Psalm 18:14
14 Yea, he sent out [shalach] his arrows, [chets] and
scattered [puwts] them; and he shot out [rabab] lightnings, [baraq] and
discomfited [hamam] them. KJV-Interlinear
14 And
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance,
and routed them. NASB
Arrows are the munitions
of ancient times. Lightning flashes paint the picture of rapid long range cannon
fire. In abundance, is a description
which gives us the symbolism of a huge volume of firepower of rapid never-ending
bombardment.
Here is the picture of
Gods voluminous firepower, being executed with unending precision and force.
Discomfited, ‘hamam,’
means to impel, to drive, to place into commotion, to cause consternation.
And this verse gives us a
picture of God pushing and driving the enemy, causing great confusion and
dismay, and trepidation. Thus scattering
the enemy such that they become no longer a recognizable force, but a scattered
hodgepodge of individuals in complete confusion and disarray, running with
great fear, anxiety, and terror. Their
fight is gone from them, and escape and survival is their only concern, but
even that is no longer an option as the enemy drops dead in their tracks in
great numbers.
The enemy is not retreating
in any sort of orderly manner, but is scattered and running blind, trying to
get away from a relentless furious storm that is all around them, and is pounding
them with murderous firepower, of which they have no equal, and cannot defend
against nor stop.
And again, while this has
not yet occurred in history, for it belongs to those horrible final days of
history, this verse and the prior verses that we have already studied, point to
the ominous results of ignoring God and Christ, and doctrine in your life.
Indifference toward God,
is a losing bet. It will never win, nor
even break-even. It is a total loss of
all that you are or have.
These past few verses
have painted a picture of a storm, and while most folks simply read through
them with little acknowledgement of their purpose, the real principle of all of
this is, that history is going to end up this way. And, all of the opinions, and all of the
philosophies, and all of the good intentions, and all of the technology and gadgets
that we might have in life are not going to prevent it.
We even have the prophecy
of the certainty of the end of the world catastrophe, and even that knowledge
will not prevent it, for it is that very knowledge that is being redefined into
human viewpoint that will cause that end of the world occurrence. God does not cause it, man does.
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