5 The Lord is at Your right
hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.
6 He shall judge among the
nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads
of many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook
by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head.
Today as we see the world
around us spiraling down into chaos, anarchy, violence, corruption, war,
hatred, debauchery, and evil, it would be so easy to personally slip into dismay,
discouragement, despair, and even depression. Nothing seems to be getting
better and we might feel that there is no hope for a better future. Well my friend,
Psalm 110 is one of those Messianic Psalms that remind us that one day this
will all be changed by our coming King!
We can never forget what Jesus
said in John 14:1-3; "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in
God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not
so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that
where I am, there you may be also.” Jesus
promised His disciples that He is coming again, and I assure you He will keep
His promise!
All of the "royal
psalms" contain predictions about battles and victories for God's King (Psalms
2:7-9, 12; 18:16-19, 31-34, 37-42; 20:1-2, 7-8; 21:8-12; 45:3-5; 61:3; 72:8-9;
89:22-23; 132:18). Today is the day of Lord's grace and is the "day of
salvation" (2 Cor. 6:1-2), when Jesus is calling sinners to be
reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:18-21). But there will come a day of wrath, "the
day of the Lord," when Jesus the Lamb of God will begin to
"roar" as the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5-6), and judgment
will fall on the world.
This is the victory the Father
promised in verse 1 and also in Psalm 2:5, 9. The psalmist here in verse 6 describes
stacks of corpses on the battlefield with nobody to bury them. Even allowing
for poetic license, the picture is not a pretty one. John (the apostle of love), wrote about this
same event in Revelation 14:17-20 and 19:11-19 (and see Isaiah 66:24). The word
in verse 6 translated "heads" or "chief men, rulers" is
singular in the Hebrew. It could be a collective noun or it may refer to the
last great world ruler, the Antichrist or Beast (Rev. 13:1-10) whom Jesus
Christ will destroy at His coming (2 Thess. 2:1-2; Rev. 19:17-21).
Verse 7 says, “He shall
drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head.” The warrior David, who knew something about
battles, is possibly saying, "Nothing will detain Him, detour Him, or
discourage Him as He attacks the enemy. Like every good soldier, He will linger
only long enough to get a sip of water, and then He will raise His head and
continue the chase." We remember that before His crucifixion, Jesus
refused to receive the narcotic drink, but tasted death to the full on the
cross (Matt. 27:34). Gideon and his men also come to mind (Judges 7:4-7), for
their fitness for the battle was tested by the way they drank at the river.
Remember the 300 careful and courageous men kept their head lifted up as they
drank from the brook.
My friend, in this crazy mixed
up world today, we need to remember that Jesus Christ is the exalted King and
enthroned in heaven! He is our Great High Priest seated at the right hand of
the Father making intercession for us. And
one day He will come again and conquer the devil and his armies and establish
His kingdom on earth!
Hallelujah, what a Savior! Are you prepared for His coming?
God bless!
