The Reign of the Messiah
Book of Psalms Chapter 72
No doubt that Psalm 72 was written about Solomon the son of
David but in reality, the Holy Spirit caused it to be written of Israel's last
and greatest King, which is the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.
David becomes a prophet in this Psalm.
What do we know about the reign of the Messiah? It has not
happened yet.
During the early centuries of the Church there were many
groups that denied the humanity of Jesus Christ.
Today, it is in the reverse, the man Jesus is recognized,
but there is a denial of His deity.
People believe that Christ was either a liar, or a lunatic,
or He is LORD like He says He is.
Jesus Christ is God and not simply God-Like!
Jesus Christ is absolutely equal with God the Father in His
person and in His work.
The Lord Jesus Christ is all that God is, to possess the
whole fullness of the attributes which make God, God!
Any attack on the deity of Jesus Christ is an attack on the
bedrock of Christianity.
I am tired of seeing my Savior mocked in this world.
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God,
is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy
kingdom.
It is a fundamental truth of Scripture that only God is to
be worshiped.
Even Satan knows this is the truth!
Mat 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence,
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve.
It is the Trinity of God that is the Lord Jesus Christ:
2Co 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Prophecy says that the Messiah would be King.
Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor
a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the
gathering of the people be.
There will be a people ready to be ruled by the Messiah.
2Sa 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be
established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for
ever.
God the Father announced the making of His Son to be King.
Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of
Zion.
The Lord Jesus Christ will be the government of this world!
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.
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.
The three offices of the Messiah which are, Prophet, Priest,
and King will be fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ!
As a Prophet, the Lord Jesus was involved with revealing the
salvation message of God.
As a Priest, His work was as an Intercessor, and His saving
work.
As King, He fulfill the promises to Israel and He will rule
the entire earth.
\*****Psa 72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and
thy righteousness unto the king's son.
As King David lay on his death bed, he had this prayer for
his son by asking God to make him a righteous ruler.
One of the king's most important duties was to judge
disputes and then administer justice.
If Solomon would govern according to the Word of God, the
Lord would bless him and his nation's people.
This same prayer holds true to every ruler, every king, and
every president of every nation even today!
God is the source of all "judgment"!
It should be noted that Solomon prayed this same prayer for
himself.
1Ki 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding
heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is
able to judge this thy so great a people?
We know that a society cannot exist without laws and these
laws are to be expressed and enforced and whoever does this is the ruler but
this is just a part of what is needed to govern any people.
*****Psa 72:2 He shall judge thy people with
righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psa 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the
people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Psa 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he
shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
It is obvious that the courts and prosecutors of today are
not interested with righteousness!
It is obvious today that our courts are not fair and
impartial but yield to the politics of today!
We should also understand that the children of Israel belong
to God just as the Church belongs to God.
The Church is bought and paid for with the Blood of Jesus
Christ.
We should also understand that peace will never come to this
world because leaders seek their own fortunes rather than seeking the good will
of those they were elected to serve.
In old times most of the poor were not that way because of
laziness or would not work.
We know this has changed today.
There are still some who are poor for many reasons but there
are also many who refuse to work and would rather live off the taxpayer.
In the day of the Kings the poor were powerless to defend
themselves and were taken advantage of by greedy and wicked people.
These same greedy and wicked people are going after the
middle class today and the middle class is becoming powerless to defend
themselves.
It is easy to see that it is the rich who are the cause of
the oppression of the poor and they want to keep it that way.
It is a fact that in the day the Jesus Christ rules this
earth from Jerusalem the oppression of the poor will end.
It is uncalled for today, but the greedy rich just cannot
get enough riches to satisfy them!
Peace can be said to be the absence of fear of the threat of
harm along with a sense of security.
We do not have this in America today and it is because of
greedy politicians, who always seem to have a better way, but it never turns
out that way!
When King Jesus sits upon the throne of David there will be
great changes.
*****Psa 72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun
and moon endure, throughout all generations.
It is this passage where we begin to see that this Psalm was
not just about King Solomon because his life would be similar to the life
expectancy we have today.
It is King Jesus in whom we should have a godly fear of
throughout time as it we see it today.
The sun and the moon will endure until God brings them to an
end and it is only God who can live through all the generations of mankind and
forever.
Only God can do these things. It was Solomon's job to make
sure all the people of his kingdom understood this, just as it is the job of
every national leader to do today.
We see where this world is failing!
