

Harrison was a leader in the movement to build an evolutionary foundation for science. He published over 500 articles in the peer-reviewed scientific literature on his research.

Fellow botanist, Professor John Raven, after reading several of John Harrison’s publications in leading scientific journals, concluded that it was obvious Harrison had committed fraud.

After realizing the harm Harrison had caused science, Raven looked

for “evidence to incriminate and possibly ruin the career of a senior British botanist.” He found the evidence, plenty of it, which eventually did ruin Harrison’s reputation, specifically documenting that Harrison “had committed a botanical fraud that was every bit as scandalous as the famous ‘Piltdown Man’ bones fake.”

John William Heslop Harrison (1881–1967) was, for most of his career, a professor of genetics and botany at Newcastle University, UK, specializing in the genetics of moths.

In 1999, The Guardian, a daily British newspaper, described him as a fraudster who planted evidence of rare plants on the Isle of Rùm in the Hebrides Islands for scientists to later ‘discover’, a scandal exposed after half a century.

In 1948, Harrison was accused by University of Cambridge tutor John Raven of making false claims, such as claiming to have discovered that certain plant species naturally grew on the small island of Rùm on the west coast of Scotland. Raven published a report in Nature in 1949 that revealed, though cautiously, evidence of potential fraud on the part of Harrison. Specifically, the fraud involved moving certain plants from locations where they normally grow and transplanting them to the Isle of Rùm, where they do not naturally grow. Evidence of these grasses growing on Rùm was pivotal to Harrison’s theory that the islands escaped the so-called ‘last ice age’. In his Nature report, Raven stated that the

“… close juxtaposition of two exceedingly rare plants is most unexpected … . The above observations seem to leave little doubt that Polycarpon tetraphyllum is an alien introduction into Rhum … . These ruderal species, especially the Sagina, would scarcely be expected in such a locality … . The close association of annual ruderal species with Carex bicolor, its extreme rarity, its distribution, and the absence of arctic-alpine associates suggest that it too, like Polycarpon tetraphyllum, is an introduction into Rhum.”

Harrison argued that the increase of black peppered moths (Biston betularia) in manufacturing districts in England was due to mutations that only affected the genes for melanin production, and no other genes. He argued that lead salts and manganese present in the pollution soot selectively caused the specific mutations that targeted specific genes that controlled moth colour. This would have been an example of the inheritance of acquired characteristics (Lamarckianism). Harrison rejected the widespread conclusion that the dominance of dark moths was due to bird predators selectively eating light moths more readily in post-industrialized England. This was because they were more easily seen than the dark ones on the tree trunks recently blackened as the result of industrialization in the manufacturing districts of England. This blackening was from pollutants such as soot both directly discolouring the trunks plus causing die-back of the light-coloured lichen covering them. The dark-winged, or melanized, moths were thus more likely to have survived, and consequently their numbers increased relative to their lighter counterparts.

To support his alternative ‘mutation triggered by the environment’ conclusion, in the 1920s Harrison completed several experiments exposing peppered moths to lead salts and manganese. He claimed this resulted in melanized peppered moths. However, several later breeding experiments involving 3,265, and then 1,920, peppered moths failed to support Harrison’s results. Other scientists that failed to replicate his results included British geneticist, lepidopterist, and medical doctor Henry B.D. Kettlewell.

His fraud was often designed to support evolutionism, both of the Lamarckian and/or the neo-Darwinian type, despite claiming that the latter suffered from major problems, and that therefore a form of Lamarckianism was a more viable explanation for how evolution took place. This was not unusual at the time he worked because, in the early 20th century, much disagreement existed about the mechanisms of evolution.

I was able to locate over 300 publications by J.W. Heslop Harrison, either as the first author or a co-author, in peer-reviewed scientific publications. His obituary noted that he was widely published in the peer-reviewed literature, which labelled him as a “gifted biologist and field naturalist. His memory for biological facts was prodigious and his knowledge of flowering plants and insects was of a most unusual depth and understanding.” Since his credibility has now been seriously compromised, one has to wonder how many of his hundreds of articles contain fraudulent research. He is now remembered more for his part in academic fraud than for his scholarly research." CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 46

"Psalm 46:
This psalm expresses thanks for the deliverance of Jerusalem, “the city of God” (verse 4).
The major burden of Psalm 46 is that God provides stability for His people who live in two exceedingly unstable environments.

I. The Unstable Environment of Nature (46:1-3).
A. The Affirmation of His Stability (46:1);
B. The Application of His Stability (46:2-3).
II. The Unstable Environment of the Nations (46:4-11).
A. The First Chorus (46:4-7);
B. The Follow-Up Chorus (46:8-11).

“Title”: The new element in this title is “Alamoth”.
The early Greek translation (LXX), interprets this technical term as “hidden things”.
However, the Hebrew word normally has to do with “girls” or “young maidens”.

Psalm 46:1 God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
"A very present help in trouble":
Whether inward or outward, of soul or body.

Psalm 46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
The world's people today do fear, as the following Scripture tells us.
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Psalm 46:5 God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:

God shall help her, [and that] right early.
The church and people of God.

