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"The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies. Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth. The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." The Lord is at your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His wrath. He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. He will drink from a brook beside the way; therefore He will lift up His head." Psalm 110:1-7

This Psalm contains one of the most exalted prophetic portions of Scripture; presenting Jesus Christ as both a Holy King and a royal High Priest, something that no human monarch of Israel ever experienced. It, along with Psalm 118 is by far the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament. While portraying the perfect King, the perfect High Priest, and the perfect government, Psalm 110 also declares Christ's current role in heaven as the resurrected Savior and His future role on earth as the reigning Monarch.

This Psalm is decidedly messianic and millennial in content. Jesus Christ verifies the Davidic authorship. The exact occasion of this Psalm is unknown, but it could easily have been associated with God's declaration of the Davidic Covenant. Christ's humanity descended from David, who is demanded by the Davidic promise in 2 Samuel 7:12. Using this very passage, Jesus also declared His deity in the Gospels; Matthew 22:44, Mark 12:36, and Luke 20:42-43 by arguing that only God could have been lord to King David.

Well, so much for our theology lesson for the day. What does this mean to us? These types of correlations substantiate the unity of the Old and New Testaments, and become a bridge linking the promises of God to Christ's fulfilling of them. This is significant because, even under careful analysis scrutiny we can see irrefutable evidence of who Jesus is illustrated numerous times in the Old Testament, and verified in the New Testament. This type of seamless and obvious association becomes proof text in the study of the whole of Scripture for verifying that Christ is the Messiah, period. This understanding then becomes faith-building and inspiration for the case for the authenticity of our beliefs and doctrine.

That being said let me close with this thought. Study for yourself. Search the Word of God, and delve deeper into the doctrinal passages, and make them part of your arsenal of defenses for your faith. It is Ok to study those who study, and it is Ok for us to believe, because we trust those who have studied and know these truths and share them with us but, only to a degree. Nothing is better than digging for gold yourself, and finding it yourself, and holding it in your own hand, because you worked for it yourself. These biblical epiphanies are rich and can lead you to a more valued relationship with Him.

I hope you make this kind of study a part of your faith development and part the substance of your beliefs. As the Scripture and the old hymn of our faith says..."I know whom I have believed and are persuaded that He is able to keep that which I've committed unto Him against that day."

My salvation and relationship with the Lord is not based on feelings, it is based on facts and better yet, irrefutable and provable truth from His Word.

Pastor Fred

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