Psalms 110:1-7 - Homilies By C. Short

Christ the Divine King and Priest.

Many difficulties in the interpretation of this psalm. Let us accept it as, in the main, a prophecy of the Jewish Messiah. Then we find the two main features of it fulfilled in the Christ of history.

I. HE HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE DIVINE THRONE OF KINGLY POWER . ( Psalms 110:1-3 .)

1. The power by which he subdues the world is spiritual and Divine . His cross "the rod of his strength."

2. His servants are willing soldiers in the holy war . ( Psalms 110:3 .) Numberless as the drops of the morning dew.

3. He will reign till he has obtained a universal victory .

II. THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST .

1. Priest by direct Divine ordination . "The Lord hath sworn."

2. A universal Priesthood . Not of the Jew only, but of the Gentile also, like Melchizedek.

3. A Priest not for a time, but forever .

4. The sacrifice he offers is—himself . — S.