Day 123 (Psalm 106-107) - Year 8
5/3/20266 min
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[intro music] Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. [intro music] Today's psalm shares something in common with Psalm 133 from yesterday. They focus on the unity of the people of Israel. Both psalms point to corporate unfaithfulness to God, corporate repentance, and corporate forgiveness. They both have aspects of lament and praise. In Psalm 106, the psalmist recounts a lot of the sins of Israel's history and confesses to God that they have a pattern of being unfaithful to Him. It also points out how God responded in those situations. He hasn't given up on them, despite their cycle of rebellion and unbelief, because of His steadfast love. But then verse eight says something about God's motives that might seem to contradict that. It says, "He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make known His mighty power." So which is it? Did He save them because of His steadfast love? Or did He save them for His name's sake? This is one of those times when most theologians would just answer, "Yes." These two things aren't in conflict. They may seem to be on the surface, but they aren't. This doesn't mean scripture contradicts itself, and it doesn't mean God is duplicitous. Both of these things can reside in the same space. Verse 23 says Moses stood in the breach before Him to turn away His wrath from destroying them. In that way, we see that Moses was a Christ type, bridging the gap between us and God,