I think this is our fifth message in this series.
We started off with David's relationship with God and how unique and special that was.
and then David's life and relationship with King Saul.
And we went on to Goliath in the battle against evil in Goliath.
And then Jonathan was last week.
And so this week, kind of moving chronologically,
today we're talking about David the king.
David the king.
And I hope this has been a beneficial series to you.
I love historical narrative and stories.
So this is always fun for me, the privilege to preach on stuff like this.
But as a whole, though, like when you're trying to cover a lot of different chapters,
you're trying to choose out selections of the book to actually go over.
And that is kind of hard and daunting sometimes.
And so I hope that the sections that I pick are beneficial because we're covering a lot of ground.
That's what we do when we do series versus a first by verse exposition of a book.
But by way of just introduction, last week we ended with the death of King Saul and his son Jonathan by the hand of the Philistines.
And after this happened, the tribe of Judah, David's tribe, I guess you could say seceded and sort of anointed David as their king.
That's in chapter 2 in 2 Samuel.
We'll be in 2 Samuel today.
And after all, David was the one that the prophet and judge Samuel anointed.
So they made him the king.
However, as history would have it, the house of Israel had a surviving son of Saul, Ish-bosheth.
And he was made king over the rest of the nation, Israel.
They made him the king.
He made the bid for to be the king.
So what happens is a nasty civil war breaks out between the surviving son of Saul, the house of Saul, versus the house of David.
And you see some nasty battles through here.
The Battle of Gibbon where Joab and Abner meet.
And it's a nasty battle resulting in David and his men being victorious in Joab.
You see the appearance of Joab here.
And so what happens later is there's friction between Ish-bosheth and Abner, his commander.
And after that, Abner goes to David and he says, hey, let's just resolve all this peacefully.
I think that God has made you the king.
Let's resolve all things peacefully.
But it caused a problem.
And Joab does not share that hope.
He actually seeks revenge on Abner for the killing of his brother.
So Joab has Abner brought to him.
This is the commander of the two armies, David's army and Ish-bosheth's army.
And Joab actually kills him.
This is in chapter 3, verse 22 through 39.
But the writer goes way out of his way, probably Samuel that wrote this,
goes out of his way to make sure that we understand that David was innocent of this blood.
And he actually harshly rebukes Joab for such treatment.
Shortly after Abner's death, though, Ish-bosheth seems to give up hope that he will ever be king.
And two of his remaining captains sinfully scheme to assassinate the deposed king, the remaining son of Saul.
So they actually cut off his head, take it to David, hoping that David will be pleased, hoping that David will give them a reward.
Very much to the contrary, David is not happy with their move.
He's not amused at all by this treacherous gesture.
And instead of giving a reward, he is furious that one of Saul's sons has been so mistreated by his own men.
And in such a dishonorable, despicable way, no one of royalty deserves to be treated this way, this treacherous act.
And so he has the two killers executed and their hands and feet cut off.
So, bad idea.
So that was the civil war.
So after this, we see that the nation comes together and they anoint David as the king.
So this will be our first text today.
If you look over at 2 Samuel, chapter 5, we'll look at verses 1 through 5.
But this gets us to point 1.
We have, I think, four points today.
But point 1 in our story is the king is anointed over a united Israel.
The king is anointed over a united Israel.
Chapter 5, verse 1, it says,
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,
Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel.
And the Lord said to you,
You shall be a shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be a prince over Israel.
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron.
And King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord.
And they anointed David king over Israel.
David was 30 years old when he began to reign.
And he reigned for 40 years.
At Hebron, he reigned over Judah seven years and six months.
And at Jerusalem, he reigned over all Israel and Judah 33 years.
So that's one of our key texts we'll look at.
But we see here the anointed king, the fulfillment of God's promise.
Israel and Judah come together, and they make David their undoubted king.
With no candidate left from the house of Saul, David is actually able to bring them under his own rule.
They unite under the anointed hero, David, as their king.
