Three images of the redeemer. Tree portraits about one person Psalm 22, 23, 24: the cross, the crook and the crown Psalm 22, 23, 24: the priest, the prophet, the king

1. Adjacent Psalms
that tell a story
part 5
Psalm 22, 23 and 24
Three portraits - one person
The cross, the crook and the crown

2. Three portraits
The cross, the crook and the crown
Three dramatic side by side pictures

3. Three portraits
The good shepherd who lays down his life
The king
Three dramatic side by side pictures

4. Leading in to these three psalms
psalms on a dire state of man:
Psalm 11
What will the righteous do is the foundation is
destroyed
Psalm 12
The righteous are gone…
On every side the wicked prowl,
vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Psalm 13
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Psalm 14
There is none good, no note one
Then, if so…
Psalm 15
‘who can ascend the mount of the Lord?’

5. “Who shall ascend the mount of the Lord”
becomes ‘an inclusio’
being said in Psalms 15 and 24

6. Leading in to these three psalms
psalms hope extended:
Psalm 16 through 18
A type of resurrection
“God’s right hand” seeing in each Psalm 16 through 21
where “God’s right hand” usually represents
some type of redemption, salvation

7. Who is this vehicle of hope?
Three portraits - one person

8. My God, My God
Why have you forsaken me?
Psalm 22

9. I am a worm and not a man
The word is a worm that dies in a tree
and is crushed to make a red dye

10. 30 Posterity shall serve him;
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming
generation;
31 they shall come and proclaim his
righteousness to a people yet unborn,
that he has done it.

11. The Lord is my shepherd
Psalm 23

12. An intimate picture of
a shepherd and his sheep

13. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

14. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

15. I lift up my eyes to the King
Psalm 24

16. I lift up my eyes to the King
Psalm 24

17. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
5 He will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob

18. Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle!
9 Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory!

19. I lift my soul up to you
Psalm 25

20. I lift my soul up to you
Psalm 25
And a fourth psalm
an application Psalm
In Psalm 24
The gates are lifted up
and now?

21. 25 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, in you I trust;
let me not be put to shame;
let not my enemies exult over me.
3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

22. Psalm 25
is also an acrostic psalm
suggesting it was meant to be earned
And a fourth psalm
an application Psalm

23. Adjacent Psalms
that tell a story
part 5
Psalm 22, 23 and 24
Three portraits - one person
The cross, the crook and the crown