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Christ as King and Priest in Psalm 110

2026-10-15 · 3.975 MHz · 0600 PST

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Psalm 110

The study focused on Psalm 110, highlighting its status as the most quoted psalm in the New Testament with nine citations. The central theme is the dual office of Jesus Christ as both King and Priest, a unique combination in the Old Testament except for Melchizedek. The group examined how verse 1 establishes Christ's kingly authority and verse 4 establishes his eternal priesthood.

Insights

  • The New Testament reveals the Old Testament, as seen in how Psalm 110 is used to prove the deity and humanity of Christ.
  • Under Roman law, adopted sons could not be disinherited, illustrating the security believers have as adopted children of God.
  • Christ rules in the midst of his enemies, meaning their actions are under his control and serve his purposes.
  • The 'womb of the morning' in verse 3 is interpreted as a metaphor for the resurrection, emerging with the strength and beauty of a new day.
  • The Pharisees' inability to answer Jesus in Matthew 22 stems from their failure to reconcile the Messiah being both David's son and his Lord.
  • Believers are described as volunteers in Christ's army, reflecting the voluntary nature of faith and service.

Transcript

0:00and now it's part of my tune-up on the frequency here.
0:05I've taken a few days off from the firewood, feeling a little bit better.
0:11The clicking has gone in the lower back.
0:14So I'm ready to go back out and hit the wood pile today.
0:17That's my plan at least.
0:20If it conflicts with God's plan, I'll be notified.
0:25We know how that works out, don't we?
0:27But I'm here, yeah, here for my daily manna.
0:32It's wonderful.
0:34It's going to be a wonderful day.
0:36I hope everybody is blessed as we are here in Troy.
0:39We pray for everyone's blessings,
0:42and I hope your socks are all blessed off your feet.
0:45W7RKD, back to you, Max.
0:49All right, real good, DeBert.
0:51Thank you for that.
0:52And, yep, hopefully you're getting to the end of that firewood project,
0:55and you'll get it all in.
0:57All right, Bert, we got you checked in
0:59and praying that things go well for your firewood cutting today.
1:04All right, any other check-ins this morning?
1:06Please come down with your call sign.
1:09KJ7 PWM.
1:12Hey, good morning, Brian.
1:13I saw you sneak in there on the Utah SDR,
1:16but we got you lassoed by voice.
1:18Brian, how are you doing up there?
1:20Doing good.
1:22On my real radio, you're barely breaking the noise floor,
1:26but you sound great on Utah.
1:29Copy that.
1:30I'm picking you up on Utah as well.
1:33So putting out 600 watts here, but the band is long.
1:36It'll improve as time goes on and the sun comes up.
1:39But thank the Lord for the Utah SDR.
1:41I'm hearing everybody on that today real well.
1:43All right, Brian, KJ7 PWM, got you checked in.
1:47Any prayer requests?
1:48Over.
1:50No new prayer requests this morning.
1:53All right, copy that, Brian.
1:54No new prayer requests.
1:55All right.
1:56The net would like to acknowledge Philip K6HSV.
1:59Good morning, Phil.
2:00See you there on the SDR.
2:03Appreciate you being there.
2:04We got you checked in.
2:05All right, any other check-ins?
2:07Please come down.
2:07Uh, WB7AOT.
2:12And there is Daryl, WB7AOT from Ham Lake, Minnesota.
2:17Daryl, picking you up real good on the Utah SDR.
2:19How you doing, brother?
2:21Well, good morning.
2:22Good morning, Max.
2:23I copy you about S7, S9 directly here into Minnesota.
2:28Uh, good morning.
2:29Have a good setting, you and everyone.
2:31And good morning to all.
2:32This is WB7AOT.
2:34All right, Daryl, thank you for the signal report, and we got you checked in, and thank
2:40you for being there with us.
2:41Appreciate you, brother.
2:43All right, any other check-ins?
2:44Please come down.
2:48KE7WKI.
2:50All right, there is Dave.
2:52Dave, KE7WKI.
2:54Good morning, Dave.
2:55How are you doing?
2:56Any prayer requests?
2:56Go ahead.
2:58Doing very well.
3:00Good morning to everyone.
3:01I have no prayer requests.
3:04All right, copy, no prayer requests, and good morning to everyone.
3:07Well, good morning to you, Dave.
3:09It's sure good to hear your voice and have you with us.
3:11All right, that's Dave, KE7WKI.
3:13Any other check-ins?
3:14Please come down.
3:15All right, all right.
3:42Let's get my SDR turned off here so I don't get my echo back.
3:47All right, the net would like to acknowledge Peter, KJ7BA.
3:51Good morning, Peter.
3:52See you there on the Utah SDR.
3:54Good to have you with us.
4:01And Peter says good morning to everyone, so good contact there.
4:05Good to have you with us, Peter, and good morning to you as well.
4:08All right, let's see.
4:10Who else do we have here?
4:12Any other voice check-ins?
4:14Please come down.
4:21Good morning, KB7ZXN.
4:25And good morning, Kevin.
4:27KB7ZXN.
4:28Good to have you with us.
4:29How are you doing?
4:29I'm doing okay.
4:32Still need to go down and get my coffee here.
4:34But good morning, Max.
4:36Hope you're doing well.
4:37I hope everyone else is also.
4:42Yeah, Kevin.
4:43We are doing well here on our end of the stick.
4:46Go get your coffee.
4:47And I'd like you to open in prayer for us.
4:50No, you still got to go get your coffee.
4:51It's time to start the net.
4:53I'll go ahead and open in prayer today.
4:54No worries.
4:56Okay, WB7MX here.
4:58Kevin's getting his coffee, and we're going to start the net here in a minute.
5:01All right, any other check-ins?
5:03Please come down.
5:08WB7VZL.
5:11And there's Roger, WB7VZL.
5:14Roger, can you open in prayer for us in a minute or two here when we start the net over?
5:18I sure would be privileged to ask the Lord to bless us for sure on this very busy day.
5:29And I'm, well, yeah, that'd be great.
5:34Okay, real good.
5:38I'll be traveling up to see you today.
5:40So we got the truck all hooked up to the trailer, and we're going to blast out of here as soon as the net is over.