So sadly, on many occasions, the Israelites would shed blood of fellow Israelites.
But again, the writer of 2 Samuel goes out of his way to say that David was innocent in all these things.
And God actually says in Psalm 89, verse 20,
David says,
I have found David my servant.
With my holy oil I have anointed him,
so that my hand shall be established with him.
My arm also shall strengthen him.
It's just a reminder here by this psalm
that why did David love God so much,
and why was David anointed king?
Because God loved David so much out of his grace.
He chose to make him the king out of his grace.
David loved him because he first loved David.
So he brings all the tribes together and unites them.
There's this picture in 1 Chronicles, chapter 12,
where you can see a bigger picture of this if you'd like to read more.
But it mentions that all the men of war from each tribe came at this coronation,
at this anointing.
It says in 1 Chronicles 12, 38,
all these men of war, a raid and battle order,
came to Hebron with a whole heart to make David king over all Israel.
Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David the king.
And so this is a huge deal,
uniting all the tribes of Israel,
all the sons of Jacob together.
And so, furthermore,
right after this,
we see that David makes an unprecedented move.
He chooses to make Jerusalem the capital,
I guess you could say,
of the nation,
the center of the political and spiritual life of the nation.
This had never happened before.
They've been sort of a loose confederation of tribes.
So, in a desire to further bring them together as one nation,
he sets his eye on the Jebusite city of Jerusalem.
And that's who's occupying it,
but no problem.
David and some of his elite soldiers climb up the watershed,
which I understand is still there today.
You can see this,
where he and his men climbed in and got into the city.
And they took the city.
They conquered the Jebusites.
It actually says in chapter 5,
just a selection for you,
verse 9,
David lived in the stronghold
and called it the city of David.
And David became greater and greater,
for the Lord,
the God of hosts,
was with him.
Verse 12,
And David knew that the Lord had established him king over Israel,
and that he had exalted his kingdom
for the sake of his people Israel.
And so he made Jerusalem the capital.
He renamed it the city of David.
It served as the capital for a united Israel.
He builds his palace there.
He has kingship over them.
And this is a big deal,
because Jerusalem was sort of on the boundary
between the tribal land of Judah and Benjamin.
It better suited symbolically and geographically
to actually be the capital,
as opposed to Hebron,
which is in the middle of Judah.
So sort of as a uniting thing,
he puts it right on the boundary of these two powerful tribes.
And so going on from there,
we see in this same chapter,
next chapter, sorry,
that David longs to bring the ark of God
to Jerusalem, his new city.
And so we see that instead of transporting the ark
in accordance with the Levitical law,
which said that only priests could carry the ark
and carry it on poles,
for some reason they grabbed a cart
and tried to pull it and bring it into the city on a cart.
And as we know, that's just a bad idea.
It sort of leans over and
Uzziah, wishing to steady it,
reaches out and touches it.
And the Lord kills him on the spot
for touching the ark.
So that may cause us to recoil today.
But it's a reminder of God's burning holiness,
His purity,
that He cannot tolerate sin.
No one can approach His holy presence.
This is what the ark was,
symbolic of God's presence.
And we can't handle it in a pragmatic way.
So we see here that pragmatism kills
when it comes to God's truth.
They thought this would just be an easy way
to move the ark.
And it didn't turn out that's what God desired.
And so when this happens,
at this death of this man
who tried to touch the ark,
David says David is greatly afraid.
And that he senses unworthiness
to bring the ark to Jerusalem.
So it temporarily remains that Obed-Edom,
who was a worshiper of God,
to stay with him for three months.
But then later,
David came to retrieve it again.
And this time,
he did it in accordance with the Levitical law.
The priest carried it on the poles.
And he was able to bring it into Jerusalem
and David's city
with great praise, worship, celebration,
prayer, music.
That was like the order of the day.
It was a big deal.
So as the ark of God entered David's city,
you see him dancing before the Lord
with all his might in the linen ephod.
