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SEPTEMBER 27
“Rejoice, O barren, according to the flesh then persecuted him
You who do not bear! who was born according to the Spirit, even so
Break forth and shout, it is now. Nevertheless what does the
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You who are not in labor! Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and
For the desolate has many more children her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall
Than she who has a husband.” not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are chil- 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the
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dren of promise. But, as he who was born bondwoman but of the free.
DAY 26: How does Psalm 110 exalt Jesus Christ?

This psalm contains one of the most exalted prophetic portions of Scripture presenting Jesus
Christ as both a holy king and a royal high priest—something that no human monarch of Israel ever
experienced.It, along with Psalm 118, is by far the most quoted psalm in the New Testament (Matt.
22:44;26:64;Mark 12:36;14:62;Luke 20:42,43;22:69;Acts 2:34,35;Heb.1:13;5:6;7:17,21;10:13).While
portraying the perfect king, the perfect high priest, and the perfect government, Psalm 110
declares Christ’s current role in heaven as the resurrected Savior (110:1) and His future role on earth
as the reigning Monarch (110:2–7). This psalm is decidedly messianic and millennial in content.
Jesus Christ (Matt. 22:43,44) verifies the Davidic authorship.
“The LORD said to my Lord” (v. 1). Refers to the divine/human King of Israel—the Lord Jesus
Christ. Christ’s humanity descended from David, which is demanded by the Davidic promise of
2Samuel 7:12. Using this passage, Christ also declared His deity in the Gospels (Matt. 22:44; Mark
12:36;Luke 20:42–43) by arguing that only God could have been lord to King David.“My right hand.”
God the Father invited God the Son in His ascension to sit at the place of honor in the heavenly
throne room (Acts.2:22–36;Heb.10:10–12).“Your enemies Your footstool.”Footstool was an ancient
Near Eastern picture of absolute victory portraying the idea that one’s enemy was now underfoot
(Pss. 8:6,7; 47:3; Is. 66:1; 1 Cor. 15:27).
“You are a priest”(v.4).The first time in the history of Israel when a king simultaneously served
as high priest. Christ (a.k.a. “Branch,” Is. 4:2; Jer. 23:5,6; Zech. 3:8; 6:12,13) will build the temple at
which the world will worship God (2 Sam.7:13;Is.2:2–4;Ezek.40–48).“Forever.”Christ represents the
final and foremost high priest in the history of Israel.“The order of Melchizedek.”This high priest
could not be of Aaron’s lineage in that he would not be eternal, not be of Judah, not be a king, and
not be of the New Covenant (Jer.31:31–33; Heb.8,9).Melchizedek,which means “king of righteous-
ness,”served as the human priest/king of Salem in Genesis 14:17–20 and provides a picture of the
order of Christ’s priesthood (Heb. 5:6; 7:17,21).

To Cyrus, whose right hand
I have held—
September 27 To subdue nations before him
And loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
Isaiah 45:1–46:13
So that the gates will not be shut:
45 “Thus says the LORD to His 2 ‘I will go before you
anointed,
And make the crooked places straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of
bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of
45:1 His anointed. This word is the one trans-
lated from the Hebrew by the translitera- darkness
tion—“Messiah.” It is the word used for the And hidden riches of secret places,
messianic Redeemer King in Psalm 2:2 and That you may know that I, the LORD,
Daniel 9:25,26, but here refers to Cyrus, as the Who call you by your name,
king set apart by God’s providence for divine Am the God of Israel.
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purposes.Though not a worshiper of the Lord, For Jacob My servant’s sake,
the Persian monarch played an unusual role as And Israel My elect,
Israel’s shepherd (44:28) and God’s anointed I have even called you by your name;
judge on nations. I have named you, though you have
not known Me.

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