5:46So anyway, real good.
5:48All right, any other prayer requests and or check-ins this morning before we start the net?
5:54Please come down with your call sign.
5:57KI6WXP just made it under the wire.
6:00Joe, Joe, we're going to let you in, and then we're going to shut the gate after you.
6:08Good to have you with us, brother.
6:10How are you doing?
6:10Any prayer requests?
6:11Over.
6:12No, sir.
6:13No prayer requests.
6:14Thanks for letting me in.
6:17All right, all right.
6:18We take in late check-ins.
6:21We take in strays.
6:22We take in the homeless.
6:24We take in anybody and everybody here on the West Coast Bible Study.
6:30All right, any other check-ins, please come down.
6:41All right, we're going to get started with the West Coast Bible Study,
6:44and I'll look over the screens here, see if I haven't forgotten anyone in a minute.
6:50But before we do that, we're going to open with prayer.
6:55Roger, WB7BZL, if you could open with prayer for us this morning, I'd appreciate that.
6:59Go ahead.
7:00Our Heavenly Father, what a privilege it is to invite your Heavenly Presence with us today.
7:08And we are venturing into a psalm that has such important relationships with who you are
7:18and the relationship within the community of love of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
7:27And thank you that your son, Father, referred to it, and a great example for us to look at in various parts of the Scripture.
7:40So I pray for Max as he guides us and mentors us in what he has learned about this portion of the Word of God.
7:48Through your Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, amen.
7:52Amen.
7:53Amen.
7:53Thank you so much for that, Roger.
7:55Really appreciate that prayer.
7:56Okay, we are in Psalm 110, but before we read that psalm, I want to give a little introduction to it.
8:04Psalm 110 is an amazing psalm.
8:07It's quoted more times in the New Testament than any other psalm.
8:14In fact, this psalm is quoted nine times in the New Testament.
8:20And what that shows us is the significance and the importance of this psalm,
8:25that this psalm of seven verses would be quoted nine times in the New Testament.
8:32Now, all of those quotations clearly indicate that this psalm is messianic.
8:39That is, it's prophetic of the Lord Jesus Christ.
8:44Verse one of this psalm is quoted five times in the New Testament.
8:49And verse four is quoted four times in the New Testament.
8:53So obviously, verse one or verse four are super important.
8:57And these two verses set out the two great themes of this psalm.
9:02And that is, is that Christ is our king and that Christ is our priest.
9:08So we see Christ is our king in verses one to three.
9:11And we see Christ is our priest in verse four.
9:15And then in the later part of this psalm, verses five to seven,
9:19very briefly but very powerfully describe the success of his warfare against his enemies
9:26as the priest king who rules at God's right hand.
9:31So this psalm tells us two things.
9:33Jesus is a conquering king and Jesus is a redeeming priest.
9:39No other Old Testament figure ever fulfilled both of those offices of both priest and king.
9:48Now, priests might be prophets and kings might also be prophets,
9:52but no one was a king and also a priest at the same time, with one sole exception.
10:01And that exception to the rule was this man Melchizedek.
10:06He's revealed to us in Genesis 14 in a very unique and very limited way as the king of Salem,
10:14that is Jerusalem, and also as a priest of the Most High God.
10:19And so Melchizedek had this dual role of king and priest because he was the type
10:25and the foreshadow of the true final eternal king and priest who is the Lord Jesus Christ.
10:33So, what we have in this psalm is a description and a prediction of the promised Messiah.
10:40He would rule from the throne of God with all the authority of God,
10:44and he would mediate on our behalf in the temple of God with all the compassion of a loving Savior.
10:52So the one who rules us is also the one who redeems us.
10:56And so it's the culmination of these things that give us a wonderful sight of our Lord Jesus Christ
11:03as we read this psalm together.
11:06All right, to Beck, Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee.
11:09If you could read for us Psalm 110, I would sure appreciate that.
11:12Go ahead there, Beck.
11:14Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee.
11:15Good morning, everybody.
11:17I'm going to read 110, and I'm reading out of the New King James Version.
11:21The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.
11:28The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion, rule in the midst of your enemies.
11:34Your people shall be volunteers in the day of your power.
11:38In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
11:44The Lord has sworn and will not relent, you are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
11:52The Lord is your right hand.
11:54He shall execute kings in the day of his wrath.
11:58He shall judge among the nations.
12:01He shall fill the places with dead bodies.
12:04He shall execute the heads of many countries.
12:07He shall drink of the brook by the wayside.
12:10Therefore, he shall lift up his head.
12:13Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, back to net.
12:18Beck, great reading.
12:19Thank you for that.
12:20Well done.
12:21Okay, any comments on Psalm 110, please come now.
12:42AK-6OK, in the office and catching up here, Mac.
12:45All right, glad you made a safe trip from your house to the office, and we got you at the office there, Jeff.
12:53You got a comment on our psalm at all.
12:55Go ahead.
12:57Not just yet.
12:58Just walk through the door.
13:00All right, copy that.
13:02Okay, real good.
13:03All right, this is an interesting psalm.
13:06Now, in verses 1 to 3, Jesus occupies the office of a king, and verse 1 is quoted extensively in the New Testament.
13:15And I think it would be good for us to read these passages.
13:21So I'm going to assign some people some work.
13:24Jerry, A-E-7-ER, when I call on you, I want you to read Acts 2-34, Acts 2-34, all right?
13:34And then Roger, WB7VZL, I'm going to have you read Matthew 22, 42 to 46.
13:42That's Matthew 22, 42 to 46.
13:45All right, and Steve, W6YSI, I'm going to have you read Mark 12, 35 to 37.
13:53That's Mark 12, 35 to 37.
13:56And Will, Kiela Mike 5, Foxtrot, we're going to have you read Hebrews 1-13 and Hebrews 10-13.
14:05That's Hebrews 1-13 and Hebrews 10-13.
14:08All right, Jerry, A-E-7-ER, go ahead and read for us Acts 2-34.
14:15All right, next, Acts 12.
14:20Acts 2-34.
14:28All right, reading Acts 2-34.
14:31For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says,
14:36The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand.
14:42Thank you, A-E-7-ER.
