Did You Know??? David was a Prophet!

 I heard one of the teachers I listen to say about a month ago, "David was a Prophet."  This made me pause.  WAIT!  What???   David a PROPHET?  No...he was a KING.  Now, I know what I know!  He was anointed to be THE KING OF ISRAEL.  He played music and wrote Psalms.  He wasn't a PROPHET!  😳 

Last night, Jim Stockstill referenced Psalm 2.  He said, "Go back and read it.  You'll see."  So I did...this is what I found:

The one enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord ridicules them.

Then he speaks to them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath:  "I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

I will declare the LORD's decree.

He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father.  Ask of me and I will make the nations your inheritance and the ends of the earth your possession.  You will break them with an iron scepter; you will shatter them like pottery."

So now, kings, be wise; receive instruction, you judges of the earth.  Serve the LORD with reverential awe and rejoice with trembling.  Pay homage to the Son or he will be angry and you will perish in your rebellion, for his anger may ignite at any moment.  All who take refuge in him are happy.

Did you see it?  God has installed His king on Zion...God later tells David that that king is His Son.  Remember what God said to Jesus as He was lifted from the water by John the Baptist?  The dove came down from the heavens and God said, "You are my Son in whom I am well pleased."  That was foretold by David!  Then David goes on to tell us to serve the LORD with reverence and awe and rejoice in trembling.  Pay homage or He is gonna get mad, we will perish, and His anger will "ignite at any moment".  

When God has finally had enough, He will give Jesus The Warrior His marching orders and ALL of His enemies will perish.  But wait...David ends the prophecy by saying, "All who take refuge in Him are happy."  We are happy now because we have hope in Jesus...we know that no matter what, we are loved and cared for and no matter how hard it gets here on Earth, we win in the end.  

NOW...let me share something else!  One of the notes on Psalm 2 said to see note on Psalm 22.  So I did.  It says that 22 is one of the so-called Messianic Psalms.  There are three methods that are used to determine which psalms are "messianic".  

1. By the testimony of the writers of the Old Testament.  There are a few books that attribute some psalms to the Messiah.

2.  References in the New Testament to these psalms, either by Christ Himself or by writers who made note as pertaining to Christ.

3.  There is testimony by the Jews and the church itself denoting that these psalms refer tot he Messiah.

Some say that they should be applied to David and Jesus...first David and then Jesus.

I think, though, that Psalm 2 is very obviously a Messianic Psalm speaking of Jesus Himself.  Who else could it be???  For who else does God sit on His throne and declare, "You are my Son."?  

So I leave you with this:  David was a PROPHET.  God said David was "a man after my own heart."  Why wouldn't he have been given the gift of prophecy?  It all seems so obvious now...I want to go on a quest!

In Pursuit of Christ,

Terrie