God’s Beautiful World.
# 16 2021 Dev. Psalm 110. God’s Plan! Read all of Psalm 110 first. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 110:1 “The Lord says to my lord:‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’.”
Ps. 110 is the last of this 10 Psalm series and it corresponds with Ps.101. Ps 101 is about being righteous: “I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.” Ps.110 is about appointment, establishing an all powerful leader politically and spiritually over the people of the land (world). The Psalm is divided into two parts.
Vs.1-3 is political, “The Lord will extend your mighty scepter…” David is prophesying a world wide rule, indicating the “Day of the Lord”.
Vs. 4-7 is spiritual, ‘You are a priest forever’. This section is about judgment, again indicating the “Day of the Lord”
The meaning of the Hebrew in v.3 and v.7 is uncertain, see footnote in the passage.
Ps 110 is considered to be the most obvious Messianic Psalm. It is a Psalm used for the coronation of a Davidic king, perhaps Solomon. Jesus quoted this Psalm in Mt. 22: 41-46 trying to point out that David, by the Spirit, called him my Lord, indicating equality with God, prophesied in Scriptures in the line of David, traced back to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, calling the Messiah the Son of God. The fact of the incarnation is a reality that humanly speaking can only be accepted by faith. Jesus is the Son of God, who God sent to this broken world not to condemn, but to save the world by Jesus’ sacrifice of love, we only need believe in him as our Savior (Jn.3:16-18).
The corresponding Ps. 101, also a song of David, is about promising to be righteous, yet we know David was far from being righteous. He was a man after God’s own heart, he believed God, he depended on God, and he repented of his wrongs. That is the message we take away today, we are righteous because Jesus is righteous, if we believe on Him God also considers us righteous along with our brother Jesus. David’s prophecy in Ps.110 has implications for us today as well: it is the beginning of God’s “end game” in returning all creation, including God’s people back to Himself. In Jesus we all are Prophets, Priests and Kings under God’s rule. We are set free from our enemy. Praise be to God!
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