JESUS, King and Priest (Ps.110)

Psalm 110 is a prophetic song.  David has insight into a conversation that God has with Jesus the Messiah.  David refers to the Messiah as "my Lord"...

 (Psalm 110:1)   The Lord says to my Lord:  “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

This explains to us that Jesus sits at God's right hand - until the battle of Armageddon - then...

 (Psalm 110:2)   The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
 

At the second coming, Jesus will come with His angels, as well as with the Christians who have been raptured before the Tribulation.  Jesus will win the battle...

(Psalm 110: 5-7)   The Lord is at Your right hand;  He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
6 He will judge among the nations,  He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.
7 He will drink from the brook by the wayside;  therefore He will lift up His head.

After the battle, Jesus will sit on the throne in Zion (Jerusalem) to first judge the nations, then rule over the people.  ONLY the people becoming believers in the Tribulation will enter the Millennium to enjoy a peaceful "kingdom of heaven" (on earth).  Although, those believers entering the Millennium from the Tribulation will have children.  Those born into the Millennium will be faced with the same decision all of us have - to believe in Jesus or not.  But while Jesus is on the throne for those thousand years, all people (whether believers or not) will be obedient (compliant)...

 (Psalm 110:3)   Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;  in holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew.

Why will the people be obedient?  Well, they will have the perfect King on the throne, leading them with His mighty strength, His gracious love, His all-knowing justice and wisdom... And Jesus is not just our King, He is our Priest...

(Psalm 110:4)   The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Why "according to the order of Melchizedek"?  We know Jesus is the rightful King of Israel, because He was born into the lineage of king David;  but Jesus could not have been a Levitical priest because He was born of the tribe of Judah (not the tribe of Levi).  This is why Jesus is associated with another order of priests, like Melchizedek who was a man appointed directly by God to be a king-priest (Gen.14:18, Zech.6:12-13).  Melchizedek was also called "King of righteousness" and "King of peace" (Ps.7:2, Is.11:5-9).  And Jesus, being God, He is more than qualified!!!

(Hebrews 5:1-10)  For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; 2 he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; 3 and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself. 4 And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was.

5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,

“You are My Son, today I have begotten You”;

6 just as He says also in another passage,

“You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

7 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.  9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

What will that mean for the people in the Millennium?  What does it mean for us NOW?...

(Hebrews 4:14-16)  Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.