How Hebrews Opens Up Psalm 110
Psalm 110:1 and 4 announce the future reunion of the priestly and royal offices for the people of God.
Psalm 110:1 and 4 announce the future reunion of the priestly and royal offices for the people of God.
Everything depends on the ascended, reigning Christ Jesus.
The Old Testament saints in paradise didn’t yet enjoy the presence of the human Christ—because he wasn’t yet human. But all that changed on Good Friday afternoon.
Don Carson explores the biblical concept of kingship, focusing on God’s reign, the establishment of the Davidic dynasty, the promise of an eternal King, and the ongoing struggle for God’s kingdom that will ultimately triumph through Jesus’s rule over all creation.
We stand as we sing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ three centuries later—not because of any earthly king’s example but because of the King of kings’s boundless glory and white-hot holiness.