Psalm 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."
BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 3/25/2026 - Oxygen

"Oxygen gives cells energy. 

But oxygen can also harm cells. 

Any organism that uses oxygen must both harness the power and protect itself against being damaged. A recent paper in Nature reports

that certain Asgard archaea contain genes linked to oxygen use and suggests this helps explain how complex cells evolved over long ages. 

The key issue is not whether these microbes have oxygen-related genes—they do. The real question is whether those genes prove evolution or instead show careful biological design.

The study examined hundreds of Asgard archaeal genomes. Researchers found genes connected to electron transport chains, heme production, and enzymes that process oxygen. A University of Texas press release said, “oxygen may have played a crucial role in the emergence of complex life.” This claim assumes that once oxygen use appeared, more complex cells could develop step by step.

The electron transport chain is a coordinated set of protein systems in cell membranes that move electrons to power life and manage oxygen safely

But oxygen metabolism is not a simple trait. It requires many parts to work together. 

--Electron transport chains are made of several protein complexes. 

--These proteins sit in cell membranes and pass electrons in order to make energy. 

--If even one major step fails, energy production stops. At the same time, oxygen creates harmful byproducts. 

--Cells must use enzymes like superoxide dismutase to prevent damage. Without these protective systems, oxygen destroys key molecules.

--This shows coordinated design. --

Energy production and damage control must operate at the same time. 

From an engineering point of view, this looks like an integrated system, not a loose collection of parts. 

That raises an important question: 

Q: Do observed changes in microbes actually build such systems, or do they only modify what already exists?

A: Research on microbial change supports the latter. Most observed microbial adaptations involve modifying or reducing existing functions rather than building new complex systems from scratch. The Asgard study documents genetic capability, but it does not demonstrate one kind of cell turning into another. Instead, it shows microbes already equipped with complex energy systems.

Conventional scientists interpret shared genes between Asgard archaea and complex cells as proof of common ancestry. Yet similar genes can also reflect shared function. Systems that move electrons must follow the same chemical rules (which limit design options). Similar structures may appear because they work well, not because one organism became another. To evaluate that possibility, we must distinguish between biological flexibility and structural limits.

Microbes show flexibility by adjusting to different environments. They can turn genes on or off. That variation fits within created kinds. But the basic structure of energy production remains stable. Studies of mitochondrial systems describe coordinated energy networks that resemble engineered power grids, highlighting integrated design rather than piecemeal construction. The Asgard genomes show the same kind of organized framework.

This study adds useful data about microbial diversity and expands what we know about oxygen use in archaea. It directly shows complex and ordered bioenergetic machinery. Scripture reminds us, “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth” (Colossians 1:16). When we observe systems that require many parts working together, we see structured function.

The oxygen-handling systems in Asgard archaea are detailed and coordinated. Such integrated systems do not arise from partial, disconnected steps. They reflect purposeful biological design. When examined through an engineering lens, the evidence points clearly to intentional workmanship rather than gradual evolutionary construction." 

ICR

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 45

"Psalm 45:

This royal psalm was written on the occasion of a royal wedding, though the identity of the king is not known.
Some portions of Psalm 45 convey a secular emphasis, while others suggest a sacred extension. Upon the occasion of a royal wedding, the psalmist offers a 3-part song of celebration.
(I) Poetic Preface (45:1).
(II) Song of Celebration (45:2-16).
A. The King-Groom (45:2-9).
1. Endowments of the king-groom (45:2);
2. Exploits of the king-groom (45:3-5);
3. Elevation of the king-groom (45:6-7);
4. Eminence of the king-groom (45:8-9).
B. The Princess-Bride (45:10-15).
1. A challenge to the princess-bride (45:10-12);
2. The procession of the princess-bride (45:13-15);
C. Future Children from This Union (45:16).
(III) Poetic Postscript (45:17).

“Title”:
Two new notations are found, “according to the Shoshannim” and “A Song of Love”.

Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
This his heart was inditing; which shows that it was under the sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit, and denotes the fervor of it.

Psalm 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into Thy lips: therefore God hath blessed Thee for ever.
The Psalmist is looking with the eyes of his heart, and he sees the LORD in all His splendor.
The eyes of a true heart see more than the eyes of the head. Moreover, Jesus reveals Himself when we are pouring forth our affections towards Him. It is usually the case that when we are ready Christ appears. If our heart is warm it is an index that the sun is shining, and when we enjoy His heat we shall soon behold His light. Thou art fairer than the children of men. In person, but especially in mind and character, the King of saints is peerless in beauty.

Psalm 45:3 Gird Thy sword upon [Thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with Thy glory and Thy majesty.
Revelation 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on His head [were] many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself. And He [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies [which were] in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He hath on [His] vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Psalm 45:5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under Thee.
The heart of man is where the arrows can do the good.
Jesus never misses.
He pierces the heart of man with His beautiful message.

Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the scepter of Thy kingdom [is] a right scepter.
Psalm 45:8 All Thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made Thee glad.
“Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia” were burial spices, similar to what the women took to the tomb, in order to wrap Jesus’ body to preserve it.