And did not amuse his wife.
She thought it was sort of undignified
and attacked him.
And sort of he came back with like,
hey, I'll become even more undignified
for the sake of the Lord,
if that's what it is.
And so that dancing expresses
this part of jubilant worship before God.
We haven't created a dancing area
in our room yet.
Maybe we'll go downstairs.
I don't know what to do.
But in Scripture,
it's a clear way to portray
jubilant worship before God.
And so later, though,
if you look at chapter 6,
verses 17 and 18,
we see something very, very interesting.
David portrays himself
as a priest-like king,
making burnt offerings
and fellowship offerings to God.
And like a priest,
he blesses the people.
He hands out the cakes to them,
the date cakes and raisin cakes.
And such actions of David
kind of harken back
to Melchizedek in Genesis,
another important priestly king
who reigned in Salem,
which, ironically enough,
is where he's at now,
Jerusalem.
So he portrays this priest-like king
in his actions, David does.
So he unites
under all Israel.
He brings it all together.
And that's point number one.
Point number two,
we see after this,
in chapter 8,
that David conquests
all the evil nations
that are around him.
So point number two,
the king vanquishes his enemies.
The king vanquishes his enemies.
I'm just reading some selections now,
but we're going to camp out
on two particular passages soon.
The king vanquishes his enemies.
This is all in chapter 8.
But just some selections.
It said that David defeated
the Philistines
and subdued them.
He defeated Moab.
David defeated
the king of Zobah.
He also restored his power
over the river Euphrates.
David struck down
22,000 men
of the Syrians.
And the Lord gave victory
to David
wherever he went.
In verse 13,
David made a name for himself.
He put garrisons in Edom.
Throughout Edom,
he put garrisons.
And they became David's servants.
And then it ends with this.
It says,
And the Lord gave victory to David
wherever he went.
So this is a big deal.
This section outlines
the fact that David
expanded the kingdom
in all directions.
North,
south,
east,
and west.
And as his military might
grew with each passing day,
he defeated all
of Israel's major enemies.
He defeated them
and subdued them.
Including the Philistines
which had murdered
and killed Saul
and Jonathan.
And the other ones
made peaceful alliances
with him,
paid tribute to him,
and kind of backed down.
David wrote Psalm 108
as a celebration
of his victories
against the pagan enemies.
These military victories
granted David
it was a broadcast
to all the nations
around them
of God's covenant love.
That's what these victories did.
It showed that there was
a God in Israel
to the Philistines,
the Moabites,
and the Edomites.
In Psalm 108 verse 13
David wrote,
With God we shall do valiantly.
It is he
who will tread down
our foes.
So huge.
This is significant.
Here's why.
If you look at a map
of David's established kingdom,
it very closely resembles
the land that David,
or excuse me,
that God had granted Abraham.
So we read in Genesis 15,
18,
On that day,
the Lord made a covenant
with Abram,
saying,
To your offspring
I will give this land
from the river of Egypt
to the great river,
the river Euphrates.
And so,
in fulfillment of this,
with God's great enabling,
David was able
to drive out
the pagan enemies,
the blood-drinking,
child-sacrificing,
idol-worshippers.
And he restored the land
that was promised
to Abraham.
The kingdom,
I think,
expanded from nearly
6,000 square miles
to 60,000 square miles.
This is not just
David winning battles.
This is God
keeping his word
and showing
that he is faithful
and true.
David was just
his instrument
to uphold
his covenant love.
So,
huge deal.
The king vanquishes
his enemies.
Alright,
and nextly,
we're going to get
into a text
and kind of camp out
for a minute,
but thirdly,
the king's covenant
with God.
the king's covenant
with God.
Alright,
we see this
in chapter 7.
Alright,
but here,
we see what is referred
to as one of the
most important
covenants
in the scripture.
Like,
if you want to know
God's word
and understand
what God is doing
in redemptive history,
you must understand
what is called,
referred to as
the Davidic covenant.
