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Background
Psalm 110 is in the Deuteronomy Book of the Psalms (Psalms 107-150). These 44 Psalms, like the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, show God’s Word as the source of salvation, deliverance, and healing. This would be fully carried out in the life of the coming Messiah, the living Word, Jesus Christ. Psalm 110 declares the Messiah as prophet, priest, and king. Jesus Christ fulfilled all these prophecies. God prophetically foretold that the coming Messiah would be a prophet like Moses, a priest like Melchizedek, and a king like David. Jesus Christ was all three!
Structure
(Verses 1,2) The Messiah: God’s king who will rule with a rod of strength
(Verses 3,4) The Messiah: God’s priest after the order of Melchizedek
(Verses 5-7) The Messiah: God’s prophet with just judgment over the nations
Key Scriptures
Verses 1,2— “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
Jesus Christ fulfilled Psalms 110:1,2. He was the promised King to sit at God’s right hand.
Mark 12:35,36:
And Jesus answered and said…
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Jesus Christ fulfilled Genesis 49:10 and II Samuel 7:12,16. He was a king from the line of David, established forever.
Matthew 1:1:
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Luke 1:31-33:
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Other scriptures prophesying of the Messiah as king include Numbers 23:21; I Kings 8:25; Psalms 132:11; Jeremiah 33:17; Psalms 89:3,4; Micah 5:2.
Genesis 49:10:
The sceptre [kingship] shall not depart from Judah [including David], nor a lawgiver [ruler] from between his feet, until Shiloh [the one who brings peace] come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
II Samuel 7:12,16:
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Verses 3,4—”The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Jesus Christ fulfilled Psalms 110:3,4. He was a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 5:5-10:
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Jesus Christ fulfilled this scripture as recorded in Hebrews 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:1,10,11,15,17,21.
Verses 5-7— “He shall judge among the heathen.” This showed the Messiah as a prophet who would speak and judge for God. Moses was promised that the Messiah would be like him.
Deuteronomy 5:1; 18:15,18:
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Jesus Christ fulfilled Deuteronomy 18:15,18. He was that prophet like unto Moses.
John 6:14:
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Act 3:22-26:
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
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