Leslie M. John
Until His enemies are brought to His footstool
Psalm 110:1-7 ”The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent; Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head”
This psalm is fully a gospel concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, who executes the office of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king. The Father in heaven promises a prophetical office to Lord Jesus in verse 2, a priestly office in verse 4, and kingly office in verses 1, 3, and 5 to 6. The Jews never accepted this fact lest they should accept Jesus as their Messiah. Stephen gazing into heaven testifies in Acts 7:55 that he ”saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God”. Paul an Apostle of Lord Jesus Christ writes in Ephesians 1:20 that ”... he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places”. The writer of Hebrews writes in Hebrews 1:3 that Lord Jesus ”...being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”. He is our high priest, ”We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens” (Hebrews 8:1) and ”...after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God” (Hebrews 10:12). Recalling the Psalm of David, where David called Lord Jesus as his Lord and the Son of God, Jesus points this fact to Pharisees, who often tried to trap him. Pharisees of old believed that David said these verses about the Messiah, and yet the modern Pharisees denied this fact. When Jesus pointed this fact in Mark 12:36 ”For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool”, they were speechless. Jesus then said in Mark 12:38-40 ”...Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation”.
Immediately after the prophesy about the LORD making all the enemies of Lord Jesus Christ to come to his footstool is complete the second coming of Lord Jesus will take place and the Church will have rapture into the clouds to meet him in the air. The time and seasons are known only to the Father in heaven. Matthew 24:36 ”But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only”. The advent of the Lord Jesus on this earth will be after the false teachers have brought in heresies and wrong doctrines among Christians and false prophets saying that Jesus has already come and he is 'here' and/or 'there' and after the revealing of the 'man of sin', the 'son of perdition', who is Antichrist. Jesus warned us to be careful not to believe when false prophets say, ”Lo, here is Christ, or there...” Matthew 24:23