DAY 144: Psalms 108–110

Welcome to 5 -Minute Bible, your daily guide for your daily reading. Today's May the 24th, and we'll be looking at Psalm 108 through 110.

Now today we conclude this section of David's story with towering Psalms of confidence, victory, and messianic kingship.

Psalms 108 through 110 lift our eyes beyond David himself and towards the eternal reign of the greater

Son. That's Jesus. And these Psalms celebrate God's covenant faithfulness and the triumph of his kingdom over the nations in the enthronement of the coming

King who will rule forever as both priest and conqueror.

And in that way, Psalm 108 combines the earlier Psalm material into a renewed declaration of confidence in God's steadfast love in his coming victory.

David praises God among the nations and asks for deliverance, trusting that God will subdue the hostile powers and establish his people securely.

Psalm 109 is one of the strongest imprecatory Psalms in the scripture. David cries out against the wicked and deceitful enemies who repay in love with hatred and betrayal.

The Psalm calls for God's righteous judgment upon persistent evil while also affirming confidence that the

Lord stands behind the afflicted and the needy. Psalm 110 becomes the great climax.

David speaks prophetically of the Lord, inviting David's greater Lord to sit at his right hand until all enemies are placed beneath his feet.

And this coming King rules from Zion and conquers the nations and uniquely serves as priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

So together these Psalms move from confidence in present deliverance to the ultimate victory and universal reign of God's eternal kingdom.

So as you read today, ask the following question. Who is the true King through whom

God will finally defeat evil and establish everything in everlasting righteousness?

And these Psalms show not just the Sunday school answer, but that all of history is moving towards that universal reign of God's anointed

Son over every enemy and every nation. The central pattern in these

Psalms is the certainty of God's kingdom triumph in the midst of ongoing opposition.

Psalm 108 expresses confidence before the victory arrives. Psalm 109 reveals the painful reality that the righteous are often surrounded by with deceit and betrayal and hostility because evil still appears active and aggressive in the world.

But yet Psalm 110 towers above that conflict with a kind of divine certainty.

The King is already enthroned at God's right hand. The outcome is not up for chance.

His enemies will be subdued, his reign will expand outward from Zion, and his people will willingly be gathered to him.

Now another major pattern is the union of both kingship and priesthood. Ancient Israel carefully separated those offices.

You didn't have a king who was also a priest, or a priest who was also a king, and yet Psalm 110 unites them together in one divine person.

The coming King will not merely conquer his enemies. He's also going to mediate between God and man forever.

And all of this presses into our lives as well because Christians often experience the tension between the present conflict that we're experiencing and the promised victory that is still coming.

Evil remains active, deception persists, and opposition continues. And yet these

Psalms remind us to open our eyes up to the greater reality that history is not drifting towards uncertainty.

The King is enthroned and his kingdom is steadily advancing bit by bit, year by year, unto complete victory.

And these Psalms converge directly and unmistakably in Jesus, because Psalm 110 is the most quoted

Old Testament passage in all of the New Testament. Why? Because the Apostles understood that it was talking about Him.

Jesus himself uses this Psalm to show that the Messiah is greater than David. After his resurrection and ascension,

Christ is enthroned at the Father's right hand, exactly as Psalm 110 foretold.

And from there, He rules until every single enemy is placed beneath His feet. The priesthood, according to Melchizedek, although mysterious to the

Old Testament reader, is fulfilled perfectly in Jesus, who is both the Eternal King and the

Eternal High Priest. Unlike the temporary priests of the Old Covenant or the kings, His priesthood and kingship never ends.

He intercedes permanently for His people, while reigning sovereignly over His creation.

And then Psalm 109's betrayal and opposition also point to Jesus, particularly through Judas and the hostility that was directed against our righteous

King. And yet, none of that opposition overturns God's purposes. Through Christ, the promises of these

Psalms are already unfolding in history. The nations are being gathered, the enemies are being subdued, and the kingdom of God is advancing across the entire earth.

So as you read Psalm 108 through 110, notice how David's story increasingly gives way to the greater story of Christ and His eternal reign.

And tomorrow, we're going to continue moving forward into the unfolding history of Israel's kingdom and the preparation for the temple under Solomon.

And with that, read your Bible carefully, devotionally, and joyfully, and may the Lord use

His Word to sanctify you completely, and we will continue our journey tomorrow. God bless you.