GENESIS one, SET TO MUSIC!... A Study of Psalm 8 and its. in Scripture

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1 GENESIS one, SET TO MUSIC! use... A Study of Psalm 8 and its in Scripture Rolland W. Pack October 2, 2016

2 A special Psalm singing praises to creation and our place as part of that creation

3 In the Beginning

4 God created

5 the Heavens

6 and the earth

7 let the land produce

8 Man (Male and Female) In His Own Image

9 Psalm 8 sets the creation and our place in creation to music for later generations helping us understand Genesis Notice how it appears elsewhere in Scripture.

10 part of a larger picture... Psalm 8 Matthew 21:16 Hebrews 2:6-8 1 Corinthians 15:27

11 Psalm 8 (KJV) 1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

12 Psalm 8 (KJV) 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

13 Psalm 8 (ESV) 1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

14 Psalm 8 (ESV) 5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[b] and crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, 7 all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

15 Psalm 8 Congregational (8:1,9) Individual (8:3)

16 The Majesty of God (Ps. 8:1-3) LORD of Lords Matthew 21:16 Praise: prepared and perfected...

17 Matthew 21:16 KJV ESV 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? 16 and they said to him, Do you hear what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise?

18 God is mindful and caring! what / how The same word in... Verses 1, 4, 9 How majestic thy name What is man? How majestic thy name PSalm 8:1, 4-5, 9 God is mindful of man, caring...

19 Psalm 8:4-5 (KJV) 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

20 Glory and honor granted! Psalm 8:6-8 (KJV) 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

21 Glory and honor granted! Psalm 8:6-8 (KJV) As potential As vocation

22 Hebrews 2:6-8 (KJV) 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

23 But we see jesus... (HEB. 2:9)

24 Christ must reign... Until... For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. 1 Corinthians 15:25-27a (KJV)

25 Psalm 8:9 (KJV) O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

26 The End of Psalm 8 in Scripture Psalm 8 Used in Matthew 21, 1 Corinthians 15, and Hebrews 2

27 ... and the beginning of creation in your life and mine!

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