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psalm 2
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==Psalm 2:1-3:
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January 15, 2025: Don Whitney wrote at Desiring God: George Mueller (1805–1898) is widely considered one of the greatest men of prayer and faith in Christian history. For the first ten years of what he called his “life of faith” (by which time his prayer life was already legendary), he said that when he would begin to pray each morning, it would take him up to an hour before he got into “the spirit of prayer” because his mind wandered so much. And only then, Mueller said, would he really begin to pray. But once he learned to pray the Bible, he said he “scarcely ever” had this problem again. What about believers during New Testament times? In Acts 4:24–30, while praying in response to persecution, the church in Jerusalem wove the words of Psalm 2:1–2 into their prayer. “And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken” (Acts 4:31). October 2018: Explaining The Book posted: Who are these raging people? They’re given the label “the heathen”. You could also say Gentiles. You may have heard the Hebrew word goy or goyim. That’s this word. And it simply means non-Jewish people. That’s who’s raging. Non-Jewish people. Well, what does “raging” look like anyway? How does one rage? Well, it’s hard to easily tell because this word is used only here as a verb. In its noun form it simply has to do with gathering as a group. Which seems rather neutral of a term. But the context of Psalm 2 is anything but neutral. So, these non-Jews are gathering together as a group. And we can only assume that their purpose is evil. Janet wrote at Seek God with Joy wrote: Only an enemy would use the words “bonds” and “cords” to describe submission to the Lord’s anointed. Jesus said, “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” These kings and rulers rebuff any authority higher than their own. Kings and rulers can move armies. Start wars. Enforce contrary laws. They believe they can break God’s bonds and throw away the pieces and take back their own power. They can hurt us. We flip from the news channel to something more benign, like crocodile attacks, to soothe our ruffled nerves. Everywhere, kings and rulers seem to break their bonds and deny God’s sovereignty. We feel it in our society and we feel it in our own lives. We feel our enemy breaking against us in ranks. We hear the clanging, we tremble at the trumpets of attack, we huddle against the hooves of horses beating toward us. Will we believe God’s purpose for our lives will stand? Or do we believe God when He calls His enemy’s efforts “vain”? Armies in uproar make a lot of noise. Noise is frightening, even overwhelming. But if we could see the source of noise, we wouldn’t see armies clashing, shields smashing, swords flashing, but an empty battlefield covered with the slain. God’s already won the battle; we’re hearing the faded echo of decided victory, like the last peals of thunderclouds retreating to the horizon. Where storms once crashed, a rainbow shines, and a king is crowned. |
The word “Anointed” in verse 2 means “Messiah” in Hebrew. Jesus is the long-waited Messiah whom the Jews did not receive and crucified. But God was with Jesus and raised Him from the dead.
The banded enemies are rebels, and the revolt is widespread; for the "kings of the earth" is a very comprehensive, if we may not even say a universal, expression. If taken in connection with "the uttermost parts of the earth" (verse 8), which are the King's rightful dominion, it implies a sweep of authority and a breadth of opposition quite beyond any recorded facts. Authorship and date must be left undetermined.
The true basis of the psalm is not some petty revolt of subject tribes, even if such could be adduced, but Nathan's prophecy in II Samuel 7, which sets forth the dignity and dominion of the King of Israel as God's son and representative.
The first three verses of Psalm 2 the conspiracy of banded rebels is set before us with extraordinary force. the singer does no delay to tell what he sees, but breaks into a question of astonished indignation as to what can be the cause of it all. Then, in a series of swift clauses, of which the vivid movement cannot be preserved in a translation, he lets us see what has moved him. The masses of the "nations" are hurrying tumultuously to the mustering place; the "peoples" are meditating revolt, which is smitingly stigmatised in anticipation as "vanity." But it is no mere uprising of the common herd; "the kings of the earth" take their stand as in battle-array, and the men of mark and influence lay their heads together, pressing close to one another on the divan as they plot. All classes and orders are united in revolt, and hurry and eagerness mark their action and throb in the words. The rule against which revolt is directed is that of "Jehovah and His anointed." That is one rule, not to,--the dominion of Jehovah exercised through the Messiah. The psalmist has grasped firmly the conception that God's visible rule is wielded by Messiah, so that rebellion against one is rebellion against both.