14:45Right, okay, so Peter in his Pentecost Day sermon is quoting this passage
14:51to affirm the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
14:57He's sitting at the right hand of the Father.
14:59He's not still laying in the grave.
15:02All right, Roger, WB7VZL, read for us Matthew 22, 42 to 46.
15:08And let's see, I'll start with 41 if you don't mind, because 42 is kind of...
15:19Now, while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying,
15:26What do you think about the Christ, whose son he is?
15:32They said to him, The son of David.
15:35He said to them, Then how does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
15:44The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put thine enemies beneath thy feet?
15:54If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?
16:01And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask him
16:10another question.
16:15Roger, thank you for that reading.
16:17Appreciate that.
16:17Well, that was quite the conundrum.
16:23And so, once again, here he quotes Psalm 110, verse 1.
16:27And so he's saying,
16:29Jehovah said to my Adonai,
16:32Sit at my right hand until I make thine enemies beneath thy footstool.
16:35So David is saying to Jehovah God, the Father, that the Messiah is his Lord.
16:46Well, elsewhere we read that the Messiah is David's son.
16:50So how could the Messiah be David's Lord, his superior,
16:54and also be his son, his inferior, at the same time?
17:00Well, it's because he's the God-man, right?
17:02So Jesus was saying the Messiah is both God, David's Lord,
17:07and he's also man, David's son.
17:11So that's the argument being used there from Psalm 110.
17:15So Jesus understood very well who he was in relationship to David from Psalm 110,
17:23and verse 1, because this is the Psalm of David.
17:25David's speaking here.
17:26And he's saying, Jehovah God said to my Lord,
17:31sit on my right hand, etc.
17:33So that's what's going on there.
17:35All right.
17:36We're now going to have Steve W6YSI read for us Mark,
17:40chapter 12, verses 35 to 37.
17:43Go ahead there, Steve.
17:44And Jesus answered, and to say,
17:52what is it?
17:54How is it?
17:55I say this is Christ's son of David.
17:59David himself said in the Holy Spirit,
18:03the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand,
18:06so I put you beneath, beneath my feet.
18:09David himself called in the Lord.
18:14So in what sense is his son?
18:19The great crowd enjoyed listening.
18:26All right.
18:26This is a parallel passage,
18:28and Mark is talking about the same situation that Matthew is.
18:33And once again, we see this passage quoted,
18:36and this same argument extended.
18:38All right.
18:39That brings us to Will, KM5F.
18:42Will, read Hebrews 1.13,
18:44and then read Hebrews 10.13.
18:47Go ahead there, Will.
18:48KM5F, I'll be reading from the NASB,
18:51Hebrews 1.13.
18:54But to which of the angels has he ever said,
18:57sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?
19:03Hebrews 10.13.
19:06Waiting from that time onward until his enemies be made a footstool for his feet.
19:15KM5F.
19:15All right, real good.
19:19So basically, in Hebrews 1.13,
19:22he's talking about the exalted nature of Jesus,
19:25that he is above the angels.
19:27Never to the angels did God say to the Messiah,
19:31or never to the angels did God say what he said of the Messiah,
19:36and that is that they would sit at his right hand.
19:40And then, of course, Hebrews 10.13,
19:42speaking of Messiah,
19:43that all his enemies shall be his footstool.
19:45In other words, Christ will triumph over all his enemies.
19:49So basically, the universal teaching of these passages that we've just read and looked at
19:55make the interpretation of verse 1 crystal clear.
19:59And so after Jesus had finished his work here on earth,
20:16after he had died on the cross, been buried, rose again from the grave,
20:20God the Father as a reward and as an act of honor spoke those words to the Son.
20:27And basically, to paraphrase, what he's saying to the Son is,
20:33ascend to my throne from the earth,
20:35take the place of exalted honor and authority at my right hand,
20:39and I will, by my sovereign power, subdue all of your enemies before you
20:43and give you authority and power to rule over them all.
20:47So no more will the people of the earth subject Jesus to their hatred, persecution, and humiliation.
20:56Now God is going to see to it that they will be subject to the authority and power and rule of Jesus,
21:02and they will be under his feet,
21:05whereas when he was on this earth, they put him under their feet.
21:10And so this bestowal of authority and honor and power to God the Son by God the Father
21:16is described not only in this passage, but also in passages like Psalm 2, verses 6 to 9,
21:22and other passages as well.
21:24All right, well that gives you a little taste of the significance of this psalm
21:29and how it is used in the New Testament and how it proves both the humanity and the deity of Christ.
21:38It proves his resurrection.
21:40It proves his authority over all angels and over all peoples on the earth,
21:45and it teaches his victory and triumph over all of his enemies.
21:49So there's a lot here.
21:52And what we see is that our Bibles are one book,
21:55and the New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed,
22:00and the Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed.
22:04And we really see that in this passage.
22:07All right, any comments on this passage?
22:10Please come down with your call sign.
22:11This is WB7VZL.
22:21Roger, please go ahead.
22:24I have pondered this in some of the items that I have read recently.
22:30And what Jesus, I believe, is really focusing in on is the covenant position that he shares.
22:44Going back to Genesis 3.15, may I read what I have been helped by, Max?
22:53Yes, Roger.
22:54Please go ahead and read that.
22:55All the New Testament authors are telling the continuous story initiated by the Old Testament prophets.
23:10They knew that Adam was the original human son of God,
23:17that Adam forfeited that sonship position with the fall of Genesis 3.15.
23:25So that God set in motion a plan to regain that position for humanity.
23:35That God entered into covenant relation with Abraham to fulfill that plan or the plan.
23:45That Isaac was Abraham's only begotten son of promise,
23:50and therefore God's covenant son of promise.
23:52That Jacob was Isaac's firstborn son of promise,
24:01and therefore the covenant son of God.
24:06That Jacob's twelve sons became God's corporate covenant son as a nation called Israel.
24:15That King David continued the sonship succession and became God's covenant son.
24:24And that David's son Solomon became God's covenant son in the ongoing lineage.
24:34And knowing the Old Testament narrative,
24:38the New Testament writers knew that Jesus, born in this very lineage,
24:45was none other than the son of Abraham, the son of Israel, the son of David,
24:53and therefore the long-awaited covenant son of God.
