hill is none other than our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He is the the King over all His enemies; He is the King over all His saints and He is also God the Father’s King. Since He has been appointed King over all the world, ruling in Jeru salem, we find our Lord’s statement concerning His reign. We know that it is a time when righteousness shall cover the earth even as the waters cover the sea. The Saviour speaks, “I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.” Since the King has now be come enthroned, as we look ahead prophetically, He is able to issue a statement concerning the nature of His rule. This, in essence, is His inaugural address. When President Kennedy began, his drive was for the “New Frontier.” When President Johnson began officially it was for the “New Society.” Our Lord’s, how ever, is a new world where right eousness shall prevail.. Reading the words, “This day have I begotten thee,” need not cause us any concern. Christ had no beginning for He is coexistent and coetemal with the Father. This has to do with our Saviour’s breaking through eter nity’s ages to come to this earth as the manifestation or the exhibition of God’s divine love and grace. The Saviour willingly came to give His life and to redeem us from sin and its penalty. When the Lord was res urrected, He was seated on the right hand of God the Father in heaven. This is so beautifully and majestic ally portrayed for us in Philippians 2:5-11. The truth of this seventh verse of the Second Psalm is restated in the New Testament three times. In his sermon to the people at Antioch in Pisidia (Acts 13:33), Paul estab lishes the fact of the resurrection of Jesus. This is the portion of the Old Testament from which he quotes. Again, the writer of the book of
five of Psalm two, “Then shall God speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.” God’s Spirit will not always strive with man. Judgment is coming and when it does, people, like ants, will scurry for protection but they will find none. This will take place after the time when the Church, made up of all true born-again believers, has been removed from the earth. The Tribulation will beset mankind and those times will be unprecedented as the wine press of God’s judgment deals firmly and finally with men who have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ. In verse 6 of the Second Psalm, we find the Lord God speaking. He makes this definitive declaration: “Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.” Actually Zion was a Jebusite city which had been cap tured by David. It was often called “The stronghold of Jerusalem.” Be cause of his love for it, it became known as, “the city of David.” A city some 5,000 feet above sea level, Jerusalem had as a part of its geog raphy Mount Zion. Here, David’s son Solomon built the beautiful first tem ple. Actually, Zion has since become representative as the name for the whole city, with the Israelite people being known as Zionists. Both Isaiah and Revelation speak of the heaven ly Zion, which is the city of God. Here in this verse, however, the Lord is speaking prophetically about the fact that in the Millennium, the thou sand-year reign of Christ, the tem ple will have been rebuilt, and will be the throne of Christ. This word “yet” (circle it if you mark your Bible); contrasts all the futile efforts of men to break the bands of restraint which have been placed upon them. Despite man’s worst, God will triumph finally. Noth ing can impede His divine justice. The old saint had it right when he pointed out, “While man proposes, God disposes.” The King on Zion’s 10
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