Copyright Ó 2011 J. Neely
Psalm 12:1
12 To the chief Musician [natsach] upon Sheminith, [shamiyniyth]
A Psalm [mizmowr] of David. [David]
Help, [yasha`] LORD; [Yahovah] for the godly man [chaciyd]
ceaseth; [gamar] for the faithful ['aman] fail [pacac] from among the
children [ben] of men. ['adam] KJV-Interlinear
For the choir director; upon an
eight-stringed lyre.
A Psalm of David.
12
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from
among the sons of men. NASB
From Psalm 6, the word ‘Neginoth,’
means a stringed instrument. David is
giving instructions to play this psalm set to music played by a stringed
instrument. Music is typically used to
symbolize Gods grace policy.
The word, ‘Sheminith,’
means eight and refers to an eight stringed instrument. Also, the number eight means one more than
seven. Seven being the number of
completion or perfection, then the number eight meaning plumpness or the fat of
abundance resulting from perfection.
Therefore, these
scriptures from God, bring completion into ones life and as a result of that
completion , blessings abound, bringing abundance into ones life.
Double music sources
generally imply double grace.
However, note here that
the first term, ‘Neginoth,’ is absent from this psalm, noting that by means of
Gods grace, the prosperity was and has been ample, but now something has
changed and it is not Gods policy that has changed, but mans attitude that has
changed. Thus grace is diminished.
Society has faded away
from Gods truth, and thus the help required in the promotion of truth, which
leads to prosperity and a secure life, likewise has faded.
Therefore, since God
never fades, never changes, the call for help naturally is directed to God, for
that is the only source and origin and capability of help that truly exists.
The godly man is a
reference to believers who are positive and living their natural lives in fellowship
and otherwise functioning properly in their spiritual life. Since all spiritual blessings come to
humanity through association with mature believers, then when those mature
believer cease, then blessings diminish.
Cease here means to come
to a completion, to come to an end, to terminate, and it also means to fail.
And so, believers are
either failing in their spiritual lives, going native if you will, and thus
have become indifferent or apathetic toward God and doctrine. Or, believers are coming to the end of their
lives and are dying off or being killed or are leaving this world for whatever
reason.
And as a result of this
reduction of positive believers, there are not enough others coming along to
replace them, and thus keep the blessings coming from God.
In Noah’s day, all of the
positive believers died off, leaving Noah and his family and no one else. Blessings ceased and the world was
flooded. The entire population died.
At the end of our current
dispensation, the numbers of believers, or the numbers of positive believers
will diminish either through attitude or death or simply by reduced numbers
when compared to the total world population, as the foretold ‘great apostasy’
takes hold of society. Blessings for the
world will diminish greatly as the Rapture occurs and the Tribulation begins.
Throughout history,
attitude toward Christ has had roller coaster rides through society and the
world has seen wars, and diseases, and plagues and famines and even periods of
prosperity. They have all come and gone
as attitude toward Christ determines the levels of blessings that will come
into the world.
As goes attitude toward
Christ, so goes history.
We live in tough times
now. There have been tougher times and
there had been better times, but as we advance through the coming year, and
into the next, sooner or later society has to come to terms with the false
ideals that exist in this world, and the cessation of positive believers that
are the driving force of true stability and prosperity.
There is but one answer,
and that is God, through Christ, through prayer, through a commitment of a
functioning spiritual life, for many folks.
Innovation will not solve
mans problems. Government will not solve
mans problems. Technology will not solve
mans problems. Philosophies will not
solve mans problems.
There is but one
solution, and that is God through Christ.
When people turn to God in the proper way, then prosperity in society happens
as if by magic. When people turn their
backs on Gods mandates, then life falls apart and everyone wonders how it all
happened. Certainly someone is to blame.
And of course the blame
is staring directly at everyone looking in the mirror. They just do not make the connection.
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