Even though
the word covenant
doesn't appear in this,
it is a covenant.
In Psalm 89,
3 and 4,
God said,
I made a covenant
with my chosen one.
I have sworn
to David,
my servant.
I will establish
your offspring forever
and build your throne
for all generations.
And so,
this is a
messianic promise.
It's a key passage
in the history
of salvation.
And David receives
this promise
from God.
When he does that,
it sums up
all the covenantal
promises
that God had made
beforehand,
focusing them in
on David
and his descendants.
So,
it's like,
hey,
all these things
that have happened
before,
now look at this.
He's zooming in
on David
and his descendants.
And so,
what ends up happening
in chapter 7,
in verse 1 and 3,
is that you see
that after David
brings the ark
to Jerusalem,
he begins
to genuinely
feel bad
about something.
He's like,
I live
in a nice house,
but the ark
of God,
the very symbol
of his holy presence,
is just sitting
in a measly tent.
You see where
he's going with this?
Like,
I live in a nice place.
The ark,
as awesome as it is,
as great as it is,
is just in a tent.
So,
an idea came to him
to build
a permanent structure,
a permanent dwelling
for the ark
and all the sacred furniture.
So,
upon first hearing
this plan,
the first time
he heard it,
the prophet Nathan
approves,
and he basically says,
go and do this
all in your mind.
That's fine.
Like,
go for it,
for the Lord
is clearly with you.
Go for it.
But then,
later that day,
God
speaks out,
to the prophet Nathan,
and he's basically saying,
no,
not my plan.
I've appointed David
to be the king.
He is a man of war.
His heart is on the battlefield
subduing enemies.
I haven't made David
to be an architect
or a builder.
He is not
to build me
a temple.
And,
we learn later on
in 1 Chronicles
22,
8,
that David says,
the Lord said
he cannot
build this temple
because
you have shed
much blood
and have waged
great wars.
You shall not
build a house
to my name,
God says,
because you have shed
so much blood
before me
on the earth.
And so,
God says no.
So,
we see here
that,
like,
don't kind of
get ahead
of God.
Right?
They got ahead
of their skis
a little bit there.
They were assuming
that it would be okay
if David did this.
Then God
said no.
This is not his role.
This is not
what he's doing.
But,
quickly,
it's sort of this idea
that if you ever had
a really good desire,
a holy desire
to do something
for God
and his glory,
only to have him
deny you that desire,
and then on the other hand,
actually see that
exact same thing
you were thinking about
fulfilled in somebody else.
Carried out by
another person.
How do you respond
to God
in such times?
However,
within this refusal,
God offers
a great affirmation
and great blessing
to David.
So,
instead of David
building God
a house,
God,
in his grace,
promises to build
David a house.
It's amazing.
And,
we see
God speaking
through the prophet
Nathan.
He says to David,
look at verse 11
in chapter 7,
maybe a little
halfway through 11.
Alright?
This is what it says.
Moreover,
the Lord declares
to you
that the Lord
will make you
a house.
When your days
are fulfilled
and you lie down
with your fathers,
I will raise up
your offspring
after you
who shall come
from your body
and I will
establish
his kingdom.
He shall build
a house
for my name
and I will
establish the throne
of his kingdom
forever.
I will be
to him
a father
and he
shall be
a son,
to me a son.
When he commits
iniquity,
I will discipline
him with the rod
of men,
with the stripes
of the sons
of men.
But,
my steadfast love
will not
depart from him
as I took it
from Saul
whom I put
away before you.
and your house
and your kingdom
shall be made
sure forever
before me.
Your throne
shall be
established
forever.
We have to
get this
in our heads.
Alright?
This is what
it's referred to
as the Davidic
Covenant.
So,
by his grace
and his initiative,
God tells David
that he will
establish his line
forever.
His dynasty
will rule
eternally
with an eternal
throne.
That he will
raise up a son
from David's
line
who will have
an eternal
kingdom.
