Psalm 110:1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”
In this verse, King David makes a bold prediction ... at least from a human perspective. He claims that the day is coming when God will vanquish all of His enemies ... and make those enemies a footstool for David's Lord, also known as the Messiah ... the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul also writes about this final victory of God over evil in 1 Corinthians 15:
"Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all."
(1 Corinthians 15:24-28)
In my first sentence above I stated that this prediction by David was a bold one ... at least from a human perspective. For as we look at our world, it seems like evil has the upper hand. Every time we blink it seems like there is another incident of evil raising its ugly head (think Sandy Hook Elementary School or North Korea for example). So to think that one day evil will be no more ... sure seems like a hopeless dream.
Yet, right here King David, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, makes it very clear that evil will one day be history! And when that day arrives, God will be all in all! Even so, Lord Jesus, quickly come!
Thanks for stopping by . . .
pj
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