As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1
The number 70 has a special meaning in our Bible. It is a combination of two very special numbers: 7 which means perfection, and 10 which means completeness and the law of God. Both of those meanings come together in the number 70. Which makes it an excellent number to apply to the Word of God. Doesn’t that make you wonder why there are 66 books in the Bible instead of 70? Oh, but there are 70! Ask any Jewish
Bible scholar about the Psalms and he will tell you that it is five books, not just one.
Since the start of the month, I have based my daily messages on the first verse of each of the books of the Bible. So you will have noticed that today’s verse is not from Psalm 1; that was yesterday. It is the first verse of Psalm 42, the beginning of the second book of Psalms. Each of the five books within this great Jewish hymnary has parallels to one of the books of the Pentateuch and to one of the feasts of Jehovah. The first book, Psalm 1 to 41, has a parallel to the book of Genesis, and to the feast of Passover. The second book, Psalm 42 to 72, has a parallel to the book of Exodus and to the feast of Pentecost or Firstfruits. The third book, Psalm 73 to 89, has a parallel to the book of Leviticus and to the feast of Trumpets. The fourth book, Psalm 90 to 106, has a parallel to the book of Numbers and to the feast of Tabernacles. The last book, Psalm 107 to 150, has a parallel to the book of Deuteronomy and to the feast of Purim.
I know, this is quite the load of information and we have not even begun to plumb the great depths of the logistics of the Psalms. Great Bible scholars have spent their lives trying to catalogue all the parallels, the patterns, the types, and everything else that the Psalms are brimming with. And they all confess that the deeper they dug, the wider is the well. And really, we could say the same about every other book in the Bible. So, by just touching on this great topic today, I hope I have made you aware that the vastness of the Word of God is well worth your study. Remember, it’s your textbook for all of eternity too. -Jim MacIntosh
Here is the link to the video of this message: https://youtu.be/ZcmG8Xze07Q