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#6 Holy Wit – Sidecar Reflections Behold Your King: Christ in the Old Testament – Psalm 2 The Meeting God Didn’t Attend ________________________________________ They were very pleased with themselves. The meeting had been called quietly. Invitations sent discreetly. Everyone important showed up. Kings. Rulers. People who knew how power worked. They shut the doors, leaned in close, and agreed on the plan. Enough of this God business. Enough of His rules. Enough of His claims. Enough of being told what bonds we wear and whose cords restrain us. Psalm 2 captures the moment perfectly: “Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.” It is the sound of collective confidence. The tone of people who assume authority naturally gathers where they sit. What they did not do was check the agenda. Because while they were speaking in hushed tones on earth, heaven was not holding an emergency session. No angels were scrambling. No alarms sounded. Scripture says simply: “He who sits in the heavens shall laugh.” Not a nervous laugh. Not a mocking laugh. A settled one. The kind that comes from knowing the outcome before the discussion even begins. God does not argue His case. He does not negotiate His authority. He does not rework the plan to accommodate resistance. He states a fact: “Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.” The meeting is over before anyone realizes it began. That is the quiet shock of Psalm 2. Human rebellion is real — but it is never ultimate. Christ’s kingship is not reactive. It is not provisional. It does not wait for approval, consensus, or cultural momentum. The King is already installed. Which means the final words of the psalm are not a threat so much as a mercy: “Be wise… Kiss the Son… Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.” There is still time to stop resisting. Still time to bow without being broken. Still time to discover that the King you feared would crush you is the only refuge strong enough to hold you. The nations may rage. Meetings may be called. Plans may feel airtight. But the throne is not vacant. And blessed — quietly, unimaginably blessed — are all who stop fighting long enough to take refuge in the King who reigns. ________________________________________ #HolyWitSidecar #GordonMcGinnis #ChristInTheOldTestament #Psalm2

#6 Holy Wit – Bible Study Christ as King (Behold Your King: Christ in the Old Testament – The Davidic Covenant; Psalm 2) ________________________________________ Scripture Reading (NKJV): Psalm 2:1 Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, Psalm 2:3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.” Psalm 2:4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The LORD shall hold them in derision. Psalm 2:5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure: Psalm 2:6 “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.” Psalm 2:7 “I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Psalm 2:8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Psalm 2:10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. Psalm 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Psalm 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. Psalm 2 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+2&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 1. The Covenant Promise of an Everlasting King The Davidic Covenant establishes the expectation of a king whose throne will not end. God promises David that his house and kingdom will be established forever. This is not a pledge of uninterrupted political stability, but a covenantal guarantee that God will rule His people through a coming Son of David. Every faithful king pointed forward to this promise. Every failed king intensified the longing for its fulfillment. The covenant presses history toward a singular question: Who can reign forever without corruption, interruption, or death? 2 Samuel 7:16 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+7%3A16&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 2. Psalm 2 as the Coronation Decree of the Messiah Psalm 2 is not a lament over rebellion; it is a declaration of authority. The nations rage, rulers conspire, and power structures resist God’s rule — yet God responds not with anxiety, but certainty. “Yet I have set My King.” The King’s enthronement is not dependent on human consent. It is an accomplished act of divine will. Earthly rebellion does not delay the reign of God’s chosen King; it merely exposes its futility. Psalm 2:6 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+2%3A6&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 3. The Son Who Inherits the Nations Psalm 2 unites kingship with sonship. The King is not merely appointed; He is declared to be God’s Son. This Son receives the nations as His inheritance and the ends of the earth as His possession. No ordinary Davidic king ever fulfilled this scope. The psalm reaches beyond Israel’s borders and beyond human limitations. It anticipates a reign that is universal, permanent, and righteous — a reign that finds its fulfillment only in Christ. Psalm 2:7–8 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+2%3A7-8&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 4. The Rod of Iron and the Certainty of Judgment The Messiah’s rule is not symbolic. He governs with authority and executes justice. The rod of iron signifies irresistible power — not arbitrary cruelty, but moral certainty. Rebellion against God’s King will not endure. Yet even here, judgment is not the first word. Warning precedes wrath. Mercy is offered before justice is executed. Psalm 2:9 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+2%3A9&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 5. A Call to Submission That Is Also an Invitation Psalm 2 ends not with destruction, but with grace. Kings are urged to be wise. Rulers are called to serve. The command to “kiss the Son” is a call to allegiance, repentance, and trust. The final beatitude makes the psalm’s purpose unmistakable: “Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.” The King who reigns is also a refuge. Psalm 2:12 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+2%3A12&version=NKJV ________________________________________ Reflection Questions Why does God establish His King despite the rebellion of the nations? How does Psalm 2 expand the promise of the Davidic Covenant beyond Israel? What does it mean to trust a King who rules with both mercy and authority? How should Christ’s present kingship shape Christian obedience today? ________________________________________ Prayer Points Thank God for establishing His King by sovereign decree. Praise Christ for His universal and righteous reign. Confess areas of resistance to Christ’s authority. Pray for joyful submission rooted in trust rather than fear. ________________________________________ For Further Study (NKJV): Psalm 72 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+72&version=NKJV Daniel 7:13–14 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+7%3A13-14&version=NKJV Acts 13:32–33 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+13%3A32-33&version=NKJV ________________________________________ #HolyWitBibleStudy #GordonMcGinnis #ChristInTheOldTestament #Psalm2

