The Royal Messiah #1
The Book of Psalms contains several types of psalms. One of these is the royal psalm. Royal psalms concern the Davidic line of kings. As a whole, these types of psalms poetically proclaim that the king is divinely appointed, that the people will be blessed if they follow him, that God will deliver him and give him victory over his enemies. At times, these royal psalms are Messianic. In other words, they point forward to the fulfillment of Jesus being the One who would sit at the right hand of God. Royal psalms such as Pss. 2, 110 and 118 are referred to several times in the New Testament and establish the wonderful truth that Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords. Sadly though, not all have accepted Him as their King.
David Kimhi, a Jewish Commentator who wrote around AD 1000, discusses one of the Royal Psalms—Psalm 2. While he makes many interesting remarks about this psalm, he denies its Messianic nature. This psalm is twelve verses long and can be easily divided into four sections of three verses each: 1) The nations plot against God’s annointed (Psalm 2:1-3); 2) God’s fulfilled plan for His annointed (Psalm 2:4-6); 3) The annointed one’s own words of what God would do for him (Psalm 2:7-9); and 4) How the nations should respond to the annointed one (Psalm 2:10-12). Kimhi believes that this psalm only has historical reference to King David. While this may be true, it has so much more. In forthcoming articles, Kimhi’s arguments will be considered. Considering these will help to highlight the importance of this amazing psalm.
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Authors, Doctrine, Michael Carter
on July 16th, 2008