24:57And this is the story the Bible tells.
25:01And that's probably long enough at this point.
25:06This is WB7 of Israel.
25:07Yeah, Roger, thank you for that.
25:11That was very well said, very accurately said.
25:15And what we read in Matthew chapter 1 and verse 1,
25:19it says,
25:20The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
25:26And, of course, we read in the Gospel of Luke that genealogy,
25:30going all the way back to Adam, who was, as you said, the son of God.
25:36And so the first Adam, the son of God, direct creation of God,
25:41as you said, fell and lost that position.
25:45And then God provided a lineage of sons culminating in Jesus Christ
25:51to redeem us and put us back into that position of once again being sons of God
25:57instead of being sons of Satan and of the devil.
26:03So praise the Lord for that, Roger.
26:05Roger, what a good summary sweep of how God is restoring us back to being sons of God.
26:14And it reminds me, Roger, of John chapter 1 and verse 12.
26:18But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God,
26:24even to those who believe in his name.
26:27So, yes, Adam lost that position.
26:29Christ gained it back, and Christ gives it to us.
26:34And praise the Lord for that plan and for the execution and accomplishment of that plan
26:39so that we can be the adopted sons of God, dwell in his house,
26:44and he can be not just our Lord, but our Father, our Father who art in heaven.
26:51So praise the Lord for that.
26:54Great comment, Roger.
26:55Thank you.
26:56All right.
26:57Any other comments?
26:57Please come now.
26:58WB7 means it out.
27:08Roger, please go ahead.
27:10Yeah.
27:10That was the perfect way to wrap that gift, that presence of the great story of the Bible, John 1-12.
27:19And that is our legacy, my amazing grace.
27:27Thank you, Max, for that text.
27:33All right.
27:33Real good, Roger.
27:34Appreciate you being there.
27:37All right.
27:37Any other, let's see.
27:40The net would like to acknowledge Keith, K7NEB.
27:43Keith, see you there on the Utah SDR.
27:45Keith's out camping.
27:47So he's not on his microphone today.
27:49But, Keith, we got you checked in.
27:51Thank you for being there.
27:52Appreciate you being there.
27:54All right.
27:55Any other comments on our passage?
27:58Please come now with your call sign.
28:00KM5F.
28:01I will.
28:02KM5F.
28:02Please go ahead.
28:03Under Roman law, a child that was adopted could not be disinherited or disowned where the natural-born child could be.
28:13As adopted children of God, we will never be disowned or disinherited.
28:18Okay, I'm trying to listen.
28:20Amen.
28:21Well, thanks for pointing that out.
28:22That's an interesting cultural and historical artifact there that Will brought out.
28:27Under Roman law, a natural son could be disinherited, but an adopted son never could.
28:32And Will was just pointing out the security that we have as the adopted sons of God that we can and never will be disinherited.
28:41That's absolutely the truth.
28:42Once we have been made sons of God, we can never be anything other than that.
28:48Because the same God who saves us is the God who preserves us.
28:52Philippians 1 and verse 6, He which has begun a good work in us will continue to perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
29:01He gives them eternal life and they shall never perish.
29:04Neither can any man pluck them out of the Father's hand.
29:07John chapter 10.
29:08So, so many passages, Will, that reinforce and substantiate what you just said.
29:15Thank you for bringing that out.
29:17All right.
29:18Other comments.
29:19Please come down.
29:20Thank you.
29:21All right.
29:47While you guys are thinking, I would like to comment on verse 2.
29:54It says in Psalm 110 and verse 2,
29:57The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion, rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
30:04And so one of the things we recognize is that while we have lots of enemies as Christians, you know, we have the devil, of course, fighting against us, all of his helpers, and, of course, all of the unsaved.
30:20You know, the good news is that these enemies are known to Christ and they are under his control and they are never allowed to do any more than what actually serves his purposes that he's carrying out in this world to save his people, to sanctify his people, to bring glory to his name, and to destroy the works of the devil.
30:44So, you know, Christ has enemies.
30:49Well, we have enemies because we're aligned with Christ.
30:53But what do we see Christ doing?
30:55Ruling in the midst of his enemies.
30:57So no longer is Jesus a victim of what other people do to him.
31:02Now he is in control of what they do.
31:05And he will rule and reign in the midst of his enemies in such a way that we don't ever need to be afraid of what they might do or can do or would do.
31:17The Bible says the wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath thou will restrain.
31:24So if any wrath of man against God doesn't serve God's purposes, he simply doesn't allow it to be expressed.
31:30So that's the good news is that Jesus rules in the midst of his enemies, and therefore we don't need to be afraid of them.
31:39All right, other comments.
31:40Please come now.
31:41All right.
32:00All right.
32:05I am not hearing anybody.
32:07Is somebody out there?
32:09Roger, are you out there?
32:10Is my radio broken?
32:13Well, no.
32:15I just felt like I had probably unloaded and you wrapped it up beautifully with John 112.
32:21But actually, they were actually so blinded by their covetousness, they were not able to perceive that he truly was the son of God.
32:40That was promised that, you know, clear back in the beginning to restore humanity to God, what Adam lost.
32:52And so they were just so jealous and covetousness of the attraction that he was to the crowds and his humility at the same time.
33:09That is the beauty of Jesus, that combination.
33:15W.B. Sam Vizadell.
33:18Yeah, amen.
33:19All right.
33:20Glad to know my radio is working.
33:21You guys are just all silent out there.
33:25Yes, Jesus is the son of God.
33:29And, of course, that meant he had authority over them.
33:32They hated that.
33:33He was also very humble, as you well said, and they hated that because these people were filled with pride and self-importance and grasping after power.
33:42And Jesus was the exact opposite of that.
33:46He had power, but he wielded that power with humility.
33:49Come unto me, all ye that labor and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
33:53Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am what?
33:56Meek and lowly of heart.
33:58Well, they were anything but meek and lowly of heart, right?
34:01So that's a great contrast there, Roger, between the Pharisees and the Lord Jesus.
34:10And one more reason why they hated him, because he exposed not only their powerlessness, but also their pride.
