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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Second Goat, #14
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (Psalms 2:6-9)
Look what the Father has said to the Logos!
The above passage is interesting because the Father is referring to the Logos, the eternal Word, as His Son. Furthermore, the Father is inviting the Son to pray for that which He originally had created—the nations and the furthest reaches of the earth.
Part of the Father's infinitely wise plan to put an end to rebellion and sin was to have His Son, the Logos, born into the world of human beings. And born in a manger at that! Imagine, the Creator of all, being born as a Baby! So great is the wisdom of God!
If the Logos, the Son, was to inherit and govern the new creation He must be brought low before the Father. He had to learn obedience. He who would be raised to the highest throne must be brought lower than any other person. And so it happened.
Now the Logos is Son of God, Son of Man, and soon would be Christ—the One anointed with the Holy Spirit to establish the heavens and the earth in righteousness, and to say to Zion, "You are My people."
Christ grew up as a Jewish boy. As He pondered the Scriptures the Holy Spirit spoke to Him:
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Psalms 45:2-7)
How the heart of the Boy, Jesus, must have burned within Him as He read these words.
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. (Psalms 110:1-4)
Also:
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:3-5)
The supreme glory was to be His and the supreme suffering was to be His. He cried out, "Not My will but Yours be done." This statement marks the beginning of the end of the heavenly rebellion. Now the Father had a Beginning, an Anchor, a Point from which He could proceed with His plan to put an end to sin and rebellion.
To be continued.