When we can vote ourselves out of submission to physical law, we may plot or fight ourselves out of the subjection to reign of Jehovah and His anointed. All the self-will in the world does not alter the fact that the authority of Christ is sovereign over human wills. We cannot get away from it; but we can either lovingly embrace it, and then it is our life, or we can set ourselves against it, like an obstinate ox planting its feet and standing stock-still, and then the goad is driven deep and draws blood.
The metaphor of bands and cords is taken from the fastenings of the yoke on a draught bullock. One can scarcely miss the lovely contrast of this truculent exhortation to rebellion with the gracious summons "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me." The bands are already on or necks in a very real sense, for we are all under Christ's authority, and opposition is rebellion, not the effort to prevent a yoke being imposed, but to shake off the one already on.
The true basis of the psalm is not some petty revolt of subject tribes, even if such could be adduced, but Nathan's prophecy in II Samuel 7, which sets forth the dignity and dominion of the King of Israel as God's son and representative.
The first three verses of Psalm 2 the conspiracy of banded rebels is set before us with extraordinary force. the singer does no delay to tell what he sees, but breaks into a question of astonished indignation as to what can be the cause of it all. Then, in a series of swift clauses, of which the vivid movement cannot be preserved in a translation, he lets us see what has moved him. The masses of the "nations" are hurrying tumultuously to the mustering place; the "peoples" are meditating revolt, which is smitingly stigmatised in anticipation as "vanity." But it is no mere uprising of the common herd; "the kings of the earth" take their stand as in battle-array, and the men of mark and influence lay their heads together, pressing close to one another on the divan as they plot. All classes and orders are united in revolt, and hurry and eagerness mark their action and throb in the words. The rule against which revolt is directed is that of "Jehovah and His anointed." That is one rule, not to,--the dominion of Jehovah exercised through the Messiah. The psalmist has grasped firmly the conception that God's visible rule is wielded by Messiah, so that rebellion against one is rebellion against both.
When we can vote ourselves out of submission to physical law, we may plot or fight ourselves out of the subjection to reign of Jehovah and His anointed. All the self-will in the world does not alter the fact that the authority of Christ is sovereign over human wills. We cannot get away from it; but we can either lovingly embrace it, and then it is our life, or we can set ourselves against it, like an obstinate ox planting its feet and standing stock-still, and then the goad is driven deep and draws blood.
The metaphor of bands and cords is taken from the fastenings of the yoke on a draught bullock. One can scarcely miss the lovely contrast of this truculent exhortation to rebellion with the gracious summons "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me." The bands are already on or necks in a very real sense, for we are all under Christ's authority, and opposition is rebellion, not the effort to prevent a yoke being imposed, but to shake off the one already on.
==Psalm 2:4-6:
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He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.
Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure: 6 “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.” |
At times in the past, the conflict between church and state has been an institutional conflict, sometimes for power, and often for very principled reasons of jurisdiction. It is more than a jurisdictional dispute now: it is religious conflict, and a war unto death. The modern humanistic state is history’s most jealous god, and it will tolerate no rivals. Hence, its war against Christianity. In this struggle, however, the state has taken on a power far greater than itself. As the humanistic world powers take “counsel together against the LORD, and against His anointed,” planning to overthrow His law and government, “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision” (Ps. 2:4). He shall break His enemies with a rod of iron [SOURCE: Chalcedon: http://chalcedon.edu/topics/christianity-and-the-state-2/]
God "laughs" at the vain and futile efforts of man to escape from the control of his laws and throw off his dominion (comp. Psalm 37:13; Psalm 59:8). It is impossible that these efforts should succeed. Men must obey God willingly, or else unwillingly. The Lord (Adonay in the ordinary Hebrew text, but a large number of manuscripts have Jehovah) shall have them in derision. "Laughter" and "derision" are, of course, anthropo-morphisms. It is meant that God views with contempt and scorn man's weak attempts at rebellion. --Pulpit Commentary
God’s laughter gives us the assurance that Christ will ultimately triumph over evil. Any defiance of Him and His will is futile. Instead of opposing the Son, we should submit to the Lord Jesus and take refuge in Him.
