What can we learn from the shortest chapter in the Bible? Let’s look at Psalm 117.
Does it begin and end with praise to God? Is it a universal call to all nations? Does it confirm God’s faithfulness for all eternity?
Praise the Lord, all you nations! Exalt him, all you peoples! For great is his gracious love toward us, and the Lord’s faithfulness is eternal. Hallelujah! (Ps 117:1-2 ISV)
Did the author of Romans also quote this Psalm regarding the gentiles or non-Jewish nations?
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. (Romans 15:11 KJV)
Does this universal praise find fulfillment in the prophecies of Revelation?
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” (Rev 7:9-10 LSB)
Will this be the result of the church fulfilling Christ’s great commission given to the apostles? Were they to teach later church traditions or what Jesus commanded?
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Mat 28:19-20 NASB)
What can we learn from the shortest chapter in the Bible? You decide!
