The Prophetic Outline of the Psalms, Handbook Version with Fold out Charts

Many who read the Psalms overlook the proper dispensational setting into which the Spirit of God has put them and have imagined that they describe the Christian's standing, experience, and hope. This is a mistake because the Psalms really do not rise to the height of the Christian's understanding, blessing, and experience. A careful study of the Psalms will show that they are not Christian but rather Jewish in their primary interpretation.

This does not mean that Christians shouldn't read or make applications from the Psalms for their circumstances in life. Far be the thought, for "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16). "Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope" (Romans 15:4). The Psalms can give much comfort to the saints in all ages, but we should not import Christianity into them.