God dwells in light and holiness, In splendor and in might; It's godly fear of His great power That helps us do what's right. -D. De Haan God is a mocker. God does more than rage against arrogance; he plans on humiliating it. Psalm 37:12-13: The wicked plotted against the just, and gnashes upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
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Reformed Expression wrote: Mockery is the response of God against rebellion, at least in the example of this Psalm. The scoffers of Psalm 1 have now had the scoffing brought down upon their own head. When God’s Kingdom is threatened, we see not fear but courageous joy.God does not sit by and amuse Himself with the futility of the wicked rebellion of the rulers. God is a God of action. He looks straight into their hearts and gives them the exact opposite of what they want. They want their own authority; a law unto themselves. So God, after laughing at their attempts you nullify His Law, enthrones the Great Enforcer. The Son of David, who will execute His judgments and extend His dominion over these rebellious leaders. Resistance is futile. Now that the Son of David, Jesus Christ, is seated, there is an ultimatum. Submit or be destroyed. Rejoice, be glad and be blessed under the reign of the King of Kings, or be trampled underfoot. October 21, 2024: Kevin Holleran wrote: How does God respond to the world rulers rebelling against him and his Christ? He doesn’t wring his hands in despair or think, What am I going to do! Verse 4 says bluntly, “He who sits in the heavens laughs” (emphasis added). God laughs because he has set his King on the throne of the universe—and his rule isn’t challenged by term limits, opposing parties, or voter fraud. He’s the eternal King with “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matt. 28:18). Current turmoil doesn’t surprise him. Revelation teaches us that Christ is on his throne through the famines, wars, plagues, and revolutions of history. It was the same for the first two world wars and will be the same if a third breaks out. Christ owns the ends of the earth (v. 8) and will smash the disobedient nations to pieces with a rod of iron in judgment (v. 9). Christian, don’t let raging nations or rebellious politicians suffocate your faith; they’ll one day be Jesus’s piñata as he ushers in his perfect reign on earth. Because he has a firm grasp on the steering wheel of history, we can hope in him beyond the headlines. And according to this psalm, today’s political leaders can too. |
Hot with hatred, flushed with defiant self-confidence and busy with plots, the rebels hurry together like swarming ants on their hillock. "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh." That representation of the seated God contrasts grandly with the stir on earth. He needs not to rise from His throned tranquility, but regards undisturbed the disturbances of earth.
The attribution of such action to Him is so bold that no danger of misunderstanding is possible,. It sends us at once to look for its translation, which probably lies in the thought of the essential ludicrousness of opposition, which is discerned in heaven to be so utterly groundless and hopeless as to be absurd.
Gods laughter passes into the utterance of His wrath at the time determined by Him. The silence is broken by His voice, and the motionless form flashes into action. One movement is enough to "vex" the enemies and fling them into panic, as a flock of birds put to flight by the lifting of an arm. There is a point, known to God alone, when He perceived that the fullness of time has come, and the opposition must be ended. By long-drawn-out, gentle patience He sought to win to obedience (though that side of His dealings is not presented in this psalm), but the moment arrives when in world-wide catastrophes or crushing blows on individuals sleeping retribution wakes at the right moment, determined by considerations inappreciable by us: "Then does he speak in His wrath."
The attribution of such action to Him is so bold that no danger of misunderstanding is possible,. It sends us at once to look for its translation, which probably lies in the thought of the essential ludicrousness of opposition, which is discerned in heaven to be so utterly groundless and hopeless as to be absurd.
Gods laughter passes into the utterance of His wrath at the time determined by Him. The silence is broken by His voice, and the motionless form flashes into action. One movement is enough to "vex" the enemies and fling them into panic, as a flock of birds put to flight by the lifting of an arm. There is a point, known to God alone, when He perceived that the fullness of time has come, and the opposition must be ended. By long-drawn-out, gentle patience He sought to win to obedience (though that side of His dealings is not presented in this psalm), but the moment arrives when in world-wide catastrophes or crushing blows on individuals sleeping retribution wakes at the right moment, determined by considerations inappreciable by us: "Then does he speak in His wrath."
