Psalm 102
As we look up at the sky on a clear evening and think that the moon and the stars have shone since the world began, we think they could never be changed. Yet in this psalm we read:
“The heavens are the work of Thy hands, They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax (become) old like a garment; as a vesture (robe) shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed.” Psalm 102:25, 26.
These words are repeated in the New Testament, and other verses also speak of a change in the earth and sky. The change is not explained for us, but teaches us of God’s great power (2 Peter 3:10). John saw a vision of a new heaven and a new earth (Rev. 21:1).
But notice this psalm speaks of One Who does not change:
“But Thou shalt endure... But Thou art the same, and Thy years have no end.” Verses 26, 27.
When we read those same words in the Book of Hebrews, 1:12, we find this was spoken of the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, Who laid aside His glory with God, the Father, to come to earth to suffer, but returned to that glory, so His “years have no end.” When on earth He said that the prophets and psalms spoke of Him; He was the One promised. and written of in these psalms and other scriptures:
“Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” (See Luke 24:26, 27, 44).
Our word, Christ, is the Greek form of the Hebrew word Messiah, whom Israel was to look for. It was because Jesus was One so great, that He can be the Saviour of all who trust Him. The Lord Jesus said:
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.” Matthew 24:35:
What in the sky is not pure in God’s, sight? (Job 25:5).
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