Who
is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD
mighty in battle.
Psalm 24:8
Bible scholars consider Psalms
22-24 a Messianic trilogy. Psalms 22 presents the agony and death of
God’s suffering Servant, while Psalms 23 shows the love and care of
the Good Shepherd right now during the church age. Then comes Psalm
24 showcasing the King of Glory sitting on the throne of David during
the Millennial Kingdom. Even the Jewish sages during the time of
Christ regarded this Psalm as referring to the Messiah.
The reason for starting this way
is because some theologians and groups deny that the above title does
or could ever belong to Jesus. This brand of Christianity is so
opposed to war and violence that absolutely nothing could ever
justify it. Maybe they’d concede that the title above belongs to
the God of the Old Testament but never to their “Sweet Savior meek
and mild wouldn’t hurt a little child.” Sorry folks, the title is
Christ’s! He is the Lord Mighty in Battle.
In Revelation 19 there is a long
description of how Christ will come on a white horse leading the
whole host of warrior angels to judge and make war on earth “in
righteousness” (verse 11). The focus is on Satan and the Beast with his a huge army; they will be obliterated. On that day, good will overcome evil
and the justice of God will be evident.
Reality check – there are a
lot of evil, rotten, no good, nasty bad guys out there that would
kill you as soon as look at you. They don’t need much of a reason.
You’re a Christian; you’re an American; you have more money than
them or they don’t like you. They are God-haters who are waging war
on Christ and His Church.
In times like these we need to
believe in and pray to the Lord Mighty in Battle.
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