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Priest King
When Adam and Eve where in the Garden, God gave them some jobs to do.
They were to be fruitful and multiply.
They were to subdue the earth.
They were to have dominion over the earth.
They were to be the original royal priests.
They were to mediate in between God and his creation.
They were to rule and imitate God’s behavior in creating.
They are to work and keep the garden.
They are to expand the garden.
They are to bring heaven to the rest of the earth.
However, Adam and Eve disobeyed God.
They rebelled against God’s command to leave the tree of the knowledge of good and evil alone and not eat the fruit that it bore.
And as a result of their disobedience their roles were both tainted and broken.
But God is on a mission to restore and put man back into right relationship with himself.
And one of the ways that he does that is he sets up a priesthood in Ancient Israel.
But these priests aren’t Royalty, they are servants.
They hold a special relationship to God and to the people.
They served as intermediaries between the two.
They were like a gateway that joined heaven and earth together.
So the Role of Royal Priests or Priest King is eventually splintered into two separate roles and we will talk about that later,
But God desires to unite these two roles and in the texts we are going to look at today we are going to see just that.
Just to give you heads up, we are going to be traveling all over the bible this morning.
I don’t typically do this, but here we are.
If you want to follow along, we are going to start in Ps. 110, move to Genesis 14, and then wrap up in Hebrews 5 and 7.
So ready or not…here we go.
But before we do Let’s Pray
Where we are going to start today is in Ps. 110.
This is an important psalm.
So much so that it is the most quoted psalm in the NT.
Psalm 110 was written as a coronation psalm.
Meaning that it was read at the inauguration of a new king.
But it holds so much more than that.
So let’s look at it.
A Future King
One of the most important things to note is that this psalm was authored by David.
This is important b/c David was seen as the role model and prototype to the coming King.
The Future Messiah.
And here we read that David is looking forward to the reality of this future king showing up.
This king that will come is co-equal with God Almighty.
It’s hard to notice it not in the original language and most translators try to help us out, but the two Lord’s there are completely different words.
Translators help in that with the first Lord it is usually in a different typeset or in all capital letters where the second lord is the same as the text around it.
Anytime a translator or bible publisher uses Lord in all capitals he is highlighting that this word is the name of God.
Yahweh.
The second “lord” in that verse is the title Adonai.
This is a title given to God by his worshippers b/c they didn’t say his name Yahweh.
Adonai can also be referred to one who is superior.
Such as a king.
So here, King David is let in on a Conversation between God and another person who is superior to David.
And as he listens to this conversation there it sounds like God has another king in mind to come and rule over his people.
Not just another king, but one who is superior to David himself.
Meaning that David is looking forward to the Messiah.
This future king is going to sit at the right hand of God.
Meaning that he is going to hold power and prestige.
That he is going to be exalted.
He is going to have honor and rank among all people b/c he sits at God’s Right hand.
And God is going to exalt this future king until all of his enemies are under his foot.
Until they are all subdued.
Til he has conquered all of them through the power of God himself.
God is the one going to make all his enemies a footstool.
This future King is going to be exalted and victorious.
Those who come against this future king are going to be made to submit to him.
All of his enemies.
Not one will avoid the coming judgement and submission.
This gives off the vibes that this future king is going to be give authority, power, and victory b/c he was chosen by God to do so.
But at the time of David this was an event that was going to happen, b/c it hadn’t happened yet.
The footstool is specifically used at the base of the throne.
It is where the king would rest from his work of ruling and conquering.
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God is going to send forth this King to spread the kingdom to expand and enlarge the influence of the King.
And he is sending this king forth from Zion.
Zion is where the temple is build and the place where God’s presence reigned.
In fact, b/c of God’s presence often times Zion would refer to all of Jerusalem.
So this is showing us that from Jerusalem the Future King will go forth and expand the kingdom of God.
This kingdom is going to expand even into the midst of this king’s enemies.
Again showing that he is going to have power and authority over those that oppose him.
So again and again we see that this Future King is going to be powerful, he is going to overcome, he is going to have authority not only over his people, but over all people even his enemies.
He is going to expand the kingdom and bring judgement to the nations.
We aren’t going to cover it this morning, but read through the rest of the psalm and you can see that God’s judgment on the kings and the rulers of the earth is going to happen through the hands of the this future king.
What I do want us to look at is verse 4
Everlasting Priest
This is a short verse that so much can be said about.
God has sworn and created man to be Priest Kings.
The Anticipation of this Psalm is that God is going to restore this Priest King Office.
But at the time that it was written this isn’t the case.
They were separated offices.
The Kings had their role to rule over God’s People and the Priest’s had their role to mediate between God and man.
They were responsible for offering sacrifices.
For keeping the temple.
For making sure that the holy days and festivals were kept.
So how did they get here?
If God intended for the offices to remain together, how did they get to the point where they are distorted.
Well, it began in the Garden.
In rebellion and disobedience.
But we see throughout Genesis, the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were going around and building altars and offering Sacrifices.
They were also rulers over their territory.
They had dominion, they subdued the earth, they mediated between God and man.
So they were the Priest Kings.
But there was something that happened in the History of Israel that caused the chasm.
And it happened in the book of Exodus.
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