Recently, some leading Prophecy Sites and Authors have begun to post a "pet theory" they have about Psalm 83. That is fine. The problem is they present it as fact. It is not. There are enough Biblical Prophecy People trained in examining the facts to be able to say "It is PURE speculation."
What I mean by that is the "intent" is pure but the facts aren't there. It is what is called a "presuppositional analysis" of the Scripture. That means you can't find the conclusion they say unless you first SAY it is there; then go out of your way to prove it. If the people would say "It could be" or I think, then more likely there would be a number of people agreeing. But what you see today is because of the nature of Christianity to agree with "popular" people first, we tend to forget, even the wisest among us make mistakes.
Psalm 83 should be read by you with the Holy Spirit leading you and no one telling you what is there.
-Michael James Stone
Grace thru Faith:
What About Psalm 83?
Q. I agree with your position on Psalm 83 & Ezekiel 38-39. Your explanation makes sense scripturally. Israel is not at peace and is not a land of unwalled villages. Yet some other so called prophecy experts continue to make it a point to discredit the Psalm 83 information. This is difficult for me to understand. Why is it so hard for some to accept that maybe God is revealing new understanding through some of his other children for the edification of the whole body of Christ?
A. Not everyone agrees that Psalm 83 will actually occur. While it hasn’t happened in the past, opponents of the view say it doesn’t have to happen in the future. They say God could have answered Asaph’s prayer pre-emptively. They’ve also found ways (that don’t impress me) around Israel being a peaceful, unsuspecting people at the time of Ezekiel’s attack as Ezekiel 38:11 requires. We’ll have to wait and see who’s right, and our wait will likely be a short one.
