Acts 2:25-35:
For David says into him, ‘I was foreseeing the Lord in my
presence through everything, since he is out of my right hand in order that I
should not be shaken. For this sake my
heart was rejoicing and my tongue celebrated and yet even my flesh will rest
upon hope. Since you will not abandon my
life into Hades and you will not give your holy one to see corruption. You made a way of life known to me. You will fill me of gladness with your face.’ Men, brothers, it is possible to say to you
with boldness of speech regarding the patriarch David since even he came to an
end, he was buried, and his tomb is in our place until this day. Therefore he was a prophet while coming into
existence and has known that God swore to him by an oath to set one out of the
fruit of his loins upon his throne. After
foreseeing he called out regarding the resurrection of the Christ that he
should neither be abandoned into Hades nor his flesh see corruption. God raised up this Jesus, of whom we are all
witnesses.
Thoughts for Today:
First Thought:
It must have taken some serious faith and confidence in God
for David to face death knowing that sometime in the future God would send a
Messiah to save him from that state.
Sounds familiar – doesn’t it? To
think that a person believes they can die and be dead for a thousand years and
still not be out of God’s ability to bring them back to life is no less than
amazing. Yet it is the faith David
has. It is the faith we have.
Does it inspire you to think that you have the same quality
of faith as the greatest king of Israel?
Are you inspired by knowing that other people – even great people like
David – believed in something that was beyond their control?
Second Thought:
David also talks about The Holy One (Jesus) ascending to the
right hand of God until the enemies of God are trampled under His foot. This implies that God is in charge, and He is
slowly working out His plan of grinding His enemies into defeat.
What enemies do you think God is actively working
against? Is there any comfort knowing
that Jesus is our savior and He is sitting at the right hand of God the Father?
Passage for Tomorrow: Acts 2:36-41
3 comments:
It is so awesome to know that we have the same faith as David.When it is saying "the lord said to my lord" what does it mean there? I forgot the other point I was going to say haha oh well...
Psalm 110 is a psalm that most people think David is writing as He looks forward to the coming of the Messiah. Keep in mind that David did not know how God would bring about the Messiah, but David surely did believe that a Messiah would come. Furthermore, David believed the promise of God that such a Messiah would even come from his lineage.
So as David is writing this psalm he says "The Lord said to my Lord..." Quite literally we could paraphrase that with "God said to the Messiah..."
Jesus uses this idea in Matthew 22:41-45 to finally shut up the Pharisees. Jesus asks the Pharisees whose son is the Christ. The Pharisees reply that the Christ (or Messiah) is the Son of David. Jesus pulls out this psalm (Psalm 110) to show that David would then be calling his "son" the Messiah. This sets up a paradox, because David clearly calls the Messiah "my Lord" but we don't think of someone calling the fruit of their offspring "their Lord." The Pharisees don't know how to reply to Jesus because they are looking for a completely human Messiah. They miss the boat, can't explain that David's Messiah is his Lord because he is both David's offspring and God.
But yeah, it's really easy to get confused about that line. It has stumped me once or twice ... and probably caused me to lose my fair share of hair.
Haha thanks for the clarification
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