34:18And so they had to destroy him so that they would not be exposed any further.
34:25And, of course, you can't destroy the Son of God.
34:29It was kind of stupid for them to try that.
34:32But, nevertheless, Satan is stupid, and so are his people.
34:36Anyone is a fool that fights against God.
34:39And people, when they try to do that, he that sits in heaven shall laugh.
34:43The Lord shall have them in derision, because how foolish it is to fight against God.
34:49Well, let's look at verse 3 here for a second.
34:52Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.
34:55I think when Beck was reading that, I think he used the word volunteers.
34:59Thy people shall be volunteers in the day of thy power.
35:02And the idea here is that we are glad to volunteer to serve in the army of Jesus.
35:10The day of his power came when he saved us and regenerated us,
35:15and we became willing to have him as our Lord and Savior
35:21and to cast ourselves on him for the forgiveness of our sins.
35:25And so no one's coerced into becoming a Christian.
35:29We're all willing to become Christians.
35:32And then, as Christians, we're willing to serve the Lord.
35:36We're glad to volunteer.
35:38Lord, here am I. Send me.
35:40Remember, that's what Isaiah said there in Isaiah chapter 6.
35:44And so that's the attitude that we all have.
35:48Lord, I'm here to do your will.
35:51And so we're willing in the day of his power when he extends his saving power to us.
35:59And then as he extends his sanctifying and enabling power to us,
36:04we are more than willing to continue to serve the Lord Jesus
36:08and to be identified with him, to follow in his army,
36:13and to carry out the work and the cause and the advancement of his kingdom.
36:18You know, we have a volunteer military, right?
36:21The only people in the military are people who join.
36:24They were willing to go and fight for America.
36:27And it's the same way with Jesus' army.
36:30Everyone in it is a volunteer.
36:33We're all here of our own free moral agency.
36:37And we're glad to serve this king and to fight his battles.
36:41So let's be willing today to stand to it
36:46and put on the whole armor of God and wield the sword of the Spirit,
36:50which is the word of God, and fight the good fight of faith.
36:53All right.
36:54Other comments on our passage?
36:55Please come down.
36:56KM-5F?
37:02KM-5F.
37:03Well, go ahead.
37:04If nobody else has a comment, I'll make one.
37:07Yesterday we were driving and we were listening to Caleb,
37:11and they were commenting about if you were on a road trip,
37:15what Bible character, other than Jesus,
37:17would you like to have on that road trip with you?
37:19And I said, you know, Kisadak.
37:22Well, Kisadak and Anak are two people that we know
37:26very little about.
37:27What better way to know about them than being able to have a conversation
37:32with them side-by-side?
37:34KM-5F?
37:36Yeah, amen, Will.
37:38Yeah, I'm going to be going on about a 10-hour road trip today.
37:41I will have my wife with me.
37:43But, yeah, to have Melchizedek or Enoch, that would be great.
37:47Boy, we already have a lot of questions to ask those folks.
37:49Thanks for bringing up Melchizedek.
37:52Verse 4,
37:53The Lord has sworn and will not repent,
37:56thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
38:00And we can read all about Melchizedek in Genesis chapter 14.
38:05And, of course, there Abraham goes out to rescue Lot, right?
38:11And he comes back from his victory over all those kings.
38:16And he meets the king of Sodom.
38:19And Melchizedek is there.
38:21And he brings bread and water, or bread and wine, pardon me.
38:25And we see that Abraham gives tithes 10% of all the spoils that he gained in that battle to Melchizedek,
38:34who was both the king of Salem and the priest of the Most High God.
38:40And so he just shows up in the narrative and then disappears.
38:44We never hear from him again until the book of Hebrews comes along and says that he, Jesus,
38:51is a priest after the order of Melchizedek, not after the order of Levi.
38:58And so Jesus was, of course, from the tribe of Judah.
39:01Judah was not a priestly tribe.
39:04So how could Jesus be a priest when he wasn't of the priestly tribe of Levi?
39:10Well, because he was a priest of a completely different order than the Levitical priesthood.
39:17He was a priest after the order of Melchizedek.
39:20And so he is both a king and he is a priest, just like Melchizedek was.
39:28And as I said in my introduction, no king was ever a priest.
39:32And when a king tried to be a priest, he got turned into a leper.
39:36God said, nope, you are not going there.
39:39A king can be a prophet, and a prophet can be a priest, but no king can ever be a priest,
39:44except Jesus and, of course, Melchizedek.
39:47So anyway, he has an eternal priesthood.
39:52You know, this man Melchizedek, he shows up.
39:55We have no genealogy of him.
39:58And he disappears.
39:59We have no record of his death.
40:02And so in that sense, he's a picture of Jesus.
40:05Jesus has no beginning.
40:07And Jesus has no end.
40:09And Jesus is both a king and a priest.
40:13And so in those four respects, Melchizedek pictures the Lord Jesus Christ.
40:20All right, other comments on our passage.
40:22Please come now.
40:22Okay, we had a double there.
40:27Will, I'm going to let you follow up, and then we'll get Steve, YSI.
40:30Will, KM5F, go ahead.
40:32Well, I have a footnote which brings up a question.
40:35If Melchizedek was not of the order of Levi, was he of the priestly order of Aaron, KM5F?
40:41Yeah, the answer is no, because Aaron hadn't even been made a priest yet.
40:50So, no, he was of a completely unique order.
40:55He was not a priest of Levi or of Aaron at all.
41:00He was in a completely different category.
41:04All right, Steve, W6YSI, go ahead.
41:06Yeah, I'm just so glad that Jesus went to be up in heaven to take charge of everything,
41:16and he left us a comforter.
41:20That comforter is the Holy Spirit, and that's by that comforter and through that comforter
41:25and everything that we can glean from him that we're able to keep going
41:33and have hope and encouragement, W6YSI.
41:40Yeah, Steve, well said.
41:42Getting back to you, Will, yeah, Aaron hadn't been born yet,
41:50so there's no way Melchizedek could have been a priest after the order of the Arianic priesthood.
41:56This was too early in the narrative for that.
41:58But getting back to Steve's comment, Steve, I really appreciate, you know,
42:03you pointing out the fact that Christ is in control.