==Psalm 2:7-8:
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“I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. |
The word rendered "break" may also be translated with a different set of vowels, "shepherd," and is so rendered by the LXX and by some other versions. But, in view of the parallelism of the next clause, "break" is to be preferred. The truth of Christ's destructive energy is too often thrown forward into another world. The history of the world ever since the Resurrection has been but a record of conquered antagonism to Him. The stone cut out without hands has dashed against the images of clay and silver and gold and broken them all. The Gospel of Christ is the great solvent of institutions not based upon itself. Its work is :
"To cast the kingdoms old into another mould." Destructive work has still to be done, and its most terrible energy is to be displayed in the future, when all opposition shall be withered into nothingness by the brightness of His presence. There are two kinds of breaking: a merciful one, when His love shatters our pride and breaks into penitence the earthen vessels of our hearts; and a terrible one, when the weight of His sceptre crushes, and His hand casts down in shivers "vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction." |
January 15, 2023: At Desiring God David Mathis wrote: Psalm 2 is a coronation psalm, written for the day a new king in David’s line is crowned king of God’s people. In verses 1–2 of the psalm, Israel’s enemies may rage and conspire against God “and against his Anointed” — that is, the one anointed king, Messiah, the Christ. But in verse 7, as his enemies conspire, David remembers God’s decree from the day of his coronation: “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.” So on the surface, 2 Samuel 7 and Psalm 2 are about human kings: David and his dynasty, one son then the next, declared at his coronation to be God’s “son,” his specially chosen and anointed human king of God’s people. |
July 1, 2015: Jeane E Jones wrote: Psalm 2:1-2 (see figure) tells of a rebellion of those who don’t want to submit to the newly crowned king. Newly crowned kings often faced rebellion from those ready to test their strength. In Jesus’ case, the religious leaders rebelled and turned Jesus over to Rome to be crucified on trumped-up charges. They celebrated, thinking the threat to their authority demolished. They didn’t know God had raised Jesus from the dead and anointed him king on the heavenly Mount Zion. Psalm 2:10-12 Those who refuse God’s Son’s rule will perish, but those who embrace it will be blessed When Jesus ascended to heaven, his followers proclaimed that Jesus was the Messiah who had sat down at the Father’s right hand. They offered the grace found in Psalm 2’s close: Be wise and warned, serve the Lord God, and “kiss the Son” (that is, pay homage to him as ruler) so that you will not perish, but have eternal life. Today, Christians continue to spread this message in a world in which most still rebel.
For one day, trumpets will sound and the Lord will return (Matthew 24:31). On that day, it will be seen that all the plotting to reject his rule will be in vain (Psalm 2:1), and every knee will bow. Some will bow as the conquered bow, yielding to the inevitable before perishing. But those who willingly bowed on earth will bow then in gladness and joy, the hope of Jesus’ reign finally come.
For one day, trumpets will sound and the Lord will return (Matthew 24:31). On that day, it will be seen that all the plotting to reject his rule will be in vain (Psalm 2:1), and every knee will bow. Some will bow as the conquered bow, yielding to the inevitable before perishing. But those who willingly bowed on earth will bow then in gladness and joy, the hope of Jesus’ reign finally come.
Daily verse published: Although Satan was to offer the earthly reins of power to Christ when He was tempted in the wilderness, the Lord Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross, so that the shed blood of our Kinsman Redeemer could redeem mankind from the suffocating clutches of Satan.
Because of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross, God raised Him up and exalted him to the highest place of honour by making the nations His inheritance and the ends of the earth His possession: "Ask of Me," were the Father's instructions to the Son, "and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession."
Because of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross, God raised Him up and exalted him to the highest place of honour by making the nations His inheritance and the ends of the earth His possession: "Ask of Me," were the Father's instructions to the Son, "and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession."
