When Christ first came, He was a tiny stone - humble, overlooked, spoken against. That it was not by human hands indicates that this was by God's power, not by works of the law or human initiative. The mountain is Mount Zion and symbolizes the covenant with Israel. This is to give us the gracious opportunity to repent and follow Christ, thus becoming children of God! Judging and defeating the nations in a political sense will take place on the Day of God's wrath (Psalm 110:5-6).Īnother place we see this is in Daniel 2:34-35 and Dan 2:44-45.Ĭhrist is the rock cut from the mountain, but not by human hands. His death granted Him the authority to judge, but the execution is waiting for His second Coming. This is why Heb 10:11-12 says that Christ waits "for his enemies to be made his footstool". Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God the Father even now, and He holds authority over all the earth - but the time has not yet come for Christ to return and judge the world. This is why God uses the crucial word 'until'. This is not for lack of authority, but due to God's patience in deferring the judgement (II Pet 3:9-15, Rom 2:4). However, while Jesus gained the authority over all kingdoms of the world, and thus the authority to judge and rule these nations and put all things under His feet, He did not immediately conquer/defeat them in an earthly sense and make them 'His footstool'. All things (enemies, Christians, the world, etc) were placed under His feet - Jesus rules over all. We see Jesus was granted this position at the right hand of God the Father in Eph 1:17-22. To make an enemy as a footstool was to completely defeat them (Josh 10:16-27). This is one reason that the Jews expected a victorious, conquering king - not a suffering savior. This chapter mixes events from Christ's first coming in with the second (Such as the Day of Wrath, the Judgement, etc). Jennifer Rothnie Supporter Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious In Psalm 110:1-7:, we see God the Father asking God the son to sit at His right hand, until God makes all Jesus' enemies as a "footstep" for His feet.
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