Here’s the deal: the day is coming when God will call a halt to this current time of gentle persuasion and Jesus will literally return to earth to rule over it in power and glory. And to those who have refused his rule—his words, not mine—he will crush them as with a rod of iron. Today’s a good time to get on the right side.

Read: Psalm 110 // Focus: Psalm 110:1

Psalm 110 is arguably the most thoroughly messianic of all the psalms. The Holy Spirit inspired King David to write of a future time when the Messiah, his Lord—he who was superior to David and to whom the king of Israel was submissive—would rule the earth as both king and priest (Psalm 110:4), and would rule in wrath and judgment over those who refused his authority (Psalm 110:5-6).

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow:
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you.
He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.
He will punish the nations
and fill their lands with corpses;
he will shatter heads over the whole earth.

That is what the future holds—for Jesus, for you and me who have willingly submitted to his righteous rule, and for a world that has grown tone deaf despite his ceaseless invitation to bring them under his loving and rightful authority. In this present moment, God is preparing Christ’s enemies for destruction (Psalm 110:1), Christ is representing the needs and concerns of believers in heaven before the Father as our high priest (Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 7:24-26), and the Holy Spirit is calling to world to God through Christ by the preaching of the gospel through the witness of the church (II Corinthians 5:18-22).

But the day is coming when God will call a halt to this current time of gentle persuasion and Jesus will literally and physically return to earth to rule over it in power and glory, and to those who have refused his rule, he will crush them as with a rod of iron. This time of rule is what we refer to as the millennial reign of Christ—the thousand-year period commences with the Second Coming and lasts until the Great White Throne judgment. It will be a time where the Kingdom of God will thoroughly cover the earth from one end to the other.

That time is coming, my friend, and it is coming soon! I urge you then, in light of God’s unbreakable promise, to lovingly and willingly submit to his thorough rule as Messiah, King and High Priest of your body, mind, and heart today.

The Puritan preacher Thomas Brooks wrote, “Christ is a jewel more worth than a thousand worlds, as all know who have Him. Get Him, and get all; miss Him and miss all.” Christ’s full and complete rule over you is only right and fitting! Jesus must be Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all.

“ “God puts Christ’s enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction.” —ORIGEN