September 11
(Psalm 110:1-7 NIV) “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; you will rule in the midst of your enemies. {3} Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth. {4} The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." {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 beside the way; therefore he will lift up his head.”
(Matthew 22:41-46 NIV) "While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, {42} "What do you think about the Christ ? 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."
(Hebrews 5:1-10 NIV) "Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. {2} He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. {3} This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. {4} No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was. {5} So Christ also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father." {6} And he says in another place, "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." {7} During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. {8} Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered {9} and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him {10} and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek."
Jesus Christ is not the Son of David, but the Son of God. In Matthew 22, Jesus took the Pharisees back to the verses in our Psalm for today and asked them a simple question. They understood perfectly what Jesus was saying. The uneducated carpenter’s son had just referenced the Old Testament as pointing to Himself. Psalm 110 is double-barreled. It is also referenced in the New Testament book of Hebrews, where the writer compares Jesus to Melchizedek, the king of peace and high priest in Genesis. This mysterious high priest had no father, no mother, no genealogy. He was without beginning or end -- an eternal high priest. So it is with Christ. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end -- the eternal Son of God. Praise Him this day. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day
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