LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Book Review: .The Messiah and the Psalms: Preaching Christ from All of the Psalms
Submitted to Dr. Gary Yates
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
OBST 660-D01
Psalms
by
Howard C. Storey
August 05, 2018
Contents
Summarization of Belcher’s Approach to the Psalms.....................................................................1
The Strengths and Weaknesses of Belcher’s Approach to the Psalms........................................2
Analysis of Psalm 45.......................................................................................................................2
How Does Psalm 22 Speak of the Messiah.....................................................................................4
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................6
Summarization of Belcher’s Approach to the Psalms
The approach employed by Richard P. Belcher is that of a Christocentric or Christological
relationship within the Psalms. The basic thesis of this book is that all the psalms have a
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relationship to the person and/or work of Christ, not just the traditional Messianic psalms.
Belchers thesis for the work is in alignment with the teaching of Jesus found in Luke 24:27 that
reads:2 “And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the
