“The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; let the earth be moved! The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name – He is holy. The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool – He is holy.” Psalm 99:1-5.

The above has been included for context. This study will cover the rest of the Psalm 99:6-9.

“Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He answered them. He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; they kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them.” Psalm 99:6-7.

Moses acted as high priest to the people until the tabernacle was completed and then God had him ordain Aaron as high priest. It is said of Samuel that he was among those who called upon the name of the Lord and He answered them.

Samuel is reckoned among the prophets, even being mentioned first in Acts.

“Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days [prophecies of the Christ].” Acts 3:24.

These three men were foremost in religion, piety, and prayer, yet it is possible for us to be included among them.

“…you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 2:5.

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light…” 1 Peter 2:9.

The Christian has the position and the authority; the only things they lack are diligence and determination.

“You answered them, O Lord our God; You were to them God-Who-Forgives, though You took vengeance on their deeds.” Psalm 99:8.

This particular verse seems to be aimed mostly at Moses who disobeyed God’s instructions to him in the wilderness, see Numbers 20:1-13.

The children of Israel were stopped at a place called Meribah when they started to complain about the lack of water to Moses and Aaron, and of course they continued carping about all the things they left behind in Egypt just to die in this wasteland, showing their hearts of evil disbelief.

Moses and Aaron took all this to the Lord and He instructed Moses to take his staff and stand before a certain rock and speak to it and water would come gushing out.

Well Moses had had enough and lost it before the people and he said, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” Numbers 20:10b-11, then he struck the rock twice.

In God’s grace, water came out of the rock, but Moses’ sin got him in trouble and he was told that he would not enter the land of promise, see Numbers 27.

“Now the Lord said to Moses: ‘Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.’ (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)” Numbers 27:12-14.

Christians need to grasp the fact that God will forgive you your sins as you confess them, but that does not mean that you will not suffer the consequences of that sin.

Even though Moses paid dearly for his sin, the Spirit says of him in the book of Hebrews:

“Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house [God’s house].” Hebrews 3:1-2.

“And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house [God’s house] as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward…” Hebrews 3:5.

You may confess the sin of adultery, but that does not mean that the woman will not get pregnant. See King David’s dilemma in 2 Samuel 11:1-12:25.

Though you confess the sin of fornication, it does not mean that you will not get a serious disease.

Though you confess the sin of murder, it does not mean that you will not go to prison. If Moses, Aaron and King David suffered the consequences, you will too.

So Christian, weigh carefully the things that you do, God loves you but He will not coddle you in your sin.

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Galatians 6:7.

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9.

“Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.” Psalm 99:9.

“The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!’” Revelation 4:8.

Holy, holy, holy; Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit.

Psalm 99:6-9 taken from godisrevealed.com posted on 2-28-15, updated on 2-8-23.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version, copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission, all rights reserved.