==Psalm 2:9:
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You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’
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The history of the word ever since the resurrection has been but a record of conquered antagonism to Him. The stone cut without hands has dashed the images of clay and silver and gold and broken them all. The Gospel of Christ is the great solvent of institutions not based upon itself. destructive work still has to be done, and its most terrible energy is to be displayed in the future , when all opposition shall be withered into nothingness by the brightness of His presence.
There are two kinds of breaking: a merciful one, when His love shatters our pride and breaks into penitence the earthen vessels of our hearts; and a terrible one, when the with of His sceptre crushes, and His hand casts down in shivers "vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction." |
January 11, 2025: George Randall Jr wrote: Brothers and sisters, here we are in the Year of our Lord 2025 AD. That’s approximately 2,000 years since God’s Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, came to provide salvation for mankind, through His self-sacrifice. In His First Advent (first coming), Jesus came to be the Passover Lamb, taking our sin upon Himself, on the cross, and therefore also took our death penalty and punishment, so we could have the justice of the Holy God pass over us. Through that act of mercy, Jesus purchased our pardon and peace with God the Father. Jesus is now seated at the right hand of the Father, and has promised to return again for His Bride, the Church (John 14:2-3), and then a short time later He will return to sit on the throne of David as the King of kings and Lord of lords. (Luke 1:32-33, Psalm 2:6-9, and 22:27-28, Revelation 19:15-16, and 22:12, “And behold I come quickly”.. This next time He will come as the King and ruler of Earth, and “of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end... the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7) |
October 21, 2024: Pastor Colin Smith wrote: How does God respond to the world rulers rebelling against him and his Christ? He doesn’t wring his hands in despair or think, What am I going to do! Verse 4 says bluntly, “He who sits in the heavens laughs” (emphasis added).
God laughs because he has set his King on the throne of the universe—and his rule isn’t challenged by term limits, opposing parties, or voter fraud. He’s the eternal King with “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matt. 28:18). Current turmoil doesn’t surprise him. Revelation teaches us that Christ is on his throne through the famines, wars, plagues, and revolutions of history. It was the same for the first two world wars and will be the same if a third breaks out. Christ owns the ends of the earth (v. 8) and will smash the disobedient nations to pieces with a rod of iron in judgment (v. 9).
Christian, don’t let raging nations or rebellious politicians suffocate your faith; they’ll one day be Jesus’s piñata as he ushers in his perfect reign on earth. Because he has a firm grasp on the steering wheel of history, we can hope in him beyond the headlines. And according to this psalm, today’s political leaders can too.
God laughs because he has set his King on the throne of the universe—and his rule isn’t challenged by term limits, opposing parties, or voter fraud. He’s the eternal King with “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matt. 28:18). Current turmoil doesn’t surprise him. Revelation teaches us that Christ is on his throne through the famines, wars, plagues, and revolutions of history. It was the same for the first two world wars and will be the same if a third breaks out. Christ owns the ends of the earth (v. 8) and will smash the disobedient nations to pieces with a rod of iron in judgment (v. 9).
Christian, don’t let raging nations or rebellious politicians suffocate your faith; they’ll one day be Jesus’s piñata as he ushers in his perfect reign on earth. Because he has a firm grasp on the steering wheel of history, we can hope in him beyond the headlines. And according to this psalm, today’s political leaders can too.
==Psalm 2:10-11:
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Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
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The poet speaks in solemn exhortation: "Be ye wise now, ye kings." The "now" is argumentative, not temporal. It means "since things are so." The kings addressed are the rebel monarchs whose power seems so puny against that of "my King." But not only these are addressed, but all possessors of power and influence. The maddest thing a man can do is to shut his eyes to them and steel his heart against their instruction.
