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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Lee was right that the Psalms were written according to the natural concept. It was David's natural concept that if he obeyed the law, everything would turn out alright. As was Job's concept. But the opposite happened. Psalms does not contain the spirit of the New Testament, it mostly points to human attempts at righteousness and failures, and points to Christ as the solution to that.
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I completely understand your natural concept, and Lee's, and agree with both. But we're talking about a book of revelation, here. Not a book of natural concepts.
Peter, a fisherman, and unlettered, had a revelation. David wasn't speaking concerning himself! David, being a prophet, knew that God had promised him a Seed. David was uttering "in spirit" (see Jesus' words on this effect, as well) concerning the One who was to come. God had promised, and when God speaks, it will be done.
Paul the ex-Pharisee used the same argument 11 chapters later, in Acts 13. The promise made to David was fulfilled in Jesus. Yet when Lee studies the Bible, and sees the promise to David, he overturns clear NT convention and sees nothing but natural concepts. So who has the natural concept, here? Whose fallen human soul has transposed the divine promise? Who can't see Jesus, here?