THE BOOK OF PSALMS

Psalms - Chapter 16 

Psalms 16:1 says, "[[Michtam of David.]] Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust." "Michtam" means "to be stained, be defiled, be deeply stained, marked - engaving (engraved in stone - Christ Jesus, our Rock)." Having just completed studying about satan in his role as the anti-christ when he is cast to this earth to perpetrate the greatest deception ever to be known to mankind, our teachings are now turning to "Christ Jesus." What we are about to learn is so "imperative" that these teachings should be "engraved within your mind." This is why understanding our Father's Word means you have "His Truths Sealed within your mind." "Preserve" means "to keep, guard, observe, give heed, watch." When you love our Father God and Christ Jesus, hope and refuge {trust} is in our LORD forever as you walk within this Flesh or Second Earth Age, carrying that trust into the Spiritual or Third Earth Age, which is the Heavenly Age, Eternity. 

Psalms 16:2 says, "[O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;" "Goodness" means "good, pleasant, agreeable, prosperous, to be better." Our goodness or holiness as compared to our Father God is as filthy rags. Isaiah 64:6 says, "But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." This is why it is so important to have a spiritual relationship with our Father God and Christ Jesus, having the Holy Spirit within you because without our LORD, we are but a shell of a person and there would not be much good within us since flesh is doomed to sin and cannot do any good thing to preserve itself. The goodness within us is from our Father God by the blessings of His Holy Spirit as we stand upon the Rock of our Foundation who is Christ Jesus. 

Psalms 16:3 says, "[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight." The "saints" are the "very elect - the set aside ones." Father God is speaking to and is pleased {delight} with His children who have eyes to see and ears to hear His Word with understanding. Revelation - Chapter 20 teaches of the very elect who shall take part in the "First Resurrection" since they shall not bow down and worship satan in his role as the anti-christ, knowing just who he is from the time he is cast out of Heaven.  

Psalms 16:4 says, "Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips." Those who follow and do the will of satan as his children [kenites], those who attend houses of Beth-aven playing church, those who claim there is no God, all those who put other people, places, beliefs or things [Exodus 23:13] before our Father God shall have "pain, hurt and grief {sorrows}" within their physical and spiritual lives. You will be deceived by satan when he is cast to this earth if you fail to seek understanding of Father's Word which is filled with teachings, warnings and expectations pertaining to the end of this generation and you chose not to study and rightly divide that truth. If you chose to not love, serve and be in obedience to Father God, do not "expect" our LORD to hear your prayers or words of repentance from an insincere heart {offerings of blood} when they should be offered from a loving heart that is under the will of Almighty God.  You do not even know how to serve our LORD and to wait for the return of Christ Jesus if you do not have understanding and knowledge of satan being cast to this earth "before" our Lord Jesus Christ returns as "King of kings and Lord of lords."  

Psalms 16:5 says, "The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot." All those who take part in the "First Resurrection" have a magnificent "inheritance" from our Father God as is taught in Ezekiel 44:28 which says "And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I [am] their inheritance {Almighty God}: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I [am - {Almighty God}] their possession." Everything belongs to our Father God who created all things and when our LORD is pleased with you, He wants you to be a part of all that He owns "if" you are one of His "set aside ones." 

Psalms 16:6 says, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage." This is an analogy of a piece of land and all of the beauty {pleasant} that surrounds that land you have just inherited, say from a family member, which of course would cause you to be happy. Now if a piece of pretty land that shall surely perish makes you happy, just think about the happiness the very elect shall feel when they receive their eternal "inheritance" being "Father God Almighty Himself who is Eternal." There is nothing that can measure up to that which is given by our LORD to His children who are under His will; loving, serving and showing Him love while standing on the "Rock of our Foundation who is Christ Jesus."  

Psalms 16:7 says, "I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons." You receive counsel from our Father God through studying His Truths, blessed by His Holy Spirit in understanding as you show your love through faithful service, which is pleasing to our Father since you are listening, hearing and doing according to His Word. You will even bless our Father God when you close your eyes to sleep at night as your "emotions and affection {my reins}" spiritually thank our LORD for blessing you with the promised inheritance as you rest peacefully in Christ Jesus.  

Psalms 16:8 says, "I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved." Christ Jesus sits at the Right Hand of His Father in Heaven [Luke 22:69] and bless be our LORD that His Son is our Intercessor and Counselor before His Mighty Throne of grace and mercy toward us. 

Psalms 16:9 says, "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope." This is Christ Jesus speaking of His joy. Our Lord walked in the flesh upon this earth before He ascended back to Heaven to sit at the Right Hand of His Father; Almighty God. The "Flesh Body of Christ Jesus was a Tabernacle upon the earth" and Father God delivered Him after the third day within the tomb. The "Flesh Body of our Lord Jesus Christ was transfigured" which means "His Body was changed into another form; His Spiritual Body" after three days within the tomb. 

Psalms 16:10 says, "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." "Hell" means "grave." "Holy One" is "Christ Jesus." "Corruption" means "the flesh body returning to the dust from which it came." The "Flesh Body of Christ Jesus did not see corruption" since our LORD God Almighty transfigured His Beloved Son as is taught in Matthew 17:1 & 5 which says, "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart," "And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." "And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him." "Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias." "While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." Christ Jesus defeated death who is satan through His crucifixion, therefore as for humankind, while the flesh body returns to the dust from which it came, our spiritual bodies return to He who gave it, "Father God Almighty" wherein lies our eternal life.

Psalms 16:11 says, "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore." Christ Jesus is our Living Word and it is through our Lord that we are led to eternal life. By following the instructions of Christ Jesus you do the work of our Father God which greatly pleases Him. When our Father is happy with the works of His children as our Lord Jesus Christ presents us since He is our Advocate and Intercessor as He sits at the Right Hand of Almighty God, there is no prayer, work or deed from our heart that our LORD is not aware of. When you serve our Father, He in turn blesses His children to feel gladness within their spiritual self. "Christ Jesus is the Way, the Path and the Truth to the Light of Eternal Life" and "Eternal Life is given by our Father God Almighty Only."