42:07You know, when Beck, Alpha Alpha Phi Yankee, read Psalm 110,
42:11he really emphasized the word shall as he read verses 5 to 7.
42:18The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
42:22Verse 6, he shall judge among the heathen.
42:25He shall fill the places with dead bodies.
42:29He shall wound the heads over many countries.
42:32Verse 7, he shall drink of the book of the way.
42:35Therefore, shall he lift up the head.
42:38And the idea there of that repeated use of the word shall is the idea of unlimited authority
42:45and irresistible power.
42:48Christ is going to achieve his rule.
42:52He is going to secure the victory of his people.
42:57He is going to absolutely defeat Satan and all of his forces.
43:01So there is no question about that authority and that rule.
43:08And, Steve, I really appreciate you pointing that out,
43:10that here is one who has absolute authority, he rules in the heavens,
43:18he defeats his enemies, he protects and provides for his people,
43:23he builds his kingdom, and the gates of hell cannot and will not prevail against it.
43:30So what a wonderful perspective that this psalm closes with.
43:35Here we've got a king, here we've got a priest, here's what he's going to do.
43:38Here's who his people are, and here's what he's going to do with his enemies.
43:44So just a psalm of triumph of the Messiah, the triumph of the Lamb, of the Son of God.
43:52All right, other comments.
43:53Please come now.
43:55I think he was a question.
43:58All right, I think we had a double there, but I got Ted, KK70Q.
44:02Ted, please go ahead.
44:02Hi, yes, Pastor Max.
44:04I like that verse that says that we have a high priest in the heavens
44:10that is able to empathize and sympathize with our weaknesses
44:17because he's been tempted in all things yet without sin.
44:22So, yeah, in all my weaknesses and failings, the Lord can have compassion and mercy
44:34because he's been in a man's body, he's lived in the world,
44:38but he overcame the world and the flesh and the devil.
44:41So, I praise God that though I'm weak and fail often, miserably,
44:51he can empathize with my weaknesses.
44:54Praise God.
44:55KK70Q, back to you.
44:58Yeah, amen.
44:59Ted, thank you for bringing out that passage.
45:01That passage is in Hebrews chapter 4 and verse 14,
45:05which says,
45:35pointing out the impact that Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek
45:41and how that personally plays out in our lives, as you well said,
45:46in Hebrews 4, verses 14 to 16.
45:51And so, this priestly position is not some abstract position of authority.
45:58It's a position of compassionate care for his people and for their needs for both redemption and forgiveness,
46:09as well as instruction and teaching.
46:12Jesus is a king.
46:14Jesus is a priest.
46:16And in that kingly and priestly role, he operates as a prophet, teaching us the word of God.
46:22All right, there was another station in there with Ted.
46:25Other station, please come now.
46:27That was fine, Yankee.
46:29I'm looking at verse 3,
46:32and I'm just looking for a confirmation of what I'm reading here.
46:37It says,
46:38Is this talking about when Jesus comes back?
46:47You know, it could be.
46:54It could be.
46:56You know, it says,
46:58Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power and the beauties of holiness.
47:02And then it says,
47:03From the womb of the morning.
47:06And the idea there is that the beginning of the day, okay,
47:09When the day is first born, we see the sun start to come up.
47:14We hear the birds start to sing.
47:16The air is clear and fresh.
47:20There's dew all over the grass.
47:23And the idea there is of youth and strength.
47:27And so it's talking about Jesus, I think, being risen out of the grave.
47:35You know, when he went into the grave, he was bruised and broken and battered and bloody and destroyed, if you will.
47:46And his life was taken.
47:48And then how does he come up out of the grave?
47:51The grave is like a womb that he comes forth out of.
47:55And he has all the strength and beauty and moisture, if you will, that heralds the beginning of a day of brightness and blessing and productivity and delight.
48:11So I think it's a reference to his resurrection.
48:15And Peter uses it that way in Acts chapter 2.
48:18But I think also it could very well be a reference to his second coming, as you suggested, because he's going to come like that with great power.
48:28And he's going to come with great strength.
48:31And he's going to come with tremendous, you know, as it were, youth.
48:38We think of a young man, you know, in his 20s.
48:41He's just in his prime.
48:42He's full of strength and power and force.
48:47And so that's the metaphorical picture that's being drawn here, I think, of his resurrection and his second coming.
48:54Back to you there, Beck.
48:55Go ahead.
48:57Okay.
48:58It makes more sense with the resurrection, because in the day of your power, in my mind, God's in control.
49:04So since his resurrection, he would be in power.
49:07But it could have the other side, too, where when he comes back a second time.
49:13Thank you so much, Pastor Max.
49:14Alpha, Alpha, Alpha, Yenke.
49:18All right, real good.
49:19You know, it also, there, Beck, is talking about thy people.
49:25Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.
49:28And, you know, when we're born again, Beck, we have the beauty of holiness on us.
49:35We've been born out of the womb of the new birth.
49:39And we have the dew of our youth, that is, the beginning of eternal life, on us.
49:46So, you know, it could be talking about us as well.
49:50You know, oftentimes, a verse will have multiple references, not multiple meanings, but multiple references.
49:59And so we can see this applying to us as well in our new birth, when we come forth as new creations in Christ.
50:09Previously, we were dead in trespasses and sins.
50:12And now we're brought to new life.
50:14All right.
50:14Wow, we are way over time.
50:16I apologize for that.
50:18It got carried away here.
50:19We need to go to prayer.
50:21Okay, are there any final prayer requests?
50:23Please come down at your call sign.
50:29All right, Al, KJ7 QQH.
50:32Go ahead and close in prayer for us, please.
50:36Thank you, Pastor Max.
50:37Good morning to everyone on the net.
50:39This is KJ7 QQH.
50:41Let's go before the Lord in prayer.
50:44Heavenly Father, thank you for today and this lesson and this time in your work.
50:49And we just give you thanks that in your mercy you will hear our prayers and praises we have for you today.
51:00We want to lift up our brother, Charles, N7-B-E-N, and his family as they continue to grieve the loss of their son, Trevor, who passed from cancer on Sunday.
