Psalm 110

Psalm 110

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A Psalm about

Jesus

First we have

Psalm 110

A Psalm of David

written out

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

Because this Psalm talks about Jesus -

it is called a

Messianic Psalm.

Verse 1

The Lord said unto my Lord,

Sit thou at my right hand,

until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

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Next,

I write out verse one while pointing out

insights into the translation of verse one...

The

Lord

(In Hebrew the word is "Yahweh" which is a name for God)

said unto

my

Lord

(In Hebrew the word is "Adonai" which is a name for God)

In this verse,

God the Father is speaking to Jesus.

I remind you that...

Jesus IS God.

We know that "my Lord" could not refer to a regular person

because David calls him "Lord" (in Hebrew = Adonai)

which is a word for God.

Here we see Father God & Jesus.

They are 2 parts of

The Trinity of God

which is....

God the Father

God the Son

God the Holy Spirit. 

Here are

2 videos

to explain this further.

Here is the

Second Video

with helpful insights.

In Psalm 110:1

God the Father says to Jesus ...

Sit thou at my right hand,

(that was fulfilled in Matthew 16:19)

until...

I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Until... 

Until it is time for Jesus to come back to earth and bring wrath and justice to earth.

Note: Footstool  - see also Hebrews 10:13

Below is the verse

which tells about when Jesus

- after the resurrection - 

left earth

and went to heaven

and then was

seated at the right hand of Father God.

Matthew 16:19 says...

So then after the Lord [ Jesus ]  had spoken unto them,

he [ Jesus ]  was received up into heaven,

and sat on the right hand of God.

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1 Peter 3:22 says...

Who [Jesus] is gone into heaven,

and is on the right hand of God;

angels and authorities and powers

being made subject unto him.

Also see Luke, 22:69 and Ephesians 1:20-22

Jesus is currently sitting at the right hand of 

Father God.

The seat at the right hand of a king is a place of honor.

Yet this psalm indicates

that it is not just a place of honor for Jesus.

It is a place of co-ruling with the Father.

We see Psalm 110:1 quoted by Jesus

in Matthew 22:41-46.  

Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1

to highlight in their mind

the idea of a Messiah

who is fully man

(because the Jews know Messiah will be an offspring of David)

and fully God

(because David calls this person Lord/Adonai /God).

Also see Mark 12:35-37 and Luke 20:41-44.

Note that

both Matthew and Luke

provide genealogies tracing Jesus back to David.

The Mary line is biological.

The Joseph line is not biological but still important.

Verse 2

The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion:

rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

That verse relates to Revelation 19.

In Revelation 19:15

we see Jesus 

ruling with the rod / scepter

as described in verse 2 above. 

15 And out of his [Jesus' ] mouth
goeth a sharp sword,
that with it he should smite the nations:
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:
and he treadeth the winepress
of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Revelation 19:15

Revelation 19: 11-21

is written out in a green box further down the page.

The First Time Jesus Came...

The first time Jesus came to earth, he was the lamb of God who takes away our sins if we will repent and follow him.

The Second Coming...

The second time Jesus comes to earth, he will come as a lion and with wrath to give out to those who have not submitted to him.

After the Second Coming is the Millennium age.

In the millennium,

Jesus will rule the earth

from Zion (Jerusalem)

for 1,000 years.

Jeremiah 3:17 says...

 At that time

they shall call

Jerusalem

the throne of the Lord;

and all the nations shall be gathered unto it,

to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem:

neither shall they walk any more

after the imagination of their evil heart.

Jesus fulfilled part of Psalm 110 at his first coming and he will fulfill the rest of it during his second coming.

In Luke 24:44 Jesus explains...

And He [Jesus] said unto them,

“These are the words which I spoke unto you

while I was yet with you,

that all things must be fulfilled which were written

in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and

in the Psalms

concerning Me.”

Another helpful video

Before we go to verse 3

I have written out some Scriptures for you...

Ephesians 1:20-22 ERV 

 (Speaking of this age and the age to come)

19 And you will know that God’s power is very great for us who believe. It is the same as the mighty power 20 he used to raise Christ from death and put him at his right side in the heavenly places. 

21 He [God the Father ]  put Christ over all rulers, authorities, powers, and kings. He gave him [ Jesus ] authority over everything that has power in this world or in the next world.

 22 God put everything under Christ’s power and made him head over everything for the church.

 23 The church is Christ’s body. It is filled with him. He makes everything complete in every way.

In verse 21, we read that

Jesus has authority over everything that has power and he has this authority in this world and in the next world.....

The next world will be the millennium world.

The world will be very different in the millennium where Jesus will physically rule in Jerusalem for one thousand years.

I plan to post a page on the millennium in the future.

Write me if you want me to inform you when that is completed.

Verse 3

 Thy [ God's ] people

shall be willing in the day of thy power,

in the beauties of holiness

from the womb of the morning:

thou hast the dew of thy youth.

The Berean Study Bible

translates this verse as

Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

I have studied this verse for quite a long time,

and I still do not have a good grasp

on what God is telling us.

 

My interpretation at this time is...

God's people are willingly serving with Jesus

as Jesus bursts forth on the scene in the Second Coming.

And they are dressed in holiness

and their strength will be renewed daily

like the dew which comes from the womb of the morning.

I encourage you to view many Bible translation versions of verse 3.

The following page will display many of them.

https://biblehub.com/psalms/110-3.htm

Verse 4

4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent,

Thou [ Jesus ] art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Notes:

The Hebrew word translated "repent" means "to change your mind."

Father God will not change his mind about Jesus being a priest for

ever after the order of Melchizedek.

This verse says that Jesus is a priest for ever.

This verse says that there are some comparison points

of Melchizedek to Jesus.

Melchizedek is explained in depth in the second video.

Verses 5-7

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall

strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

Jesus will come and seize power from the kings of the earth.

6 He shall judge among the heathen,

he shall fill the places with the dead bodies;

he shall wound the heads over many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way:

therefore shall he lift up the head.

Jesus will come and battle the evil ones.

There will much death and destruction.  

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