Is God concerned with the past or with wrongs our ancestors committed in the past? Do we in fact need to give any thought to history? The Psalms answer these questions and show us how to engage with history and the past in God’s way.
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We are listening to parts of Psalm 105 and 106 from Book 4 of the Psalms. These both retrace Israel's history and yet they have two different approaches. Since these are longer psalms (45 and 48 verses long), we won't read the entire psalm on the episode. Psalm 105 focuses on Israel's early history and praises God for his mighty works demonstrated in their deliverance from Egypt and wandering in the wilderness. God's covenant with his people is emphasized.
Psalm 106 also praises God for his loyal covenant love and mighty acts, but Israel's sin and rebellion is repeatedly mentioned. The psalmist also confesses he and the nation share in the sin; it is not just a past problem but it continues in the present. The disobedience has landed the nation in exile and the psalmist prays for God to bring his people back to the land of Israel. These two psalms show that God works in history and wants his people to praise him and remember what he has done as well as honor the covenant and repent of their sins and those of their fathers.
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