Message Notes

SSS 4
Book 5
Psalms 107-150
16 June 2024

Psalm 110

A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

3 Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.

4 The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at Your right hand;
He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.

6 He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
He shall execute the heads of many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He shall lift up the head.

Psalm 110:1-7

A MESSIANIC PSALM

Messianic Psalms

1. What are Messianic Psalms?

a) Prophetic element

b) Messianic ministry

i) Prophesied

ii) A feature or two would be noted

2. A prophetic word from the LORD

The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”

Psalm 110:1

a) The LORD

i) The LORD of hosts

ii) To be identified as God the Father

b) The Lord

i) This is a reference to the Messiah

ii) He is addressed as “my lord”

AN IMPORTANT NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCE

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “The Son of David.”
43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44 ‘The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”
46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.

Matthew 22:41-46

1. This text was raised up to the Pharisees

2. The Pharisees were asked to comment on this text

3. They could not answer the Lord Jesus a word

a) They did not understand this Messianic Psalm

b) Their comprehension of the prophecy of the Messiah was hazy

THE PROMISE OF THE LORD TO THE MESSIAH

1 The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

Psalm 110:1-2

1. The Messiah would do His part in fulfilling God’s plan of salvation

2. He would then sit at the right hand of the LORD

3. The LORD’s plan

a) Enemies would be dealt with

b) They would be conquered

c) They would be brought to the Messiah’s footstool

d) The rod of God’s strength would be felt by all

e) Zion would be the centre of God’s plan

OTHER FEATURES OF THE MESSIANIC PROPHECY

3 Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.

4 The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 110:3-4

1. The Messiah would be “a Priest according to the order of Melchizedek”

2. This was a theme explained in the Book of Hebrws (Hebrews 2-10)

3. The followers of the Messiah

a) They are called “volunteers”

b) They will form the bulk of all who are faithful to the Messiah

4. The authority of the Messiah

a) The Messiah will have divine power

b) There will be beauty in holiness

c) He will have eternal strength (“dew of youth”)

FEARSOME FEATURES

5 The Lord is at Your right hand;
He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.

6 He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
He shall execute the heads of many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He shall lift up the head.

Psalm 110:5-7

1. War is anticipated

2. Judgment from the LORD

3. Many deaths

4. There will be victory for the Messiah