Psalm 29:1-11Psalm 29:1-1111 Give unto the Lord, O  Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, give you mighty ones, give unto the Lord glory and unto the Lord glory and strength.strength.

2 Give unto the Lord the 2 Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.beauty of holiness.

3 The voice of the Lord 3 The voice of the Lord isis over the waters; the God over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the of glory thunders; the Lord Lord isis over many waters. over many waters.

4 The voice of the Lord 4 The voice of the Lord isis powerful; the voice of the powerful; the voice of the Lord Lord isis full of majesty. full of majesty.

55 The voice of the Lord  The voice of the Lord breaks breaks the cedars, Yes, the cedars, Yes, the Lord splinters the the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.cedars of Lebanon.

66 He makes them also skip  He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.Sirion like a young wild ox.

7 The voice of the 7 The voice of the Lord Lord divides the flames of divides the flames of fire.fire.

9 The voice of the Lord makes 9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, and strips the deer give birth, and strips the forests bare; and in His the forests bare; and in His temple everyone says, “temple everyone says, “Glory!Glory!””

8 The voice of the Lord shakes 8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord the wilderness; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.Kadesh.

10 The Lord sat 10 The Lord sat enthronedenthroned at the Flood, and at the Flood, and the the Lord sits as King forever.Lord sits as King forever.

11 The Lord will give 11 The Lord will give strength to His people; strength to His people; the Lord will bless His the Lord will bless His people with peace.people with peace.

29:5 The voice 29:5 The voice of the Lord of the Lord breaks breaks the the cedars, Yes, the cedars, Yes, the Lord splinters Lord splinters the cedars of the cedars of Lebanon.Lebanon.

Cedars of Cedars of LebanonLebanon

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The Flag of LebanonThe Flag of Lebanon

*Species of cedar native to the mountains of the Mediterranean region, in Lebanon, western Syria and south central Turkey.

*These trees are as high as 35 meters and up to 12 meters thickand some 1000 years old!

The Cedars of GodThe Cedars of God

*King David‘s house was made of cedar.

*Solomon used cedar in the construction of the first temple in Jerusalem.

The Cedars of GodThe Cedars of God

For the day of the For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is upon every one that is proud and lofty, and proud and lofty, and upon every one that is upon every one that is lifted up;lifted up;

A PICTURE OF JUDGMENT

and he shall be and he shall be brought low and brought low and upon all the cedars upon all the cedars of Lebanon, of Lebanon, that that areare high and lifted high and lifted up, and upon all the up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan…oaks of Bashan…

And the loftiness of And the loftiness of man shall be bowed man shall be bowed down, and the down, and the haughtiness of men haughtiness of men shall be made low: shall be made low: and the LORD alone and the LORD alone shall be exalted in shall be exalted in that day. Isaiah that day. Isaiah 2:12,13,172:12,13,17

Psalm 104 says that God planted Psalm 104 says that God planted the cedar trees…the cedar trees…

In Psalm 1 the righteous are In Psalm 1 the righteous are likened to a fruit bearing tree…likened to a fruit bearing tree…

In Psalm 37 the wicked are In Psalm 37 the wicked are compared to the power of a compared to the power of a green tree that is here and green tree that is here and gone…gone…

One day God’s judgment will One day God’s judgment will result in the destruction of result in the destruction of ⅓⅓ of of the trees and green grass… the trees and green grass… Rev. 8:7 Rev. 8:7

God’s judgment is reflected in God’s judgment is reflected in the destruction of trees with the destruction of trees with hail and frost… Psalms 78 & 105 hail and frost… Psalms 78 & 105

Trees are mentioned 348 times in Trees are mentioned 348 times in the Biblethe Bible

THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVILOF GOOD AND EVIL

And the Lord God commanded And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Gen. 2:16-shall surely die.” Gen. 2:16-1717

THE TREE ON CALVARYTHE TREE ON CALVARY

[Jesus] Himself bore our [Jesus] Himself bore our sins in His own body on sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live died to sins, might live for righteousness— by for righteousness— by whose stripes you were whose stripes you were healed. 1Peter 2:24healed. 1Peter 2:24

The God of our fathers The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a murdered by hanging on a tree. Acts 5:30tree. Acts 5:30

And we are witnesses of all And we are witnesses of all things which He did both things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a killed by hanging on a tree. Acts 10:39tree. Acts 10:39

Now when they had fulfilled all Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning that was written concerning Him, they took Him, they took HimHim down down from the tree and laid from the tree and laid HimHim in in a tomb. Acts 13:29a tomb. Acts 13:29

Christ has redeemed us from Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having the curse of the law, having become a curse for us for it is become a curse for us for it is written, written, “Cursed“Cursed is is everyone everyone who hangs on a tree” who hangs on a tree” Galatians 3:13Galatians 3:13

THE TREE IN THE NEW THE TREE IN THE NEW JERUSALEMJERUSALEM

And he showed me a And he showed me a pure river of water of pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the proceeding from the throne of God and of throne of God and of the Lamb.the Lamb.

In the middle of its In the middle of its street, and on street, and on either side of the either side of the river, river, waswas the tree the tree of life, which bore of life, which bore twelve fruits, each twelve fruits, each treetree yielding its yielding its fruit every month.fruit every month.

The leaves of the The leaves of the tree tree werewere for the for the healing of the healing of the nations. nations.

Rev.22:1-2Rev.22:1-2

Blessed Blessed areare those who those who do His commandments, do His commandments, that they may have the that they may have the right to the tree of life, right to the tree of life, and may enter through and may enter through the gates into the city.the gates into the city.

Revelation 22:14Revelation 22:14