Psa 90:6-11 – “One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day”

[I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory] Eph 3:13

Psa 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Psa 90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Psa 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psa 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
Psa 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Psa 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

A very common denominator that the body of Christ is experiencing today is judgment, the ‘One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day’, which is a parable that reveals that process of judgment that is on the house of God today and being used to perfect His love within us (1Pe 4:17, 1Jn 4:17).

2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

1Jn 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that judgement (1 as 1000 or a 1000 as 1) is revealing the loving hand of our Father upon us who is receiving us, or perfecting us, or reconciling us through this process of judgment as we pray for and receive the kingdom of God day by day in earnest which kingdom is His good pleasure to give us.

1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Luk 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

2Co 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
2Co 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
2Co 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
2Co 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
2Co 5:15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
2Co 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2Co 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
2Co 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Luk 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

“The word of reconciliation” of 2Co 5:19 and “having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself” of Col 1:20, is accomplished through the sanctification process that God’s people are experiencing in advance of the world (Joh 17:17) and is how we come to no longer know Christ after the flesh, but after the spirit. It is when we are called out of darkness and into His marvelous light that we can bring forth fruit, and your fruit should remain.

Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

1Pe 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Joh 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

As we contemplate the ongoing and needful judgment upon Christ’s body, we must remind each other to not be discouraged because of the suffering or the afflictions which we are all filling up which are your glory, as it is the means by which God enables us to cease from sinning as we go unto maturity little by little, glory to glory God willing, learning obedience by the things which we suffer.

Eph 3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Col 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

1Pe 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
1Pe 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

Deu 7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

God’s sovereign hand is intimately involved in every stage of our high calling of pressing toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, and the verses we will look at are another witness that points to the wisdom of knowing that this is the day of the Lord for us, and as such we must look to Christ and “consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds”. God’s word admonishes us in our patience to possess our souls even as we’re given to bear each other’s burdens, knowing it is Christ in us who strengthens and enables us to do this.

Php 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Luk 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

Jas 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Php 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Rev 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Psa 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down^H4135, and withereth^H3001.

The verses we are looking at this week are, in large part, centered around God’s word in Luk 12:5, Ecc 12:1-14 and 2Pe 3:10-13) which remind us how we are suppose to spend our remaining days in these vessels of clay that are being “cut down^H4135, and withereth”.

The question is “what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness”, “seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved” — all these things being the judgment described in 2Pe 3:10 which is “the day of the Lord” for God’s people. Christ turned to the “daughters of Jerusalem” and said “weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children”, which is another way of admonishing us to “fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church”:

H4135 cut down
mûl mool
A primitive root; to cut short, that is, curtail (specifically the prepuce, that is, to circumcise); by implication to blunt; figuratively to destroy: – circumcise (-ing, selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, X must needs.
Total KJV Occurrences: 36
circumcised, 24
Gen_17:10, Gen_17:12-14 (3), Gen_17:23-27 (5), Gen_21:4, Gen_34:15, Gen_34:17, Gen_34:22 (2), Gen_34:24, Exo_12:44, Exo_12:48, Jos_5:3 (2), Jos_5:5 (2), Jos_5:7 (2), Jer_9:25
circumcise, 5
Deu_10:16, Deu_30:6, Jos_5:2, Jer_4:4 (2)
destroy, 3
Psa_118:10-12 (3)
cut, 2
Psa_58:7, Psa_90:6
circumcising, 1
Jos_5:8
needs, 1
Gen_17:13

H3001 withereth
yâbêsh yaw-bashe’
A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage): – be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame (-fully), X utterly, wither (away).

Luk 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Ecc 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth [In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up], while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ecc 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened [Mat 24:29], nor the clouds return after the rain [Amo 8:11]:
Ecc 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few [Mat 22:14, within Mat 24:41], and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Ecc 12:4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Ecc 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: (Rev 11:9-12, Luk 23:28)
Ecc 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Ecc 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ecc 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Ecc 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Ecc 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
Ecc 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads [Act 26:14], and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecc 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil (Eph 1:11, Isa 45:7).

2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Both of these dire statesments for the flesh found in (Luk 12:5, 2Pe 3:10) are accompanied right after with the hope filled message that, while we go through this process of judgement of grace and faith, there is witness of our being purchased by the blood of Christ and how valuable we are to God and how certain the work is to be accomplished that God is working in His people right now.

Luk 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luk 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2Pe 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

1Pe 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Rom 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Psa 90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Psa 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psa 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

It is God’s anger that is consuming our old man, or His righteous indignation. He is burning out of us our iniquities and our secret sins in the light of His countenance, and we turn to these verses in Exodus to witness that the law does not change our hearts, it is only when we our blessed to see “the light of thy countenance” that the heart of man can truly change.

Psa 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Exo 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exo 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Exo 33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jas 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Jas 1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

Tit 3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Judgment is on the house of God, and for that reason all of our days which are written in His book are “passed away in thy wrath”, to the end that He who has begun a good work in us will accomplish it through Christ.

Psa 139:16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.

Php 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Psa 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Psa 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

“The days of our years” are “threescore years and ten” is a parable describing the predestinated life that we live out as the sons of Adam: 70 years or 3X20 plus 10, reminds us that there is a process of judgment that all men are going through. It is not the same judgment that God’s elect are going through that is changing our hearts, however it could be thought of as a negative judgment in that sense, or more of a ‘whatever you sow you will reap’ judgment, which is true for us as well.

Regardless of what happens to us while we live and move and have our being in Christ (3×20+10=70), it is only when we by “reason of strength” which is speaking of the strength of Christ through whom we can endure all things (Php 4:13) that we can avoid being “soon cut off, and we fly away” or ‘die a common death’ because we are not being judged in this life. It is when we are granted to die daily, that we are being circumcised on the eighth day which symbolizes and witnesses that we are putting off the whole flesh in this life through Christ by not denying him but rather denying ourselves and taking up our cross and following Him (4X20).

Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Act 17:28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Lev 12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

These verses in Psalms tell us that life is not easy for anyone as we get old and put off the flesh, and the sparks spoken of in Job 5:7 are really the (3 x 20 + 10=70) part of this statement speaking of all flesh (Job 5:7), however the “yet is their strength labour and sorrow” part of verse 11 is speaking directly to God’s people who must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Act 14:22).

God willing we are amongst those who are coming to “know the power of thine anger” and are understanding more and more that “even according to they fear, so is thy wrath” is a good thing, and a necessary experience of evil that the Lord is causing so that we can mature in Him.

Ecc 1:13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Eph 4:13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Next week, Lord willing, we will look at the last part of this Psalm 90 where the Psalmist cries out to God to finish the work that He has started, knowing that it will require wisdom and understanding and the ability to apply our hearts unto that wisdom even as He teaches us to number our days which are all written in His book:

Psa 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psa 90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Psa 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psa 90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
Psa 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
Psa 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.