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March 26, 2021: Sprit Word & Cross posted: Serve the Lord with fear is essentially a call to live our lives with a clear understanding of the magnificent majesty of God, and the rightful claim that He has on our lives. We are His people. He calls us to live unto Him according to the sweep of His eternal storyline, not out the littleness of our own temporal perspective. This is living life through the lens of David, of whom Paul recalls in Acts 2: “David served the purposes of God in his generation and then he fell asleep.” (Acts 13:36) David lived his life in radical pursuit of understanding all of Who God is, and what God was doing in his age. The wisest thing a person could do is to give themselves to beholding the magnitude of God, and catching a glimpse of what He is doing in her/his generation, so that she/he may throw her/himself into the Lord’s purposes with abandon. Through the seven judgements of the Lord, He is displaying what He is like, and what He values. He is also summoning those who will lay aside the personal liberties of our culture in order to serve His purposes re: abortion, sexual immorality, Israel, racial relationships and faithfulness in a Sermon-on-the-Mount lifestyle of prayer. |
==Psalm 2:12:
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Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him
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If you put your trust in Him, you are already blessed. "kiss the Son"= to lay hold of, reverence, appeal to Him for mercy. God will not forever tolerate a nonreciprocal relationship.
The expression "put their trust" literally means to take refuge in. The act of trust cannot be more beautifully or forcibly described than as a flight to the soul of God. They who take shelter in God need fear no kindling anger. |
July 26, 2023: At Desiring God, David Mathis wrote: Among the many instances of kissing in the Old Testament, one regal kiss stands out above the rest — the one of Psalm 2:12: Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. Here “the Son” is God’s anointed king over his people (Psalm 2:2; Acts 4:25 attributes the psalm to David). Hostile nations rage and unbelieving kings take counsel against him, and in doing so they plot against the God who has installed him — that is, the God who laughs at such hubris, and speaks in holy wrath, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill” (Psalm 2:6). This turns the threat utterly on its head. It is not God’s appointed king, “the Son,” who’s actually in danger, but any and all who oppose him.
The king then issues his enemies a warning: “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling” (Psalm 2:11). The next utterance declares what form such a dramatic change of heart should take: Kiss the Son. This is not just a bow of submission. Any defeated foe can cower, and fall to his knees, when overpowered. But Psalm 2 calls for a kiss of homage, and kissing expresses the movement, and transformation, of the heart. Former enemies not only become servants and kiss their new king; they become worshipers in their very soul. August 20 2023: At Desiring God, David Mathis wrote: Jesus was eating at the home of a Pharisee named Simon when, behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. (Luke 7:37–38) Unsettling for the pious in the moment, the event is rich with significance, in retrospect, through Christian eyes. Anointing has royal connotations, as she consecrates the one she now believes to be the kingly Anointed One, the long-promised Messiah. And she kisses his feet. Aware of her unworthiness, she dares kiss only his lowly feet. As she weeps, Jesus sees both her sorrow for sin and hope of rescue in him. With her tears and kisses, she mingles grief for her own depravity and love for her anointed deliverer. Here, to use the later words of 1 Peter 5:14, is the quintessential “kiss of love,” from a sinner to her Lord and Savior. The one “forgiven little, loves little,” Jesus tells the stunned Pharisees; however, “her sins, which are many, are forgiven — for she loved much” (Luke 7:47). This “woman of the city” is no fellow dignitary, like the kings and rulers addressed in Psalm 2; yet, as they were commanded, she takes refuge in God’s Anointed, obeying, with joy, the charge of verse 12: “Kiss the Son.” And so, such a woman as this goes before them into the kingdom. |
Dear Heavenly Father and his Anointed Son,
In this passage, how lovingly you laid out your foundational plan for all to see. You revealed your relationship to each other and your commitment to save us even though our wayward human race tends to resist you. You promised a time of grace in our lives when we could kiss you with our hearts because we appreciate your sacrifice and forgiveness that flows from it. Don't let me stray away from your kingdom by following the ways of the world. Instead, give me the courage to be salt and light so that through me more people would have an opportunity to know that you are the Father and Son who gave it all for us.
Amen Pastor Don Patterson
In this passage, how lovingly you laid out your foundational plan for all to see. You revealed your relationship to each other and your commitment to save us even though our wayward human race tends to resist you. You promised a time of grace in our lives when we could kiss you with our hearts because we appreciate your sacrifice and forgiveness that flows from it. Don't let me stray away from your kingdom by following the ways of the world. Instead, give me the courage to be salt and light so that through me more people would have an opportunity to know that you are the Father and Son who gave it all for us.
Amen Pastor Don Patterson