And that
that person
would build
the Lord's
house.
And the Lord
fulfills this
typologically
through David's
son Solomon,
right?
Who reigns
over Israel
and builds
a temple.
But,
however,
that promise
is not
ultimately
fulfilled by
Solomon
for a lot
of reasons.
One,
Solomon did not
reign eternally.
He was not
sinless
and he
died.
So,
clearly,
this is
pointing forward
to our
Lord Jesus,
the true
son of
David,
mentioned in
Matthew 1,
verse 1.
This is
pointing forward,
prefiguring.
Jesus will
build God's
true spiritual
temple,
as it says
in 1 Peter
chapter 2,
verse 5.
But next,
God promises
in verse 14,
if you just
keep your eye
on the text,
he says,
I will be
a father
to him,
a father
to that
Davidic
king,
and he
will be,
as to God,
a son.
Right?
That's what it
says.
I will be
to him
a father,
and he
shall be
to me
a son.
So,
as Israel's
representative,
the descendants
of David
are to live
in covenant
relationship
with God.
God,
the Lord
reassures
David that
his throne
will be
his forever.
And at
this time,
in this text,
he also
promises,
at the same
time,
to discipline
the Davidic
king when
he sins,
correcting him
as a father
would correct
a son.
We know
that to be
the case.
You read
the history
of the kings
of Israel
and David's
descendants.
When they
sin,
God disciplined
them with
a rod of iron,
with the nations
that were around
them.
And so,
that's
interesting,
right,
that God
disciplined
all these
other kings.
And once again,
we see a near
and far
fulfillment.
God did
discipline
Solomon as
the king
for his
sin and
rebellion.
But Jesus,
however,
is punished
not for
his own
sin,
but for
the sins
of others,
including
David,
and including
all the other
Davidic kings,
all his
descendants.
So,
as the
Messiah,
Jesus
inherits
David's
role as
a representative
of God's
people.
He is the
true son
of God.
He is
the one
who rules
on the
throne of
David for
all time.
Just to
read you this
quickly,
remember,
early in
the gospel
of Luke,
Gabriel
appears
to Mary,
and he
says to
her,
make the
connections,
behold,
you will
conceive in
your womb
and bear
a son,
and you
shall call
his name
Jesus.
Here it
is,
he will
be great
and will
be called
the son
of the
most high,
and the
Lord God
will give
him the
throne of
his father
David,
and he
will reign
over the
house of
Jacob
forever.
In his
kingdom,
there will
be no
end.
So we
see this
wonderful
connection
in the
earlier,
before Jesus
was ever
born,
hey,
yeah,
he's the
fulfillment,
he's the
one,
he's the
promised
king.
It says
before any
shadow of
the doubt
that the
Bible teaches
that this
promise is
pointing forward
to king
Jesus.
So as
the son
of David
and the
Lord of
David,
Jesus now
reigns in
heaven.
1 Corinthians
15,
25,
over the
true
spiritual
house of
Israel.
So after
this promise
is made,
after God
says to
him,
I'm going
to establish
your line
forever,
and from
you will
come one
who will
rule on
the throne
for all
time.
David,
in the next
few verses,
offers this
great prayer
of gratitude
to God
flowing from
his heart.
David uses
the phrase,
O Lord
God,
eight times
in this
text.
expressing
his deep
love,
reverence,
intimacy
with God.
Then he
prays,
this is
instruction
for mankind
in verse
19.
That means
basically that
all people
can learn
about God's
covenant
faithfulness
by looking
at God's
relationship
with David.
And it
could be
translated,
is this
your custom
with mankind?
basically saying
you don't
usually do
this kind
of thing
with humans
is what
David is
saying.
This is
abnormal
and I
recognize it
because this
is grace.
And he
says there
is no one
like you
and there
is no
God
besides you
in verse
22.
So I
hope that
are you
allowing
God
to teach
you
during these
times
through his
gracious
dealings
with David?
