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INTRODUCTION
Jesus reveals his own divinity by quoting Psalm 110.
Psalm 110 is the psalm is quoted over 33 times in the new testament …
… making it the most quoted psalm by far.
Today we will look closely at both this psalm and Jesus’ use of it to reveal himself to us.
PRAY
4:00
Throughout the book of Mark Jesus has shown himself to be master of many things.
Today we see him defeating the assaults of his opponents and showing himself to be master of the day.
JESUS MASTERS THE DAY
In chapter 12 Jesus has answered the three parties of the Sanhedrin:
The pharisees, scribes and sadducees have all come to him …
… and asked questions about taxes, marriage and the resurrection, and about which is God’s greatest commandment.
Each time they have sought to trap him.
But Jesus has overcome their efforts by a beautiful display …
… not only of wisdom, but of authority.
And this is where this whole episode began …
… with the sanhedrin questioning the authority of Jesus
He does not give them a direct answer because even their question about his authority was a trap …
… but by this point in their questioning
… it is clear that it is Jesus, and not the sanhedrin
… who has authority to reveal the things of God.
7:00
Mark 12:34 (ESV)
And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
(One commentator) James R. Edwards
Jesus has bested the field and debate is closed.
Jesus does not quit the field, however, but he takes it.
The questions are finished.
No one else will becoming with question.
The leader’s next approach will be to arrest him.
But Jesus is not done teaching the people …
… because Jesus is not done revealing himself and the gospel of his kingdom.
The leaders and the people can have questions for Jesus …
… but at some point our questions are exhausted.
But to truly know Jesus requires revelation.
We know him not because we know all the right questions to ask.
We know him because he has spoken …
… and as the Father has commanded us
… we have listened to him.
And so, let us listen as …
… Jesus now turns his own question in the direction of the scribes.
10:00
Read v35-36a
We pause here before Jesus quotes Psalm 110 because Jesus has already shown us something important.
JESUS AFFIRMS THE DIVINE SOURCE OF THE SCRIPTURES
King David - Who is he?
David is the second king of Israel (after King Saul).
He is the first in the Davidic line of kings … after Saul was rejected and removed by the Lord.
Not only first, but the greatest of the kings of Israel.
While his son, Solomon, was handed the kingdom at its height …
… and flourished in the midst of the people with great wealth and wisdom
… even by this point there were evidences of decline.
Soon after Solomon there was a breach in the kingdom and a longing for the restoration of the days of King David.
With this longing came reflection on the promises of God upon the line of King David …
… and further prophecy of a future king in the line of David
… that would establish his kingdom forever.
It is this David of whom Jesus speaks here.
13:00
David was not only a king, but a writer of psalms.
Many of these psalms are recorded for us in the scriptures.
We’ll look at this closer in a minute but in this passage we see…
… David look into the divine counsel of the heavenly places.
He is a prophet, revealing the hidden things of God.
But when you look at what David records in the psalm we ought be amazed!
It is a prophetic and poetic record of a conversation between the Father and the Son … the Lord God and David’s Lord.
C. H. Spurgeon
How greatly should we prize the revelation of his private and solemn discourse with the Son, herein made public for the refreshing of his people!
David glimpses the Trinity at work.
And Jesus, as he quotes this psalm points us to the third member of the Trinity.
The psalm is not merely of David, but is inspired by the Holy Spirit of God himself.
And Jesus affirms the divine nature of Psalm 110.
APPLY
We are not merely reading Mark, we are reading the testimony of the Holy Spirit himself about the Son.
16:00
What is Jesus’ purpose in bringing up this question and quoting this psalm?
…
JESUS IS MORE THAN THE SON OF DAVID
As I have mentioned …
Long history of Messianic expectation
messiah / christ = anointed one (a king or priest)
The people of God have long awaited a restoration of the kingdom of David …
… through the anointing of a king from David’s line.
This messianic expectation is a thread that runs throughout the prophecies of the Old Testament beginning with …
Lord speaking to David 2 Samuel 7:12–13 (ESV)
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
You can here the Lord’s promise to maintain David’s kingdom …
… but more importantly to establish his kingdom forever.
18:00
Long after the kingdom is in decline from its height with King David Isaiah speaks of Jesse (David’s father)…
Isaiah 11:1 (ESV)
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Someone is coming from the same family tree.
A child …
Isaiah 9:6 (ESV)
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
And the prophets continue to speak of this Messiah who is so closely linked to David …
Ezekiel 34:23 (ESV)
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
The Same Sort of Expectation is present surrounding the incarnation of Jesus.
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