PSALM 34

TEHILLIM 34

7 The angel of the Yahweh encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

The ways of God are not confined to the age of miracle. They extend throughout all generations. They are extant today in the sphere both of politics and private life. It is a great help in the battle of life to be able to discern them aright...

Much that is talked of in a common way as providence is no providence. Providence consists of the divine regulation of natural circumstances; and the principles upon which this regulation takes place, can only be learnt from the scriptures of truth.

... all who commit their way to God in a scriptural manner, are included in the operations of the only providence that exists in the universe—that is, the control of natural circumstances by angelic agency; in an unseen manner, however, and without any apparent interference with natural ways.

Ways of Providence Ch 27

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

A "dissolution of being in the grave" is the ultimate result of the sentence of death being carried out, as exemplified in the words "unto dust shalt thou return." The sentence itself is death, as saith Paul, "The wages of sin is death."—(Rom. 6:23.) This proximately is the deprivation of life, which though leading to dissolution, is not dissolution instanter. Life being removed, corruption ensues. Now "Christ died; " in this he endured the sentence. Sin was condemned in the flesh.—(Rom. 8:3.)

But it was not the Father's pleasure that his body should decompose or that even a bone should be broken. He suffered only so much of death's indignity as was needful for the vindication of the law. The Father loved His "Holy One" and preserved his body from violence on the cross when the thieves had their legs broken; and mantled him in the tomb with the preservative energy of His power till the third day, when he came forth in the joy of restored life, as the morning star from the womb of night, heralding the approach of day.

The Christadelphian, Apr 1872