Commentary on Selected Psalms

                               Psalm 77:15 (KJB)

In this verse, God promises that He will save the entire nation of Israel. Because God often spoke in the eternal sense, He states that He has already saved them. Since only some Jews have been saved by God's grace, then God must have another form of salvation for the rest of the Jews.

The Israelites trapped in slavery in Egypt symbolized the entire human race trapped in a state of sin, evil, and spiritual death. Pharaoh symbolized the Devil, and the slave drivers symbolized demons. Moses and Aaron symbolized God's power to save His people from slavery to the Devil. The deaths of the Egyptian firstborn symbolized that the regions of death can be eternal. The sacrifice of the lamb by the Israelites and the observance of the Passover symbolized all humans that God would save by His grace. The passage through the Red Sea symbolized that God will save the entire human race from sin, evil, and eternal death. The wanderings of the Israelites in the desert symbolized the fact that most humans, even though guided and protected by God, will refuse to believe that God can save them, and in their excessive pride, they will look for ways to save themselves. At Mount Sinai, when God extended His grace to them, they demanded a Law that they could obey so that they could save themselves, but they could not obey that Law. All of those Israelites, except for Joshua and Caleb, died in the wilderness just as do all humans not saved by grace, but that does not mean that they will be dead forever. Moses and Aaron died on mountains which meant that they went to Heaven. Ezekiel prophesied that God will raise the entire nation of Israel from the dead. Ezekiel 37:1-14 (KJB). The Apostle Paul prophesied that God will save the entire nation of Israel. Romans 11:26 (KJB). The Book of Exodus.

When the children of Israel passed over the flooded Jordan river, that symbolized all humans who would become saved by God's grace. Even though those Israelites under the leadership of Joshua, who represented Christ, gained special favor and protection from God, God still expected them to fight against sin and evil in the land of Canaan which represents the state of grace. God expects His people saved by grace to fight against sin and evil both inside themselves and in the world. Ephesians 6:10-17 (KJB). Just as the Israelites failed to drive out all evil from their land, so Christians will fail to drive out all sin and evil from themselves. But for those Christians who faithfully fight against sin and evil for all their lives, they will attain a state of rest in which they will realize that Christ will never forsake them even though they lost some of their battles with sin and evil. Hebrews 13:5; Matthew 11:29 (KJB) The Book of Joshua.

God's original plan seemed to be that He would save all Israelites by His grace, but when most Israelites rejected His grace, He extended His grace to the Gentiles. Romans 11:1-36 (KJB). But if God intends to resurrect all Israelites from the dead, would He not also extend that resurrection to the Gentiles. In the end of the world, Christ will appear to all Jews and Gentiles confined to the regions of death, and He will cause them all to repent and believe in Him as the Lamb of God their Savior so that He can save them all from eternal death and resurrect them all to a recreated life on His recreated earth. Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 21:1-5 (KJB).

In Psalm 89:34, God assures all humans that He will always keep His Word.