You see, for as long as the course of nature last, we are to
fear the Lord.
God promised eternal dominion to the house of David.
Since the Lord Jesus as a man was a descendant of the House
of David, and because He is God then these things apply to the Messiah.
Since we are in the family of the Messiah then these things
apply to the Body of Christ.
King Solomon was to provide security for God's people.
King Jesus will also provide security in His Kingdom. He
will rule with a rod of iron.
He would rescue the needy.
He would rescue the poor and those who are afflicted, and
their children.
These are the ones that the world takes advantage of.
These are the same ones that this government we have now,
have taken advantage of.
They have tried to keep the poor, poor so that they will
always need the government to help them.
This is why the gates of America have been thrown open for
the world to enter so even more people will become dependent upon the
government to support them.
This is the way a certain party is trying to stay in power.
The Messiah came to this earth to put a stop to these
things.
The Messiah came to rescue the needy and the poor, all those
who are Spiritually poor.
David prayed that his son would crush all those who are so
cruel in this world.
*****Psa 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
We already know there is a great famine for the Word of God
today.
2Ti_4:3 For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears;
2Ti_4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the
truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Eze 34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them,
and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall
be their shepherd.
Eze 34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my
servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Eze 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of
peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall
dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Eze 34:26 And I will make them and the places round
about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his
season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Deu 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech
shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the
showers upon the grass:
Deu 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD:
ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
David called on his son to be true to Jesus Christ.
The Lord Jesus will enforce righteousness upon this earth
when He sits as King of the World!
*****Psa 72:7 In his days shall the righteous
flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Does anyone here know how long the moon that we see nightly
is going to flourish? I do not either because only God knows.
Isa 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the
poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the
earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the wicked.
Isa 11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his
loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
All those who are with Christ during His Millennial Reign
upon this earth will enjoy lives that are full, and free of fear and
oppression.
If the Lord Jesus Christ is going to save us from all these
things, then these are the things that are going to get worse especially during
the time of the Antichrist.
Keep in mind this is after the Rapture of the Church and the
Church will come down again to this earth during the time Christ sits as King
of this world and remain the God of all creation.
*****Psa 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to
sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Psa 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow
before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
What was the Kingdom of Solomon?
1Ki 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from
the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they
brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Notice Solomon ruled over the land of the Philistines also
at this time.
As we apply this to King Jesus:
Isa 60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all
they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from
far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Isa 60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and
thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall
be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Isa 60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the
dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall
bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the
LORD.
Isa 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered
together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall
come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my
glory.
Isa 60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the
doves to their windows?
Isa 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the
ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their
gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of
Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Isa 60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy
walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee,
but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
*****Psa 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles
shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psa 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him:
all nations shall serve him.
David prayed that Solomon would be recognized as the world's
leader the sovereign ruler over all the earth.
He asked that God would cause all rulers to pay tribute to
Solomon.
As David prayed for his son, he also prophesied of the
Messiah.
Solomon did establish an extensive kingdom but he did not
rule to the ends of the earth.
Solomon was not King of all kings.
Only the Lord Jesus Christ will fully answer this prayer of
David!
Only the Lord Jesus Christ will reign forever over all the
earth!
Zec 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and
having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
ass.
Zec 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,
and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall
speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea,
and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said
unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psa 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen
for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession.
Luk 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob
for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there
were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
King Jesus will rule this world just as He rules everything
that we see and know about. He will rule all His creation.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of
men.
Joh 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not.
David then prays that Solomon will be compassionate toward
the people.
*****Psa 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he
crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psa 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall
save the souls of the needy.
Psa 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and
violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
When is the last time we have seen our leaders be
compassionate to all the people?
This is when we know we have a true leader.
Did you know being compassionate to the people is not one of
the things that our President is to do.
An American President is to keep our nation safe and make
sure the Constitution is being implemented and is the guide to our laws.
If our leaders would show compassion to all the people of
our great nation instead of picking out certain groups to show compassion, if
you can call it that, to certain groups and cause division in all the rest, our
nation would be a better place.
A true leader will deliver all who cry to him who are in
need.
These would be those who are poor, oppressed, and helpless
beyond their fault.
He is to deliver those who suffer due to circumstances
beyond their control.
Most of the problems where people suffer today is because
our leaders have made laws that cause friction in the people.
A good leader would deliver those who are oppressed who are
law abiding people.
