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November 23: Find justice on Mount Zion.

Psalms 75:4-10:
“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn. Do not lift up your horn on high; do not speak with a stiff neck.’ ” For exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south. But God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is fully mixed, and He pours it out; surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth drain and drink down. But I will declare forever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. “All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”

Psalms 76:1-9:
In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel. In Salem also is His tabernacle, and His dwelling place in Zion. There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield and sword of battle. Selah
You are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. The stouthearted were plundered; they have sunk into their sleep; and none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands. At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep. You, Yourself, are to be feared; and who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry? You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared and was still, when God arose to judgment, to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah

These two psalms confront this issue: the arrogance that exists in the human being; in many who, haughtily, attacks His people, the people of God.
Psalm 75 shows a verse that catches my attention because the psalmist declared that the person who is haughty and arrogant does not act this way by chance or due to unforeseen events, but that it is God Himself who allows them to be haughty and then give what is due to the prideful (arrogant) and glorify Himself in the humble. In short, this attitude does not surprise or disturb the Lord but He is prepared to deal with kings, rulers or haughty nations to do justice to the righteous, the humble, the one who cries out to God, and to pour out His wrath against the wicked.
That is why here we read about the glass of liquor that is foamy. In this case, the spilled cup is a symbol of God's wrath. This represents when God unleashes calamities and destruction on the world against all those who rise up against God and against His children.
Before studying Psalms, we studied the book of Revelation, and in chapter 16 we read about 7 cups that will be poured out on the earth bringing havoc on the inhabitants. That is why the Bible says that the Lord is great in mercy but slow to anger, because He is patient and waits until His cup of anger is filled and later, when it spills, there is no one to stop it because a long time of patience and tolerance on the part of God with the humanity has already passed. Let us remember that God is a God of love but also of consuming fire.

The next Psalm also makes reference to the wrath of God, but that it comes from His mount. Salem is another name for Jerusalem, and Zion is another name that represents the mount where the temple of God is built.
Salem means king of peace, and Zion is the reference to indicate that the capital city of Israel is the city of David but also the holy city of God. Here we see two functions of authority: Kingship and Priesthood, Government and Sanctification.
Mount Zion and its city is not only the physical city that you and I can get to know by taking a plane to the country of Israel, but the Bible also clearly shows that there is a heavenly city called The New Jerusalem or the heavenly Zion, where all those who believed in the Lord, all the righteous, the martyrs who gave their lives for the Lord, those who were not ashamed of Him are going to be inhabitants of this beautiful city, as it says in Philippians 3:20: "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,”.
There we will receive justification if we have experienced any injustice on earth. We are also going to receive consolation, all of us who have suffered for the sake of the Gospel. From there will come the judgment against the inhabitants of the earth, both the living and the dead.

That is why I want us to affirm our faith in today's devotional with this verse from Hebrews 12:18-24: “For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. (For they could not endure what was commanded: “And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.” And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.”
Here we are shown that we are now on that mount, Mount Zion, the spiritual mount that we touch every time we enter God's presence in prayer and praise. Don't be afraid, the Judge is on your side.

Consider this:
Have you ever felt that you are alone and there is no one to defend you?

I am your friend and brother Eduardo Rodríguez. May the Lord Jesus hear your prayer on the heavenly Mount Zion.
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Noviembre 23: Encuentra justicia en el Monte de Sion.

SALMOS 75:4‭-‬10 RVA2015:

SALMOS 76:1‭-‬9

Estos dos salmos confrontan este tema: la arrogancia que existe en el ser humano; en muchos que, con altivez, ataca a Su pueblo, el pueblo de Dios.
El salmo 75 muestra un verso que me llama la atención porque el salmista declaró que la persona que es altiva y arrogante no actúa así de casualidad o por eventos imprevistos, sino que es Dios mismo que le permite ser altivo para luego darle su merecido a los orgullosos (arrogantes) y glorificarse en los humildes. En pocas palabras, esa actitud no sorprende o perturba al Señor sino que Él está preparado para lidiar con reyes, gobernantes o naciones altivas para hacer justicia al justo, al humilde, al que clama a Dios, y derramar su ira contra los malos.
Por eso aquí leemos sobre la copa de licor que está espumosa. En este caso, la copa derramada es símbolo de la ira de Dios. Esto representa cuando Dios desate ante el mundo calamidades y destrucción contra todo aquel que se levanta en contra de Dios y en contra de Sus hijos.
Antes de estudiar Salmos, estudiamos el libro de Apocalipsis, y en el capítulo 16 leímos acerca de 7 copas que serán derramadas en la tierra trayendo estragos en los habitantes. Por eso la Biblia dice que el Señor es grande en misericordia pero lento para la ira, porque Él es paciente y espera hasta que su copa de ira se va llenando y después, cuando ella se derrama, no hay quien la detenga porque ya ha pasado mucho tiempo de paciencia y tolerancia de parte de Dios con la humanidad. Recordemos que Dios es un Dios de amor pero también de fuego consumidor.

El siguiente Salmo también hace referencia sobre la ira de Dios, pero que ésta sale desde Su monte. Salem es otro nombre con que se le conoce a Jerusalén, y Sion es otro nombre que representa el monte donde está construido el templo de Dios.
Salem significa rey de paz, y Sion es la referencia para indicar que la ciudad capital de Israel es la ciudad de David pero también de la ciudad sagrada de Dios. Aquí vemos dos funciones de autoridad: Reinado y Sacerdocio, Gobierno y Santificación.
El Monte de Sion y su ciudad no solo es la ciudad física que tú y yo podemos a conocer tomando un avión hacia el país de Israel, sino que la Biblia también muestra claramente que existe una ciudad celestial llamada La Nueva Jerusalén o la Sion celestial, donde todos los que creyeron en el Señor, todos los justos, los mártires que dieron la vida por el Señor los que no se avergonzaron de Él van a ser habitantes de esta hermosa ciudad, como lo dice en Filipenses 3:20: "Porque nuestra ciudadanía está en los cielos, de donde también esperamos ardientemente al Salvador, el Señor Jesucristo."
Allí vamos a recibir justificación si hemos vivido alguna injusticia en la tierra. También vamos a recibir consolación, todos los que hemos sufrido por causa del Evangelio.
De ahí va a salir el juicio contra los moradores de la tierra, tanto los vivos como los muertos.

Por eso quiero que afirmemos nuestra fe en el devocional de este día con este verso de Hebreos 12:18-24
Nueva Versión Internacional: "Ustedes no se han acercado a una montaña que se pueda tocar o que esté ardiendo en fuego; ni a oscuridad, tinieblas y tormenta; ni a sonido de trompeta, ni a tal clamor de palabras que quienes lo oyeron suplicaron que no se les hablara más, porque no podían soportar esta orden: «¡Será apedreado todo el que toque la montaña, aunque sea un animal!» Tan terrible era este espectáculo que Moisés dijo: «Estoy temblando de miedo». Por el contrario, ustedes se han acercado al monte Sión, a la Jerusalén celestial, la ciudad del Dios viviente. Se han acercado a millares y millares de ángeles, a una asamblea gozosa, a la iglesia de los primogénitos inscritos en el cielo. Se han acercado a Dios, el juez de todos; a los espíritus de los justos que han llegado a la perfección; a Jesús, el mediador de un nuevo pacto; y a la sangre rociada, que habla con más fuerza que la de Abel."
Aquí se nos muestra que estamos ahora en ese monte, el Monte de Sion, el monte espiritual que tocamos cada vez que entramos a la presencia de Dios en oración y alabanza. No temas, el Juez está de tu lado.
Tu amigo Eduardo Rodríguez.