Has he
given you
eyes to
see his
covenant
love and
blessing
in your
life
through
the eternal
king?
And that
leads us
to
our last
point
and that
is
Christ
the perfect
eternal
king.
Christ
the perfect
eternal
king.
We're going
to look
into the
Psalms
to explore
this part
of it.
But as
we know
David the
king is
only a
prefigure
a foreshadowing
of our
great king
of kings.
So in our
story today
there is a
king behind
the king.
Today
kings are
mostly
marginalized
meaningless
especially to
Americans
some of our
earlier
American
revolution
flags
say things
like we
serve no
sovereign
here.
But there
remains in
kingship an
enduring
significance
that's
inescapable
to us.
Something that's
burned deeply
into our
souls that's
telling us
that the
world will
only prosper
and have
peace when
the perfect
king comes
to reign.
Where no
good and
righteous king
reigns,
evil
reigns.
This is
why it's
so important
for us
to introduce
to our
kids the
writings of
Tolkien,
the writings
of C.S.
Lewis,
The Hobbit,
Lord of the
Rings.
Get them
into that
because there's
such kingly
imagery that
weren't this
foreign to
us.
Peter
Kreef wrote,
which I've
read this a
long time
ago, you
might not
remember,
but though
we do not
have kings
in America
or want
them, our
unconscious
mind both
has them
and wants
them.
We all
know what
a true
king is,
a real
king, an
ideal king.
He is not
a mere
politician or
soldier.
Something in
us longs to
give him our
loyalty and
fealty and
service and
obedience.
He is lost
but longed
for and will
someday return
like Arthur.
So we
have democracy
but we
really need
a king.
We just
haven't found
anybody in
this world
or in
history that's
actually worthy
to wear that
kind of
throne.
But there's
a reason for
the old
myths, the
old tales of
kings.
The reason we
adore them and
create them is
because there is
a memory trace
in the human
race, in you
and me of a
great king,
the ancient
king,
who did
rule with
such power
and wisdom
and compassion
and justice
and whose
glory shined
like the
sun.
So looking
at a few
things here,
just some
connections to
David and
we're going
to wrap
it up and
you go
ahead and
turn in
your Bible
to Psalm
110.
Christ
unites all
the people
of God.
This is
David,
united Judah
and Israel
under one
single rule
fulfilling God's
promise.
there was
later division
that reappeared
after Solomon
and Rehoboam
and his
successors.
Strife broke
out again in
the nation.
So that points
forward for the
need for true
unity among God's
people.
So just as David
brought together
the nation,
God accomplishes
a greater lasting
unity of his
people under his
true anointed
king.
Christ brings
together all
peoples from
all nations,
all tribes,
all tongues
under a single
everlasting kingdom.
We know that
it says in
Galatians 3,
there's neither
Jew nor
Greek,
slave or free,
male or
female.
You are all
one in
Christ Jesus.
And if you
are Christ,
then you are
Abraham's
offspring,
heirs according
to the promise.
So all the
chaos and
division that
you see in
the world,
and even chaos
and division in
the church,
does that vex
you?
Does it bother
you?
Does it encourage
you to know
that God will
bring perfect
unity through
the reigning
of the true
king?
So God unites
his people under
Christ.
Also, Christ
brings us near
to God.
As we read,
we saw the
death of a
man who
tried to
reach out
and touch
the ark,
violating the
holiness of
God's presence.
God's holiness
destroys sinners.
It destroys
people like
you and I.
He is too
pure to look
upon my
sin and
your sin.
We cannot
approach him
unauthorized.
Yet, we
know there
is God's
presence alone
that gives
us life and
gives us
blessing.
So what do
we do?
There's a
problem.
We need
God's presence,
but we can't
enter.
This
tension is
resolved only
when the
way to
approach God
is opened
through Christ
and his
work of
purification on
our behalf.
We all know
the text in
Hebrews 10,
19 through
22, you can
write that
down.
