(Psa 110) Of David. A psalm. The
LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a
footstool for your feet." {2} The LORD will extend your mighty
scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies. {3} Your
troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the
womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth. {4} The LORD
has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the
order of Melchizedek." {5} The Lord is at your right hand; he will
crush kings on the day of his wrath. {6} He will judge the nations,
heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. {7} He
will drink from a brook beside the way ; therefore he will lift up his head.
(The most often quoted Old Testament verse in the New Testament)
(Luke
24:50-53) When he had led them out to
the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. {51} While he
was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. {52} Then they
worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. {53} And they stayed continually at the temple, praising
God.
(Acts
1:9-11) After he said this, he was taken
up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. {10} They were
looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed
in white stood beside them. {11} "Men of Galilee," they said,
"why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been
taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go
into heaven." --> (Acts
1:1-2) In my former book, Theophilus, I
wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach {2} until the day he
was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to
the apostles he had chosen.
(Acts
2:32-36) God has raised this Jesus to
life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. {33} Exalted to the right hand of
God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured
out what you now see and hear. {34} For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet
he said, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand {35} until
I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' {36} "Therefore let
all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified,
both Lord and Christ." (Christ = King)
(Acts
5:30-31) The God of our fathers raised
Jesus from the dead--whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree. {31} God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might give
repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
(Eph
1:19-22) and his incomparably great power
for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength,
{20} which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated
him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, {21} far above all rule
and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only
in the present age but also in the one to come. {22} And God placed all things under his feet
and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
(Eph
2:5-7) made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. {6}
And God raised us up with Christ and seated
us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, {7} in order that in
the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed
in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
(Eph
4:8-10) This is why it says: "When
he ascended on high, he led captives
in his train and gave gifts to men." {9} (What does "he
ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions
? {10} He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the
heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
(Phil
2:8-11) And being found in appearance as
a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
{9} Therefore God exalted him to the
highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, {10} that
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under
the earth, {11} and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.
(Col
3:1) Since, then, you have been raised
with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
(1 Pet
3:22) who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels,
authorities and powers in submission to him.
(Heb
1:3) The Son is the radiance of God's
glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his
powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty in heaven. (4-5) So he became as
much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
{5} For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son;
today I have become your Father " ? Or again, "I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son"?
(Heb
1:13) To which of the angels did God
ever say, "Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
(Heb
2:8-9) and put everything under his
feet." In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not
subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him. {9} But
we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with
glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might
taste death for everyone.
(Heb
8:1) The point of what we are saying is
this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the
throne of the Majesty in heaven,
(Heb
9:24) For Christ did not enter a
man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven
itself, now to appear for us in God's presence.
(Heb
10:12-13) But when this priest had
offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of
God. {13} Since that time he
waits for his enemies to be made his footstool,
(Rev
1:5) and from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has
freed us from our sins by his blood,
(Mat 28:18) Then Jesus came to them and said, "All
authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
(Psa 2) Why do the nations conspire and the peoples
plot in vain? {2} The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers
gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. {3} "Let
us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
{4} The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. {5} Then
he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, {6} "I
have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill." {7} I will proclaim
the decree of the LORD: He said to me,
"You are my Son ; today I have become your Father.* {8} Ask of
me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your
possession. {9} You will rule them with an iron scepter ; you will dash
them to pieces like pottery." {10} Therefore, you kings, be wise;
be warned, you rulers of the earth. {11} Serve the LORD with fear and
rejoice with trembling. {12} Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be
destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all
who take refuge in him.
I saw in the
night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of
heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people,
nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed. (Daniel 7:13-14). (The Ascension, NOT the 2nd coming)
(Acts
3:21) He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything,
as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
(1 Cor
15:25-26) For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
{26} The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
(Rev
1:5) and from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has
freed us from our sins by his blood,
God has two ways of
destroying His enemies. One might be considered the old school method—with the
fire coming down out of the sky. This is the method that leaves a smoking
crater. But the other is a far more glorious method, and that is His method of
destroying enemies by turning them into friends. That is a far more wonderful
destruction indeed, and it is the kind of destruction that all effective
evangelism yearns for. Evangelism by such destruction is not recruiting; it is
conquest. In order to accomplish the former sort of right-handed power, all God
had to do was exercise His Almighty power. But to accomplish the latter, His
Son had to die. –Doug Wilson
Ascension Day deals with authority.
KINGSHIP! That Day was His Coronation. He took the Throne and reigns now.
Christ “has
gone into Heaven and is at God’s right hand – with angels, authorities and
powers in submission to Him” (1 Peter 3:22)
(Isa
9:7) Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish
it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of
the LORD of hosts will perform this. (Not the efforts of man without God)
There is not
one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ,
who is Sovereign, does not cry out, ‘Mine!’ -- Abraham Kuyper
King-High
Priest-Intercessor\Advocate –The Incarnation continues, a Man, THE MAN, sits on the throne of the universe
The Ascension proclaims the Kingship
of Jesus in all areas of life. Jesus has all authority. Jesus is King! Jesus is
Lord!
