Yes, Galatians has 149 Verses. Ephesians has 155. Philippians gives us 104 Verses, and Colossians is even shorter, 95 Verses. (Little Philemon, also by Paul, has only 25 Verses!)

But in the Old Testament, near the very “center” in fact, is a Giant of a Chapter! The longest in all the Bible! As you likely know, it is Psalm 119.

And here’s the beautiful thing, the longest Chapter in Scripture is about Scripture. It gloriously magnifies THE WORD OF GOD!

The Holy Spirit has divided Psalm 119 into twenty-two (22) clearly marked Paragraphs. These Divisions, Sections are based on the Hebrew alphabet, in fact! Think of the Skill in writing like that, what a Composer He is!

Spurgeon (I think it was him) said the 119th Psalm has 22 Paragraphs, each comparable in size to one of the Psalms of Degrees! (A Group of 15 Psalms beginning at Psalm 120 and continuing through Psalm 134.)

Psalm 119 is fast becoming my favorite Portion of the Bible! And maybe here’s the reason why … the Lord clearly led me to preach through its 176 Verses some years ago as a Pastor. And now, while serving the Lord in many pulpits as a traveling Preacher … He has again (years later, mind you) directed me to this Mammoth Chapter again.

This “trip” is nearly automatic though. We are strolling through the Psalms on our YouTube Channel. One video after another, one Psalm after another … and as of Thursday (October 23, 2025) we shall have reached PSALM 119.

In a way this short Article is not simply designed to introduce folks to the Psalm … but it is also an invitation to come study it with us in detail. Probably 22 Lessons, in fact. Visit YouTube and search for our Channel (Dr. Mike Bagwell) and subscribe. (No charge whatsoever!)

Let’s travel together!

Let’s learn how God’s Word, the Holy Bible, can meet every single need in the life of a growing Christian! Let’s learn why God has “magnified His Word above all His Name.” That’s exactly what Psalm 138:2 claims!

See you soon. And please bring your Bible!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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The particular Verse I have in mind has surfaced several times lately in my Bible Study. Especially when preparing for our “Evening Meditation” Bible Study Videos (Watch one of them … uploaded every other night on our YouTube Channel).

Our above-mentioned Verse is found in Zechariah, an Old Testament apocalyptic Book, loaded with prophecy! The divinely inspired Sentence in its context “fits” (“occurs”) the Moment of the Second Coming of Jesus to this earth. A time of Judgment, indeed!

“And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.” Zechariah 14:12

As the Lord returns, He interrupts the Battle of Armageddon and … Revelation 19 best describes the awful Event. “And I saw the beast (anti-Christ), and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him (Jesus our Lord) that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant (whole armies) were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.” (Revelation 19:19-21)

It is at this Moment that our Zechariah Judgment occurs! Read it again with me please. “And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.”

The Wrath of the Lamb of God is so severe, so very HOT, that He melts (a word I have chosen) the very flesh of these enemies of Israel! He liquifies their eyes! And neutralizes their tongues! (Never again will they curse God’s Chosen People, the Jews! Never again will they look disdainfully upon the “Apple of God’s Eye,” again that’s Israel! Never again will any of them march against the Holy Land, Jerusalem!)

Wow!

If I were unsaved, very frightening!

Yet no one of necessity has to experience that type judgment, damnation. He or she can be “saved” by the Grace of God today and avoid such a horrendous future!

How to be saved?

Let Jesus answer that for us. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:24, that simple!

What a choice!

Incineration or Salvation!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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