Bible TimePsalm 41
The following is the report for the Psalm. Note this is around 7:00 AM on April 14, 2009, on the east coast of the United States.
Psalm 41
Theoretical Time:
- 13000-03-23 20:1:09 AA
- 2009-04-14 13:02:17 TMMT
- 2009-04-14 10:41:23 GMT
- 2009-04-14 06:41:23 EDT
Psalms 41
1Blessed is he who looks after the poor; Yahvah will deliver him in time of trouble.
2Yahvah will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will bless him on the land; he will not deliver him into the hands of his enemies.
3Yahvah will strengthen him on his sick bed; he will wholly recover from his illness.
4I have said, Yahvah, be merciful to me and heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.
5My enemies speak evil of me: When will he die, and his name perish?
6When they come to see me, they speak falsely and their hearts devise evil; they go out into the street and gossip about me.
7All that hate me, whisper together about me; they devise evil against me.
8They conceive unjust accusations against me; they say, Now that he lies sick in his bed, he will not rise up any longer.
9Yes, even the man who visits me, in whom I trust, who eats my bread and whom I trust, betrays me.
10But you, Yahvah, be merciful to me and heal me, that I may repay them.
11By this, I know that you are pleased with me, because my enemy does not irk me.
12And as for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me before your face forever.
13Blessed is Yahvah, god of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Fulfillment: Obama to Georgetown University
About 4 hours after theoretical time, when the sun was finally up on the east coast of the United States, President Obama traveled to Georgetown University to give a speech on the economy.
The audience was mostly poor and enslaved college students who are still generally enamored with the new President.
The speech included a reference to the Sermon on the Mount, and how it is important to build a house on stone, lest it be washed away in a flood. Note that as Pharaoh, he is working his way towards the Red Sea crossing. An interesting choice even without a match to the Psalm.
As always we look for matches that help confirm this is the right headline for the Psalm, especially when the headline is as far away from theoretical time as it is. Note, though, this was an otherwise slow news day.
The voice of the Psalm is the poor, and the one who travels to speak (vs. 6) is called out as one speaking against the Psalm's author, speaking against the poor. The traveler in the headline was President Obama, the fact that he traveled in order to give the speech helps confirm this headline as the fulfillment.
Curiously, Obama repeatedly stuck his tongue into his cheek, a likely telegraph on vs. 9, that the speaker is devising evil, event while he seems to sound good.
To his credit Obama understood the banking system's fractional reserve system's amplification of deposits. $100 deposited does generate upwards of $1000 through the magic of fiat currency. Since that money is also deposited, the amplification is even greater. This was Obama's stated reason for not directly bailing out the public, but instead the nation's banks. Of course there is a cost, either long term debt payments on the Federal deficit or monetary inflation. Neither answer is without cost and the audience is who pays not matter which eventually happens.
The bottom line, of course, is the system is designed to enslave the borrower. His audience, mostly in-debt college students are a prime example of those the system is designed to hurt. The Psalmist clearly knows this, as does Obama's tongue.
The BBC carried details, including the fact that Ben Bernanke also spoke at about the same time also at a University venue. Problem, though, is that Obama out-ranks the Federal Reserve chairman, so Obama takes the Psalm.
Update
Later reports revealed that Georgetown University had been asked to cover over their insignia that would have been behind Obama on the stage. That insignia is a stylized version of Jesus' name.