It talks about
how we can
enter the
holy places
by the blood
of Christ,
the way that
he has opened
for us to
go into
God's presence,
making us
clean by
his blood.
That's
Hebrews 10,
19 through
22.
So if you're
frightened by
your own
sin, as I
am, you're
afraid that
your own
sin would
destroy you,
that you
would be
utterly consumed
by the
holiness and
righteousness of
God's presence,
as it
encourages you
that you can
draw near in
Jesus and
through Jesus
alone into
his presence,
bringing you
life and
blessing.
Christ also
subdues his
enemies.
As we read,
David is the
model warrior
king that
subdues all
the enemies
of God,
bringing justice,
prefiguring the
work of
Christ the
king.
You can just
write this down
for the sake
of time.
Verse
Corinthians
15, 24
through 26,
it talks about
how Christ
will come,
he will destroy
every rule and
every authority
and power.
And his
reign will
end when he
puts his
enemies underneath
his feet.
And this
brings us to
this psalm,
Psalm 110.
It's just
seven verses.
But listen,
this whole
thing could be
a sermon by
itself.
Psalm 110
is one of the
most overlooked,
underrated
psalms in the
entire scripture.
It is quoted
no less than
27 times
by the New
Testament writers.
And men like
John MacArthur,
John Piper,
they all say
this is a huge
psalm and the
story of
redemption.
And everything
I just referred
to, Christ
uniting the
people, Christ
bringing us near
to God, Christ
subduing his
enemies,
bringing us all
together, is all
mentioned in this
psalm.
right?
That he
establishes his
everlasting city
in the same
way that David
established the
city.
So let's look at
Psalm 110
briefly.
It says,
this is David
writing, he
says,
the Lord says
to my Lord,
sit at my
right hand
until I make
your enemies
your footstool.
The Lord sends
forth from Zion
your mighty
scepter.
Rule in the
midst of your
enemies.
Your people
will offer
themselves freely
on the day of
your power in
holy garments
from the
womb of the
morning.
The dew of
your youth
will be yours.
The Lord has
sworn and will
not change his
mind.
You are a
priest forever
after the
order of
Melchizedek.
The Lord is
at your right
hand.
He will
shatter kings
on the day
of his wrath.
He will
execute judgment
among the
nations,
filling them
with corpses.
He will
shatter chiefs
over the
wide world.
He will
drink from
the brook
by the way.
Therefore,
he will lift
up his
head.
So very
quickly,
let's walk
through this.
We know
that David
is not
talking about
himself,
ultimately.
He was
never exalted
to God's
right hand,
and he
actually died.
He saw
corruption.
So,
who is this
talking about?
It's pointing
forward a
prophecy of
the messianic
king,
Jesus,
to come.
Let's just
look at
verse 1.
The Lord
says to
my Lord,
that's the
sacred name
of God,
Yahweh,
with another
Hebrew word.
It says,
Yahweh said
to my
Adonai,
or God
himself said
to my
sovereign
one,
sit at
my right
hand.
So this
is a
conversation
between the
Godhead,
between the
Father and
the Son,
namely between
God himself
and the
one he
will appoint,
which is
actually David's
Lord.
So you
could be
paraphrased
as Yahweh
said to
David's
Adonai.
sit at
my
right
hand.
The
right
hand is
a place
of power,
authority,
and exaltation,
and honor.
Also,
the right
hand is
a place
of
subordination,
the Son
underneath
the Father's
authority.
So this
is a
conversation
between the
Father and
the Son.
Yet,
even the
Son is
subordinate,
God has
granted him
the seat
of cosmic
authority.
We see
that in
Hebrews
chapter 1
verse 3.
It says,
after making
purifications
for sin,
he sat
down at
the right
hand of
the majesty
on high.
You see
in the
next part,
next verse,
until you
make your
enemies
your footstool.
An ancient
figure of
speech denoting
how a
hostile,
resistant
enemy is
finally brought
low,
finally
conquered,
and humbled,
forced to
surrender.
