Scripture Reading: Psa. 110
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God has made Christ to sit at His right hand—Psa 110:1-3:
A
"Jehovah declares to my Lord, / Sit at My right hand / Until I make Your enemies / Your footstool"—v. 1:
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This word, which concerns Christ in His ascension, has been quoted directly more than twenty times in the New Testament and has been quoted indirectly approximately another twenty times.
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The Lord Jesus quoted this verse to reveal His divinity as the Lord of David—Matt. 22:41-46.
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The highest place in the universe is at the right hand of God—cf. Ezek. 47:1.
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In His ascension Christ entered into the Father's being and sat down there—Heb. 1:3b.
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This word about Christ's sitting at the right hand of God implies Christ's kingship—Psa. 80:17; Col. 1:17b, 18b; Rev. 22:1; Ezek. 1:22, 26; cf. Isa. 14:13; 3 John 9; 1 John 5:21.
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In the New Testament we are told that in His ascension Christ has been made by God the Lord, the Christ, the Leader of the entire universe, and the Savior—Acts 2:36; 5:31; 10:36.
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Christ is on the throne, but He is still in need of a footstool:
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God is endeavoring to subdue all of Christ's enemies and to make them His footstool.
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Our fighting today is for the subduing of Christ's enemies—Rom. 5:17, 21.
B
God will send forth from Zion the scepter of Christ's strength to rule over all the nations at His return—Psa. 110:2.
C
Christ's people will offer themselves willingly in the day of His warfare (forces or army), in the splendor of their consecration—v. 3a.
D
Christ's young men will be to Him like the dew from the womb of the dawn— v. 3b.
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God has sworn and will not change in ordaining Christ a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek—v. 110:4; Heb. 5:6, 10:
A
We need Christ as our Priest to pray for us and take care of our case before God—4:14-16; 7:25.
B
As the kingly High Priest, Christ ministers God into us as our supply to fulfill God's eternal purpose—v. 1; 8:2; Gen. 14:18.
C
As the High Priest, Christ cherishes the churches in His humanity and nourishes them in His divinity with His divine love—Rev. 1:12-13.
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Christ, who is the Lord (Adonai) and who is at God's right hand, will shatter kings in the day of His anger at His coming back and will execute judgment among the nations over a great land—Psa. 110:5-6:
A
This indicates that Christ is the Warrior to be the greatest Victor, overcoming all the nations, shattering the kings and the head of the enemies, and executing judgment upon all who oppose Him—2:9, 12; Dan. 2:44; Rev. 2:26-27.
B
He will come with His bride, a composition of all His overcomers, as His army, and with her He will fight against and defeat Antichrist and his armies— 19:11-21.
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Christ will drink from the brook by the way and will lift up His head triumphantly—Psa. 110:7:
A
As Christ is taking the lead to fight through to the end, He will need water to drink, and this water will be the overcomers.
B
For Christ to lift up His head means that He will be victorious.
C
To the enemies Christ is the Victor, but to us He is the Drinker.
D
In this psalm we see Christ as the King, the Priest, the Warrior, the Victor, and the Drinker (the Coming One).