A Psalm of the Last Enemy (Psalm #49)

Text: Psalm 49

The last enemy is death.

This applies to everyone (vss 1-4)

Evil days (vs 5)

Sin has run its course through the body and the corruptible body begins to fade.
Mind doesn’t work like it used to. The heart doesn’t work like it used to. Pains become random and more frequent.

Death is greater than wealth (vss 6-9)

The enemy of death can’t be bought because this enemy will take everything eventually.
1 Timothy 6:17
In verse 8 the soul is precious, riches are not. Death will end the opportunity to for redemption. It is appointed unto man once to die, but after this, the judgment.
I heard a good outline of it that said redemption is:
- Implied
- Denied
- Supplied
- Applied

Death makes this life transient (vss 10-14)

Vs 10 no one gets out alive and riches pass from one hand to another.
Vs 11 you’ve seen old dilapidated houses.
- No one thought that would be the state of the house when they were building it. Castles in Europe that are museums, the royal families have been gone for years.
- They call their lands after their own names like King Ranch, Houston, Beeville, Austin, San Antonio, Washington, etc.
Vs 12 Nevertheless… I love how that is so nonchalantly said. They’re wealthy, they’re honourable, but anyway (nevertheless)
Vs 13 their way is their folly…
- So the world has a way of doing things
- John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Vs 14 the upright have dominon over them in the morning
- That’s first the 1000 year reign of the Lord Jesus Christ

God is the redeemer (vs 15)

David isn’t looking for redemption because he’s keeping the important parts of the law. David is looking to the LORD to redeem him.

Fear not (vss 16-20)

Vs 16 politicians like Haman
Vs 17 The Egyptians thought they could fill the tombs of the dead with food and money for the afterlife.
Vs 20 Having understanding is the difference between life and death.