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primarily Jewish. The Jewish temple can

be considered a prefigurement of the

body of Christ, made up of all believers

and indwelt by the Holy Spirit. The

battles in the Psalms speak to us of our

spiritual warfare against principalities

and powers, against the forces of

darkness in the heavenly places. The

material blessings of Israel on earth point

us to our spiritual blessings in the

heavenlies in Christ.

If we use these keys, the Psalms become

richly meaningful to us, and many of the

problems in interpretation disappear.

1 MacDonald, William.Believers’ Bible
Commentary.Nashville:Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc., 1995

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