Psalm 91 Isn't True

 And neither is most of the rest of the Bible if you look at it from a perspective limited to this evil age.

There is a very real spiritual world, there is a coming age after this evil age where the god of this world and his minions are thrown down, and Yeshua reigns from Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, but that time is not now, is it?

Maranatha is the heart cry of a follower of the Jewish Messiah because this evil age wears us down and crushes us as much as it possibly can.

There is a portion of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens where Tiny Tim's brother is reading Psalm 91 and it speaks of 

91:5  "You will not fear the terror of night,

    nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you."

and over in the corner sits Tiny Tim's chair, empty, meaning that this is a scene in the possible future after Tiny Tim has died and here they are reading a scripture that seems to promise the righteous will never have to endure such things as a young child dying of disease.

“The divine Scriptures do not make their teaching clear by syllables, but by the meaning conveyed in the whole.” 

Basil

It is no accident that satan is seen quoting scripture accurately one time in the Bible when he is tempting Yeshua, he uses a portion of Psalm 91.  

91:11"For He will give His angels charge over you,
to guard you in all your ways.
12 12Upon their hands they will lift you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone."

Anyone who preaches the pre-trib lie could use this scripture too, if it was all by itself and not part of a book.

Yeshua responds to satan, Matthew 4:7 "Yeshua said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put Adonai your God to the test."

Satan was tempting Yeshua to throw Himself down from the temple and in the sight of all the people, His not being injured would prove, He was the son of God. Because satan was trying to get Him to bite on the "IF" part of "If You are the son of God..."

But we have a deeper problem with Psalm 91, not everyone is rescued and protected and satisfied with long life in this world.  Psalm 91 isn't true if you limit it to this world, this evil age.

The presence of God is promised to us, the Life of God which is eternal is promised to us, He takes upon Himself the name Redeemer, which means our situations will always eventually be rescued and protected.  NONE of these "promises" apply to this evil age, Tiny Tim may die, kids die of cancer every day, it sucks, this evil age sucks, we cannot, we must not get too comfortable here.  We cannot we must not expect to have every prayer answered here.

Our hearts cry Maranatha because this evil age is not our home!

Psalm 91 is 100% true when the Most High God is factored into the equation!