Commentary on Selected Psalms

                                Psalm 98:3-4 (KJB)

Psalm 98:3 relates that God will save the entire "house of Israel." Ezekiel prophesied the same, and so did the Apostle Paul. Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 11:26 (KJB). Jesus advised a Pharisee, who did not believe in Jesus and could not have been saved by grace, that he should do good works because he would be rewarded for that "at the resurrection of the just." Luke 14:12-14 (KJB). Jesus promised this Pharisee that he would be resurrected to life because He knew that "the whole house of Israel" would be resurrected and saved. Ezekiel 37:11-14 (KJB). Since only some Jews become saved by grace, then the rest of them who fail to believe in Jesus must be confined to the regions of death when they die. John 8:23-24 (KJB). God also promised in His Word that He will extend His salvation of the Jews to the Gentiles. Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 52:10; Luke 3:6; Luke 2:30-32; Acts 13:47 (KJB). All of this can only mean that 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 resurrect the Jews to a recreated life in the land of Israel, and He will resurrect the Gentiles to a recreated life in the rest of the new earth. Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 21:1-5 (KJB).

The Psalmist further prophesied that the whole earth has "seen the salvation of our God." Since God had the Bible written in the eternal sense, then the Psalmist prophesied as if this event had already happened. Since God extends His salvation by His grace and His salvation by His mercy from the Jews to the Gentiles, then this verse can only mean that God will save the entire human race, some by His grace and all others with a lesser form of salvation. It makes no sense that God would resurrect only the Jews to a new life in Israel, then cause all of the rest of humanity to see it, and then cast them all into an eternal lake of fire. This fact can only mean that the verb "to see" means that the entire human race will repent and participate in this lesser form of salvation that God will provide. Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 52:10; Luke 2:30-32; Luke 3:6; Acts 13:47 (KJB).

Psalm 98:4 relates the results of the Psalmist's prophecy. "All the earth" will, after the resurrection to life of the entire human race, rejoice and praise the Lord in universal worship.