51:16We just ask for peace and comfort for that family right now as they go through this time of grief.
51:23We join Ted, KK7 QQQ, and join him in lifting up his sister, Pamela.
51:30She's suffering with severe coughs, and we just ask that she would find a remedy and some relief from that.
51:39For Carol, KK7 TPO, we join her in lifting up a little newborn baby, Juliana, for her to gain strength after being born premature at 23 weeks.
51:52For Dave, for Dave, AI-7 QQQ, we give praise for his ministry to a young man named Noah and his ministry.
52:04And he's now saved and attending church.
52:07And we just ask that he would continue in your word and in increasing faith.
52:22We also are praying for the meeting that Dave is having today with his daughter to heal their relationship.
52:29For Jerry, KG6J, we join him in lifting up his boss, Rochelle, as she endures chemo treatments on her neck cancer.
52:40And she'll begin radiation treatment on October 22nd, and we're praying for these treatments to be effective.
52:48For Ed, N6XOH, his brother, Ed, is still having heart arrhythmia issues,
52:53and has an appointment with a doctor in Spokane on October 15th to be referred to a specialist.
53:01We give praise that the house they found in Spokane,
53:11that the house they found has an offer on it now,
53:17and we just pray that that will be accepted pending the acceptance of the well test
53:23and that that comes back clear.
53:27For Jean, KG, K7GWR, we pray for Laura, KB7RID,
53:34who's still having health complications from a pacemaker implant.
53:38And we were giving praise that she was having a bit of a rally,
53:43but just heard this morning that we're going to be switching out to prayers for her recovery from a recent setback.
53:52Just ask, Lord, that you would have your hand of healing on her
53:56and that her complications will be eliminated.
54:02For Beck, Alpha 5 Yankee, we pray for his continued healing,
54:08his vision, and healing of his injury.
54:11And also for their neighbor, Nancy, who needs healing from cancer.
54:16She also needs salvation.
54:19We give praise that Nancy showed great improvement,
54:22and she only has two more treatments to go.
54:25We continue to pray for Kathleen Bond, who's recovering from neck surgery.
54:29And we give praise that she's getting around better now on a walker.
54:34And we also continue to pray for Jan Brookhart, a diabetic,
54:38who has some of her footworked and is in rehab to learn how to walk again.
54:43We want to lift up Jan's husband, Ken, who's having heart rate, issues,
54:50and that those who are being eliminated,
54:54help you continue to be good to support for Jan.
54:57For Mike, K7RSV, we continue to lift up his wife.
55:04Liz, who's fighting cancer,
55:06we pray for effective chemo treatment that she's doing.
55:11For Will, K7RSV, we pray for the hormone treatment
55:16and the last radiation treatment to be effective in restraining
55:20and removing his prostate cancer.
55:22For Jeff, a.k. 6-0-8.
55:26We continue to pray for the thousands of Bibles being shipped to our troops.
55:30We give praise for the policy changes that you allow to be put in place
55:35preventing the destruction of the distribution of the Bible.
55:40Please use the Bible to save and sanctify the soldiers.
55:43We also have lift up and pray for Jeff's daughter, Christy,
55:51who broke her elbow from working for the horse.
55:55For Tom, WW17, Tom's recovering from a major spine surgery.
56:01He's in a wheelchair.
56:02We're praying that his physical therapy will provide relief from pain
56:06and increase his mobility.
56:09We pray he'll be approved for an electric wheelchair
56:11and that that would be met soon.
56:15We continue to pray for Pastor Jeff Black,
56:18who has severe ulcerative colitis.
56:21We're praying for his healing through the medical treatments that he's received.
56:26For Cody, KI7TRF,
56:29we pray for his Uncle Doug,
56:30a believer with a severe head injury,
56:33and Doug's in the hospital now with some brain infection.
56:38We ask for healing of that infection.
56:40We pray for his ongoing treatment and recovery.
56:44For Steve, W6YSI,
56:46we pray for his wife, Leslie,
56:49to find out the cause of the leg pain that she has.
56:53And prayers are a call from the doctor with a good diagnosis.
56:58For Scott, KD7YQT,
57:01we continue to pray for his wife, Pam,
57:03who has severe lupus,
57:05that that would go into remission.
57:07We pray for his daughter, Kendra,
57:09with ongoing multiple chronic health needs.
57:12We give praise that she's improving.
57:15We pray for Mike,
57:17a KK7N,
57:18with stage 4 cancer.
57:20We pray for the chemo treatment
57:22that started on September 26th at the VFX.
57:26We give prayers for Scott's youngest daughter,
57:29Becca,
57:29who has a new job,
57:30working at a hospital with troubled youth,
57:33and substance abuse rehabilitation.
57:36For Jim,
57:38and 7BKE,
57:39we pray for him to have opportunities
57:41to share the gospel with others.
57:43We pray for the salvation of all the children,
57:48grandchildren,
57:48and great-grandchildren of those on the net,
57:51and for you, God,
57:52to work grace in their hearts
57:53and for their protection
57:54in the ways of the world
57:55and the attacks of safety.
57:57We join a Brian KJ7TWM
58:03as for the salvation of Mariah,
58:06Brian's secretary.
58:08Brian gave her a Bible to read,
58:10and we just pray that we'll bring her
58:12to a closer relationship with you.
58:15We pray for Brian's son,
58:17Avery,
58:17and girlfriend Joseph Zoe
58:18to get married and become saved.
58:21They're the parents of 6-year-old Alex
58:23and newborn Adam.
58:25Zoe's been reading the Bible,
58:27so we just pray that that will bring her
58:29to a relationship with you as well.
58:31For Jeff,
58:32a.k.a. 6-0-K,
58:33we're praying that the need of three new chapels
58:37be built on Camp Pendleton,
58:40and for God's youth to raise up those
58:43who to manage them,
58:45that that need would be met.
58:48We also want to lift up and pray for our pastor,
58:51Max,
58:52and his wife, Kathy,
58:53and we just pray that their travel
58:56is safe today
58:57to and from College Place,
59:00Washington,
59:00and a good meeting
59:02with Roger and Daly.
59:05That's the song on our list today.
