Psalm 108
The words of this psalm are identical with the latter parts of psalm 57 and 60 except for an occasional word. In those psalms they gave faith’s confidence concerning the outcome expressed in prayers for deliverance from the enemy, at the time oppressing God’s earthly people. The prayers will have been answered, and the redeemed ones are arming for battle against those enemies within the boundaries of the promised land, who were not put to death with the Beast and the False Prophet and their armies, at the appearing of the Lord Jesus (Revelation 19:19-21).
Many passages of Scripture indicate that the establishment of universal peace will be preceded by conflict with certain enemies in and near Palestine: Moab, Edom, Philistia and northeastern nations spoken of as the Assyrian or the King of the north. (Read Psalm 83; Isaiah 10:12; 11:14; 25:10-12, and chapter 34; Ezekiel 25:12-17; chapters 35, 38 and 39). Also the prophesy of Obadiah and Micah and other Scriptures, as well as the closing verse of our psalm, from which it is clear that there will be warfare, and that it will be waged by the re-born Israelites, after the Lord’s appearing, and before the reign of peace begins.
He will be first the antitype of David, the man of war; and afterward antitype of Solomon in a reign of peace and displayed glory.
It may be said that the nations of Moab, Edom and the Philistines have disappeared from the lands they occupied in Israel’s day, and are unknown today. It is evident that they will reappear, as will the lost ten tribes of Israel, to be actors in the last days, for God’s Word must stand, and “He requireth that which is past.”
ML 09/20/1931