He submits
to the
conqueror.
That's what
we see
here.
In verse
2,
it says
that our
Lord Jesus
sends forth
from Zion
his mighty
scepter.
Rule in
the midst
of your
enemies.
Christ
will come
back,
not as a
baby meek
and mild,
but as a
conquering
king who
will crush
and destroy
all who
have resisted
him and
rejected his
peace terms.
In verse
5 and 6,
when we see
that the
Messiah returns,
he will
shatter kings
on the day
of his
wrath and
chiefs over
the wide
earth.
So all
those who
oppose God,
who oppose
his Messiah,
all the
kings and
nations of
the world
who reject
Christ,
he will
shatter
them.
They will
be brought
to judgment.
He will
judge all
enemies,
both visible
and invisible.
But yet,
we see the
contrast in
verse 3.
It says that
many on the
earth who
love Christ,
belong to
Christ,
who are
born again,
who love
the gospel,
they will
offer themselves
freely on
the day of
his power.
When the
church,
the bride of
Christ that
he bought
with his
own blood,
freely
offered
themselves
in
joy,
inexpressible,
because they
have been
made clean
and pure
by the
blood of
that
Messiah.
Verse 4,
The Lord
has sworn
and will
not change
his mind.
You are
a priest
forever
after the
order of
Melchizedek.
Our God
remains
unchanging.
He is
committed
to this
saving
purpose.
Nothing
is going
to change
that.
Nothing
can stop
him from
bringing
about his
redemptive
purpose in
sending this
true king.
king.
Yet,
we also
see that
we won't
only have
a king,
we will
have a
kingly
priest,
an eternal
priest,
representing
us before
God and
giving us
access to
his holy
presence,
drawing us
near to
God's
presence.
And finally,
in verse
7,
you see
that Christ,
check out
verse 7,
Christ will
drink from
the brook
by the way,
and therefore
he will
lift up
his head.
So this
is an
ancient
image of
military
prowess.
He stops
to refresh
himself by
a cool
stream of
water.
It's a
picture of
having
satisfaction
with a
mission
accomplished,
yet a
full and
final goal
to come.
And that
is what
Jesus is
doing.
He is
conquering.
God's
purpose
prevails.
In
closing,
I'm going
to read
a quote
by Calvin
that's
his
commentary
on Psalm
110.
And I
hope that
this is
encouraging
to you
and you're
putting your
faith in
the true
king,
especially
if you
are fearful.
From this
psalm,
he says,
from this,
let us
learn that
however
numerous
those
enemies
may be
who
conspire
against
the
Son of
God
and
attempt
the
subversion
of
his
kingdom,
all
will
be
unavailing.
For
they
shall
never
prevail
against
God's
immutable
purpose,
but on
the
contrary,
they
shall,
by the
greatness
of his
power,
be laid
prostrate
at
Christ's
feet.
However
much
the world
may rage
against
Christ,
it will
never
be able
to hurl
him
from the
right
hand
of the
Father.
Moreover,
as he
does not
reign on
his own
account,
but for
our
salvation,
we may
rest assured
that we
will be
protected
and preserved
from all
ills under
the guardianship
of this
invincible
king.
This
commentary
on Psalm
10.
So we
were built,
we were
made to
submit to
that king,
to stand
before him,
adore him,
serve him,
and know
him and be
ruled by
him.
The Bible
says that
there is
a king
that is
above all
the kings
of the
earth.
He is
a king
behind all
the legends
and tales.
And when
the rightful
king reigns,
peace and
prosperity
will return
to the
world.
He is
the king
of kings,
the Lord
of lords,
the true
son of
David,
the true
son of
God.
He is
a come,
follow
him,
worship
him.
Many of
us have
made the
son of
David our
king,
submitting
to his
lordship
as our
savior.
And if
you haven't
yet,
come and
kneel before
this king,
kneel before
the cross,
and be
saved.
Just join
me in a
word of
prayer.