Psalm 45:9

Kings' daughters [were] among Thy honorable
women: upon Thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
We are all King's daughters.

The place of honor is on the Right hand of our groom the Lord Jesus Christ.
Church, we are clothed in the white robe of righteousness, washed in the blood of the Lamb.
“Gold of Ophir”:
Although its geographical location is not known, “Ophir” was well known as the location of the purest gold.

Psalm 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for He [is] thy Lord; and worship thou Him.
Psalm 45:13 The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.
Psalm 45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto Thee.
"In raiment of needlework":

The image of God, 

the divine nature, 

the robe of righteousnes.

The day comes when the celestial marriage shall be openlycelebrated, and these words describe the nuptial procession wherein the queen is brought to her royal Husband attended by her handmaidens.

Psalm 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace."
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon

Creation Moment 3/24/2026 - Evolution consistently fails to bridge even a two-mutation gap

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools... 

Romans 1:22 NIV

"Stadler explains how to apply a set of rigorous criteria to the claims of neo-Darwinism to better evaluate its explanatory power. He argues that many cornerstone proofs for evolution, such as homology and the fossil record, actually represent low-confidence science. 

Rather than providing direct, repeatable evidence of a causal event, these claims often rely on circular reasoning and unproven

assumptions that extrapolate far beyond the actual data available.

Stadler highlights three high-confidence laboratory studies that put the mechanisms of evolution to the test, revealing its stark biological limitations. 

Across experiments involving bacteria and yeast, researchers found that while evolution can occasionally fix a single point mutation, it consistently fails to bridge even a two-mutation gap — even when provided with billions of organisms and thousands of generations. These sobering results suggest that the evolutionary process is highly constrained. That means it often favors the breaking or deleting of genes for short-term survival instead of the innovative construction of the complex biochemical pathways often taught in textbooks.

The takeaway? We shouldn’t be so quick to credit neo-Darwinism with the origin and development of life if it’s clear that the mechanism struggles to cause anything but negligible, low-level change in organisms." 

Science&Culture

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 44

"Psalm 44 is a national lament following some but really great and historically and unidentifiable defeat in battle.
By employing 3 historical centers in Psalm 44, the psalmist tries to understand and deal with a national tragedy.

I. Focus on Past History: The Shock of This National Tragedy (44:1-

8).
II. Focus on Current History: The Inscrutability of This National Tragedy (44:9-22).
III. Focus on Future History; A Prayer for an End to This National Tragedy (44:23-26).

Psalm 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work Thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
We know that by hearing the Word of God, many people are saved.
Hearing about the miracles then, is very important to believing.
1 Corinthians 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

Psalm 44:5 Through Thee will we push down our enemies: through Thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
The Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "through the Word".

Psalm 44:9 But Thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
But now thy countenance and course is quite changed to us.
"And put us to shame":
Made us ashamed of our boasting, and trust in Thee, which we have oft professed to the face of our enemies.

Psalm 44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
To be butchered, and then eaten as sheep are.
And therefore, are called "the flock of slaughter" (Zech. 11:4).

Psalm 44:19 Though Thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
The wilderness is the habitation of dragons.
And this is the name of the place where the church is said to be in the times of the Papacy.
And where she is fed and preserved for a time, and times, and half a time (Rev. 12:6).
"And covered us with the shadow of death":
As the former phrase denotes the cruelty of the enemies of Christ's church and people.

Psalm 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
As antichrist, and the antichristian party did in those times (Dan. 11:36).

Psalm 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for He knoweth the

secrets of the heart.
Whether the heart is turned back, or there is any inclination to apostatize from God.

Psalm 44:22 Yea, for Thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalm 44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Psalm 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth."
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Ministry of Christ vs. Mission of Antichrist

Ministry of Christ:

1) Rises from the water to begin ministry (Baptism)

And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: 

Matthew 3:16

2) Resembles Father

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 

Hebrews 1:2,3

3) Crowns

His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.
Revelation 19:12

4) Receives authority from the Father

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. 

Matthew 28:18

5) Ministry lasts 3.5 years

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week (3.5 years as a year = a day in Prophecy / the "one week" would be 7 years---half, or "midst" of it would be 3.5) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel 9:27

6) Wounded to death on the cross and then resurrected

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost....And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen;
John 19:30/Mark 16:6

7) Placed the Sabbath on the Seventh day of the week

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:11

8) God has His SEAL

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Revelation 9:4

Mission of Antichrist:

1) Rises from the water to begin mission

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 

Revelation 13:1

2) Resembles Satan

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,...And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,....and upon his heads the name of blasphemy..Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Revelation 12:9/13:1/2 Thessalonians 2:3

3) Crowns

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns....
Revelation 13:1

4) Receives authority from the Dragon (Satan)

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Revelation 13:2

5) Mission lasts prophetic 3.5 years

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. (42 months = 3.5 years)
Revelation 13:5

6) Wounded to death then deadly wound healed

And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Revelation 13:12

7) Changed the Sabbath to the First day of the week

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:...The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Daniel 7:25/Isaiah 24:5

8) The beast has its own MARK

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark.... 

Revelation 13:16