A good leaders would not take away our freedoms that are
guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
A good leader would save the people from oppression and stop
their adversaries who only deceive and defraud the people.
An unrighteous leader would view the needy with contempt,
seeing them as a burden to society and worthless.
Why is our nation faltering? It is because no one wants a
righteous leader!
Even Solomon was not a righteous leader many of his days
because he taxed the people so he could live an extravagant life.
God told Israel these things about a king:
Deu 17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over
thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt
thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not
thy brother.
Deu 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself,
nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply
horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no
more that way.
Deu 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself,
that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself
silver and gold.
Deu 17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the
throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out
of that which is before the priests the Levites:
Deu 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read
therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God,
to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Deu 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his
brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand,
or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and
his children, in the midst of Israel.
Solomon ignored all these laws of God just as most all kings
have done even presidents.
But the Lord Jesus Christ was innocent of any wrong doing!
Israel became a rich nation but it was just like today.
The rich got richer and the poor remained poor and the middle
class paid most of the taxes.
David prophesied of King Jesus as no one else could meet the
qualifications that God had set in His Laws.
The Jews had six hundred and thirteen laws besides these
things that God added to kings.
The Lord Jesus Christ perfectly portrayed the compassionate,
sacrificial heart of our Savior because He cannot be different from what He is!
He is still this same Savior today with these same
characteristics!
Because of Jesus our souls can be saved from a Spiritual
death which means an eternal separation from God in Hell.
The Lord Jesus is soon returning to claim our bodies as
well!
Solomon did become the richest man in the world, but a lot
of it was wasted when He could have done more for Israel such as tax relief.
*****Psa 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be
given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and
daily shall he be praised.
Psa 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the
earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like
Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Psa 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name
shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all
nations shall call him blessed.
Verse 15 is hard to understand but it could mean "God
save the King".
People could not only greet him in the customary way, but
bring gifts to him and they would pray for him.
Besides the gifts, we still do this for our own leaders.
The gift we can give is to be obedient to the laws of the
land that do not go against the Word of God.
A good king would be the source of happiness and prosperity
and there will never be but one good king and that is King Jesus.
Another prayer would be for the fertility of the land.
"May there be an abundance of corn in the land upon the
top of the mountains?"
"May the fruit rustle like Lebanon".
"May men flourish out of the city like the grass of the
earth."
This would be praying for the prosperity for the people of
the kingdom.
These would be the things that the Lord Jesus will do after
He has destroyed the earth. He will make all things new and the earth will
again be like it was in the Garden of Eden.
Hos 14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall
grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hos 14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty
shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Hos 14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall
return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof
shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Isa 27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to
take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with
fruit.
There will also be a conversion of the Jews.
Psa 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm
tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psa 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the
LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psa 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old
age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Psa 92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my
rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Only the Lord Jesus fits the picture painted by verse
seventeen:
Psa 45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all
generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Eph 3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my
tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Eph 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Eph 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth
is named,
Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the
riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner
man;
Eph 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by
faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Eph 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints
what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Eph 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
And blessed be the Lord God:
*****Psa 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of
Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Psa 72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever:
and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Psa 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are
ended.
When the Messiah sits on the throne of David during the
Millennial Kingdom the whole earth will be filled with God's glory.
Isa 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the
waters cover the sea.
Isa 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of
Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles
seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Hab 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the
knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
The Lord did wondrous things as the God of Israel by
delivering them from bondage.
The Lord did wondrous things for the Church as he delivered
us all from the bondage of Satan.
He did these things because His mercy endures forever!
It is our duty to praise God for what He has done for us and
Israel will soon find this same thing out.
It is our honor to praise God.
It is our honor to meet each week in the House of our God to
offer to Him our praise.
We will do this in Heaven, we just as well get in the
practice here on earth!
It is our duty and our pleasure to honor our God, the Lord
Jesus Christ!
It is only the lord who can do these wondrous things and
does them because He loves us!
Me and my brother Mike used to talk about being saved and we
would refer to this passage in the Book of James.
Jas 5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the
truth, and one convert him;
Jas 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the
sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a
multitude of sins.
Our sins, as terrible as they were now are all blotted out
in God's records in Heaven!
Mike is in Heaven now and I owe it to the Lord to spend the
rest of my days serving Him!
This was David's dying prayer for his son Solomon, but the
Holy Spirit used this same prayer to prophecy of the Messiah, King Jesus.
Amen
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