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Psalm 110

“The Lord said unto my Lord”

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Preface

Known as the Dixit Dominus in latin.
Is both a royal psalm and a messianic psalm
The most quoted psalm in the NT
Was authored by King David

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“The LORD said unto my Lord…”

vs 1

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אָדוֹן��'âdôn - aw-done'�

From an unused root (meaning to rule); {sovereign} that {is} controller (human or divine)

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Who is speaking, who is being spoken to?

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The LORD makes promises

vss 2-3, 5-7

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What are the promises the Father makes to Jesus?

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Promises

To make his enemies his footstool
Jesus will rule in the midst of his enemies
Jesus’ people will be willing the day of His power
Jesus will strike through kings in the day of his wrath
Jesus will judge among the heathen

The reference to filling the places with dead bodies is possibly an allusion to the Battle of Armageddon (rev 16:16)

He will be refreshed (and be provided with refreshment)

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“Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek”

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Why is it important that Jesus be both Priest and King?

God’s intention, for mankind, was that He rule over us, in all areas of our life. In the garden of Eden there was no distinction between the spiritual and the civic. When God first made an nation out of Israel, the priests mediated a Theocracy, where God rules Israel as their king, and He had jurisdiction over the moral and civil aspects of their life.

When Israel rejected God, demanding a king in the events recorded in Samuel, God was angered. Israel had rejected Him. They also were proposing a system that was less efficient. Having two offices to govern the civil and the moral aspects of a person’s life isn’t as efficient. Because the moral and civil parts of life are closely intertwined, and one without the other is weird, complex, and clumsy.

Jesus healed that rift, restoring God’s original purpose, for people to be governed by someone who could tend not only to their civil actions, but also to the deeper moral issues.

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Final Thoughts

Jesus is the King and has jurisdiction over all things.
This was ordained by God thousands of years ago.
Jesus was meant to unify both the civil and moral parts of our life.
Prayer Requests

Dan and Jacqueline’s baby is imminent!
Others???