Psalm 22:22
22 I will declare [caphar] thy name [shem] unto my
brethren: ['ach] in the midst [tavek] of the congregation [qahal]
will I praise [halal] thee. KJV-Interlinear
22 I
will tell of Thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will
praise Thee. NASB
As this statement applies
to the redeemer, Jesus Christ, then He will make the name of God known through
Himself. Thus the proper and correct
link and access to God, through the savior, who is, and has performed His work
of salvation and the bringing together of the divine plan on the cross, through
Himself.
The brethren, refers to
all who are family. These are the
children of God, all believers in the Savior and Messiah, and Son of God, Jesus
Christ.
And throughout the
generations since Adam, the assembly refers to all who assemble in the common
worship and study of His Word, whether it is accomplished by oneself, with
others, and or at the end of human history when the final and total and
greatest assembly of all believers will be gathered together in His presence.
By the time of the cross,
the world had pretty much discarded all study and worship of truth.
The only things that
existed in the world were the numerous false deities of Rome, Greece, Egypt, Persia,
the Far East and the many lesser unknown gods around the rest of the world.
The scriptures though
they existed, had been bastardized into volumes of burdensome systems of works
and daily life rules. The prophets and
the words of Moses had become so lost that even those who were closest to
Jesus, were not able to connect the dots of the prophecies until after the
cross. And the apostles lived with Jesus
for over three years. One would think
that they would be asking the big questions and wondering what was happening.
They had, of all people,
the greatest most unique opportunity to learn and know the greatest knowledge
ever, and they had Jesus right there with them for a very long time. Even the prophets and great men of old did
not have any revelation or angel or manifestation of God for more than a short
conversation.
The apostles had Jesus
for literally years and lived with Him daily for that very long time. Even his immediate family was with him for
thirty years.
And still the light bulbs
did not fully light up.
So, Christianity began
with virtually no existence, except that of Christ, who put it all together not
only for the apostles and for Paul, but for all of humanity.
Other religions began out
of sin, out of ignorance, out of lust, out of superstition. And the world supports these views.
Christianity began out of
truth, and that is something that the entire world opposes.
In the worldly sense,
Christianity should never have gotten off the ground. Its founder was killed and then
ascended. Its initial followers were
scattered and afraid. Early followers
were persecuted and even executed.
And yet, throughout
history, Christianity has and will become the greatest faith ever, with the
greatest following than every other belief system combined.
In the end, there will be
an assembly, and then we will all see just how vast a no chance belief,
succeeded when all was against it.
