January 16 2019 (Wednesday)
(from “Spurgeon’s Treasury of David”): May the Spirit who spoke by the man after God’s own heart give us eyes to see the hidden mysteries of this marvelous Psalm, in which every word has an infinity of meaning. .. The subject is THE PRIEST KING. None of the kings of Israel united these two offices, though some endeavored to do so. Although David performed some acts which appeared to verge upon the priestly, yet he was no priest, but of the tribe of Judah, “of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning the priesthood”; and he was far too devout a man to thrust himself into that office uncalled. The Priest King here spoken of is David’s Lord, a mysterious personage typified by Melchizedek, and looked for by the Jews as the Messiah. He is none other than the apostle and high priest of our profession, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. The Psalm describes the appointment of the kingly priest, his followers, his battles, and his victory. Its center is verse 4.
Jesus quoted from this Psalm, and made clear that it was written by David about the Messiah (Mark 12:35 ff, Luke 20:41 ff., Matthew 22:41 ff.)*
New International Version (NIV)
Of David. A psalm.
I. THE PARAMOUNT KING (1-3)
1 The Lord says to my lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.
II. THE PRIESTLY KING (4)
4 The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
III. THE POWERFUL KING (5-7)
5 The Lord is at your right hand
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,
and so he will lift his head high.
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*MARK 12:35ff
*LUKE 20:41ff
*MATTHEW 22:41ff
Mark 12:35-44 (NIV)
WHOSE SON IS THE MESSIAH?
35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the
teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David? 36 David
himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared:
“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”‘
37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
The large crowd listened to him with delight.
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Luke 20-21 (NIV)
THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS QUESTIONED
1 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and
proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,
together with the elders, came up to him. 2 “Tell us by what authority you
are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”
3 He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me: 4 John’s baptism–was
it from heaven, or of human origin?”
5 They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he
will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’
all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a
prophet.”
7 So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”
8 Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these
things.”
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Matthew 22:41ff (NIV)
WHOSE SON IS THE MESSIAH?
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44
“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”‘
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.