This Bible Study is is provided by http://www.theseason.org/ and shared with permission from it's author R. Christopherson

Psalms 123 is another degree, another step towards truth and understanding. This degree addresses distress. Distress; misery, suffery and pain are something that all of us have experienced at one time or another. This chapter is directed to you by our Father, addressed to you when you are under distress.

Psalms 123:1 "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou That dwellest in the heavens."

In other words, when problems and distress come your way, get your eyes focused on Him.

Psalms 123:2 "Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of the maiden unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, Until that He have mercy upon us."

Focus your eyes on our heavenly Father, just as the servants look for help from their masters, and that of a slave girl to her mistress. We are slaves held to captivity to our Father when we are in Christ, and we are to turn to Him for our protection. Just in case you have elevated yourself in your mind that you can do it all on your own, through your pride, you will fall on your face. We are to wait on the Lord our God, to complete His plan, and to be used as He would have us be used. It is not up to us who is saved or what direction we take, but the leading of the Lord. The remnant of God shall be called and used in these final days of this earth age, and those faithful servants will be ready to be used by God's Spirit when they are.

Mark 13:9 "But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them."

Mark 13:10 "And the gospel must first be published among all nations."

Mark 13:11 "But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought before hand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost [Spirit]."

The time of salvation shall come when those that have the truth are delivered up, and under the pressure and persecution of the Antichrist and his kids, the Kenites, the gospel of Christ shall go out to the entire world. It shall not go out until than. Sure many claim a world wide ministry, but when those sealed of God are brought forth to speak, the Holy Spirit of God will put the exact words that are to be spoken in their mouths. We are still to be planting seeds of truth now, and being used as God leads us into places for our gifts to be used. When that time comes, the true tongue of Pentecost will go forth to the world, not this turkey calling that is going on in churches today. It will be the cloven tongue that goes out where by every person will hear that person speaking in their native tongue of the neighborhood they were brought up in.

Acts 2:5 "Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem jews, devout me, out of every nation under heaven."

Acts 2:6 "Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language."

Acts 2:7 "And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, "Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?"

Acts 2:8 "And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?"

This happened on Pentecost day when the Holy Spirit came rushing upon those faithful servants some fifty days after Christ came out of the Tomb, and it will happen again when the elect or sealed of God are delivered up to give the gospel on a day in the near future. It will not be the babel that goes on today, but the clear cloven tongue whereby every person will here and understand with clarity. There will be no need of an interpreter.

How does a slave girl look upon her mistress? She is waiting for a command, and when that command come, she responds exactly as the instructions are given. She wants to please her mistress, and she most definitely elevate herself to be something high and mighty. Not some super teacher, but a humble, gentle servant ready to serve. The mystery that comes forth is that what is spoken on that day, does not need an interpreter. That is the point that each of these turkey callers forget to tell you. Why, because they have the babel, not the gift of God. The gift on Pentecost day needed not interpreter for every person that heard it, understood it clearly in their own native tongue. In the dialect of the neighborhood they grew up in. Remember that there were men from all over the world there, and at least ten different languages are given in verses nine through eleven.

In the times of distress coming on the earth, we are humbly to look to our Heavenly Father for direction. There is but one God, and all the super peddlers would like your focus to be on them, but stay tuned and fixed on the Father, and on His Son the Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalms 123:3 "Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt."

The translators have changed the meaning here from the Hebrew text. It should read that "we are filled up with Satan's mocking of the real truth". There are many people that will mock what is written here concerning tongues and much of the other truths, but in their ignorance would accuse me of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Many tied up in the demonic teaching of the rapture, will in ignorance also accuse of blasphemy. Why, because they would take the word of a mentally ill woman's vision in 1830 over the true Word of God. It was a dream from Satan to the woman, and adopted by the Brethren church, and brought to America as a great find. "For we are filled with mockery [contempt]". The rapture theory will lead many to the false Christ in ignorance.

Psalms 123:4 "Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

My soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing or mockery of those that are at ease; and with the mockery of the proud oppressors. They take truths from the Word of God and form it into something that fits their mind, for an evil purpose. These false doctrines will lead people to Satan the Antichrist. We are living in the generation that has witnessed the first five trumpets of the end time sound, and the sixth is not far away. The Jews have gone back to Jerusalem; the one world political system and its ten agencies rule this world, with all the nation under the sun being charter members. God has been removed from our schools and government buildings, and the armies are even at the gates of Jerusalem. The religions of the world are all fitting themselves into a relationship with the World council of Churches, so all religions of mankind will be acceptable. The people of the world have become a very proud people, and stand in contempt, and mockery of God's holy Word. It is happening on a mass scale today, and the world is preparing itself for the coming the false Christ.