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is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of
death. For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced
My hands and My feet; I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. They divide My
garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.

There are portions of this Psalm of David that stand as the testimony of David. When David writes,
“Our fathers trusted you; They trusted, and you delivered them,” he is writing that which is true of
his own experience and that of his forebears. Yet this Psalm switches back and forth between that
which pertains to David, and that which pertains to the promised Messiah who would one day appear.
There are things in this Psalm that David never experienced, but which pertain clearly to the Son of
God. It was on the cross that Yahshua uttered the words, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken
Me!” While Yahshua was being crucified, the priests and rulers of the people jeered and said, “He
trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!” The Roman
soldiers divided Christ’s garments between them, and for His clothing they cast lots. These are things
that David never experienced.

At the same time, there are portions of this Psalm that apply equally to David and to the Messiah. It
could be truly stated of both that they were “A reproach of men, and despised by the people.” Both
experienced times when the congregation of the wicked surrounded them. The man or woman who
would correctly understand this Psalm must distinguish between those words that pertain to a man;
those that pertain to the Messiah; and those that pertain to both.

When reading the passages from Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14 we must make similar distinctions. Some
parts pertain to a man, some to Satan, and some can be applied equally to both. It should not be
surprising that even as David was King in Jerusalem and served as a type of Christ, that the King of
Babylon should serve as a type of Satan. Zion and Babylon have always stood as opposites. The
former represents the rule of God while the latter the rule of Satan. Even as David patiently endured
much suffering while looking forward in faith to the promises of God, demonstrating much of the
character of the Son of God, so too did the proud, cruel rulers of Tyre and Babylon demonstrate much
of the character of Satan.

As you read through the following passage of Scripture, see if you can identify that which pertains
to man, that which pertains to an angelic being, and those statements that might equally apply to both.

Ezekiel 28:1-19
The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says