Psalm 35:3
3 Draw out [ruwq] also the spear [chaniyth], and stop [cagar] the way
against [qir'ah] them that persecute [radaph] me: say ['amar] unto my
soul [nephesh], I am thy salvation [y@shuw`ah]. KJV-Interlinear
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Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your
salvation!” ESV
The whole plan of
salvation portrays a picture of God, not only in defense of the individual
believer, but God on the offensive in behalf of the individual believer.
Drawing out the spear or
javelin or sword, are actions of attack.
And stop the way against
them, is a phrase that means to close the gate, to shut out, to seal off. And it is those who would bring harm to the
believer, that are kept at bay and shut off from having any success in their
attack against the believer, as a believer.
This is the security of
God, and Gods protection of the Christian, from all evil in all of its forms.
I am your salvation, is
Gods promise. And Gods protection is the
fulfillment of that promise.
There is no other salvation,
none from any other source, none from any possibility, none that can be
invented or accomplished by man or any other created being, or anything living or
otherwise.
God and God alone
provides salvation. He does that through
Christ and the Cross.
God and God alone
protects salvation. The indwelling of
the Holy Spirit is the sign and seal of that promise.
God and God alone sustains
salvation. Bible doctrine is the source
of the knowledge of that promise.
Salvation is certain and
secure for the individual who has believed in the Son, who is Jesus Christ.