59:07Lord,
59:07we just want to thank you
59:08for your goodness
59:09and your mercy
59:10and your grace
59:10to each one of us,
59:12and we want to lift up
59:13those of us
59:16that have unspoken prayers
59:17and those who are suffering
59:18throughout the world,
59:20and we just thank you most of all
59:21for this gift of your son,
59:23Jesus Christ.
59:24It is through him
59:25that we pray all these things.
59:27Amen.
59:28This is KJ7,
59:29QQH,
59:30returning back to you there,
59:31Pastor Max,
59:31at Net Control.
59:32Al,
59:35thank you so much
59:36for that prayer.
59:37Really appreciate that.
59:39WB7MAX,
59:39here in Net Control
59:40for the West Coast Bible Study.
59:42I want to thank all the stations
59:43you checked in this morning,
59:45as well as those who stood by
59:46to give us a clear operating frequency.
59:49We meet here seven days a week
59:50at 6 a.m.
59:51in order to read the scriptures,
59:53understand their meaning,
59:54message,
59:54and application,
59:56and then pray for grace and mercy
59:57to be able to live out
59:58what we learned,
59:59and for God to meet the needs
60:01of those that are
60:02in our circle of fellowship.
60:04I'll be returning this frequency now
60:06to regular amateur use.
60:08This is WB7MAX,
60:10and I will be clear
60:11and QRT
60:13because I'm going to be
60:14hitting the road
60:15for a big, long drive.
60:17But I'm going to hang around
60:18for Beck
60:19and the joke of the day.
60:20Beck, go ahead there.
60:21Alpha, Alpha, five, Yankee.
60:23Oh, thank you.
60:24I was just getting ready to say,
60:25aren't you going to listen
60:26to today's joke?
60:27Okay.
60:29Who?
60:29Cleans the ocean.
60:35Who does what to the ocean?
60:38Cleans it.
60:39C-L-E-A-N-S.
60:41Oh, copy that.
60:42Who cleans the ocean?
60:43Who cleans the ocean?
60:45Let's see.
60:47Who cleans the ocean?
60:49Well, I know the not funny answer
60:52to that was lobsters.
60:54They clean the ocean,
60:55but I'm sure there's
60:56a better answer than that.
60:58Anybody want to take a stab
60:59with that?
60:59Who cleans the ocean?
61:00Go ahead.
61:01Big, giant catfish.
61:10No.
61:11Mermaids.
61:17Mermaids clean the ocean.
61:18Yes.
61:18I should have known.
61:19I should have known.
61:20I should have known.
61:20We have hotel maids
61:22and we have mermaids.
61:24Beck, that's good.
61:25All right.
61:26I'm actually going to sign off now.
61:28I love all you guys,
61:29but I've got to hit the road,
61:30so I'm not going to stay around
61:31and chat.
61:32You guys carry on
61:34and talk among yourselves.
61:36I'm going to turn this over to Beck
61:37and let him run traffic,
61:39Alfalfa 5 Yankee,
61:40and I will be clear in QRT.
61:43God bless each one.
61:44I'll see you all tomorrow.
61:45Dave, can you please help?
61:50Roger, go ahead.
61:51Yeah.
61:51Okay.
61:52I'm looking at my clock
61:53and you take off now.
61:56Probably you're looking
61:57at about one,
61:59possibly here.
62:00Is that right?
62:02At the best?
62:03Over.
62:03Yeah.
62:04It's a five-and-a-half-hour drive.
62:05We'll probably leave out of here
62:07in 30 minutes or so.
62:10And so I will send a text message
62:13to Daylene's phone,
62:15let you know when we leave
62:16and what our ETA is.
62:17Over.
62:18Okay.
62:19Just to let you know
62:20as you approach College Place
62:23from Highway 11.
62:26Actually,
62:28no, just follow what the Internet says.
62:30I think,
62:31because there's a bridge out
62:33on the path that I often take,
62:35but it will probably direct you
62:37to another path
62:38to find the address.
62:40God bless.
62:41Is Kathy coming?
62:42She is.
62:43Okay.
62:45My wife is with my daughter
62:48from Ohio.
62:50I don't know whether
62:52that will be a rendezvous,
62:54but if it is meant to be,
62:56we'll do that.
62:58And I'll, yeah.
63:00Okay.
63:00We'll let you go.
63:02And I think maybe Autumn
63:04is online, possibly.
63:05WB7V is at L.
63:08Thank you, Max.
63:09Safe journeys.
63:12All right.
63:12WB7V is at L.
63:13Thank you, 7-3.
63:14We'll see you in about six hours.
63:16Okay.
63:17WB7V is at L.
63:19Where's your destination,
63:20Max?
63:21Walla Walla, Washington.
63:24Oh, Walla Walla.
63:25Maybe it'll be coming
63:26by Portland then.
63:29Yeah, it'll be coming
63:29right through Portland.
63:31All right.
63:32Okay.
63:33Well, safe travels.
63:34KK-7, OQQ.
63:35All right.
63:36Thanks, Ted.
63:36Appreciate it.
63:37All right.
63:37WB7MX, clear.
63:40Portland, yeah.
63:41Yeah, I've seen a logger dude
63:48wearing, like,
63:50a Mary Poppins dress.
63:51I don't know.
63:52It's kind of like
63:52a big pioneer dress
63:54with a bonnet
63:55and an umbrella.
63:57Kind of like a little bumpie,
63:58but it was all black.
63:59I'm like, oh, my goodness.
64:01My grandpa could see that.
64:08I try and avoid
64:09big cities like the plague.
64:12Yeah, that's why
64:12I stay up here on the mountain.
64:14I'm a little more
64:14inflated from
64:16all the craziness
64:18and drive-by shootings
64:19and stuff like that.
64:22That's why I live in
64:24a town of 4,500 populations.
64:26Yeah, I think
64:29there may be a town
64:30up here, maybe.
64:34I spoke with the
64:35law enforcement officer
64:36when we first moved in
64:37and asked him about drugs
64:39because I found out
64:40we have a drug problem here.
64:42And I said, you know,
64:44maybe I would be better off
64:45moving to Montana.
64:46Thank you.
64:47Thank you.
64:47Thank you.
64:47Thank you.