#5 Holy Wit – Sidecar Reflections Behold Your King: Christ in the Old Testament – Psalm 110 The One Who Never Hands You Off ________________________________________ He had learned the pattern early. You explain your situation once. Carefully. Politely. With just enough honesty to be taken seriously but not enough to make anyone uncomfortable. The person across the desk nods, makes notes, assures you they understand — and then, inevitably, says the phrase that means everything is about to reset. “I’ll need to pass this along.” Different office. Different person. Same story — told again, slightly more tired this time. By the third retelling, the problem feels heavier, not because it has grown, but because you have to carry it from hand to hand. No one is hostile. Everyone means well. But no one stays with it long enough to see it through. That’s when Psalm 110:4 begins to sound less poetic and more startling: “You are a priest forever.” Forever means no handoff. No rotation. No shift change. No, “Let me introduce you to someone else who can help with that.” The Levitical priests did their work faithfully. They truly did. But even at their best, they had to step aside. They aged. They died. Their work continued, but they did not. The system moved forward by replacement. Christ does not. Melchizedek blesses Abraham and disappears. Aaron’s sons serve and are buried. But Christ stands — not because He refuses to leave, but because there is no reason for Him to. No one else needs to be brought in. Which means when you come to God — with the same confession again, the same weakness, the same failure you thought you’d outgrown — you are not explaining it to someone new. You are not reopening a case file that has gone cold. The Priest already knows it. He was there the first time. He is there this time. He will be there when you are too tired to explain it properly. That’s what “once for all” actually feels like on the ground. Not dramatic. Not flashy. Just mercifully uninterrupted. Christ does not save you and then assign you a number. He does not forgive you and then forward the request. He does not intercede and then step away to let someone else manage the follow-up. He stays. And for people who have spent their lives being passed along — misunderstood, delayed, rescheduled — that may be the quietest and strongest mercy of all. ________________________________________ #HolyWitSidecar #GordonMcGinnis #ChristInTheOldTestament #Psalm110

________________________________________ #5 Holy Wit – Bible Study Christ as Priest Forever (Behold Your King: Christ in the Old Testament – Psalm 110; Genesis 14:18–20; Leviticus 16:32–34) ________________________________________ Scripture Reading (NKJV): Psalm 110:1 The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” Psalm 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Psalm 110:3 Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth. Psalm 110:4 The LORD has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath. Psalm 110:6 He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries. Psalm 110:7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head. Psalm 110 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+110&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 1. A Priest Declared by Divine Oath Psalm 110:4 marks a dramatic shift in the psalm. In the midst of royal authority and military triumph, the LORD introduces a priesthood — not provisional, not ceremonial, but eternal. This priest is established not by genealogy or ritual succession, but by divine oath. “The LORD has sworn and will not relent.” Scripture emphasizes that this appointment is irreversible. God binds Himself to this declaration. This immediately sets the priesthood of the Messiah apart from the Levitical order, which depended on lineage and ended in death. Here, priesthood rests on God’s unchanging word. Psalm 110:4 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+110%3A4&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 2. Melchizedek: Priest Before the Law Melchizedek appears briefly in Genesis 14, yet his role is decisive. He is both king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He blesses Abraham, and Abraham gives him a tithe. The direction matters: the greater blesses the lesser. The patriarch of Israel receives blessing from a priest who exists outside Israel’s later institutions. Melchizedek’s priesthood predates the Law, the tabernacle, and Aaron. Psalm 110 reaches back to him intentionally to describe a priesthood that does not depend on Mosaic structures. This is not a reform of Leviticus; it is something older and greater. Genesis 14:18–20 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+14%3A18-20&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 3. Why This Priest Is Not Like Aaron Under the Mosaic Law, priests came exclusively from the tribe of Levi. Kings came from Judah. The separation was strict. Attempts to combine the roles were treated as rebellion. Yet Psalm 110 deliberately unites kingship and priesthood in one person. The psalm does not say “according to the order of Aaron,” because that priesthood already existed — and was limited. Aaron’s sons served temporarily, offered sacrifices repeatedly, and died. The priest of Psalm 110 stands forever. The Old Testament itself signals that the Levitical priesthood was provisional, pointing beyond itself. Leviticus 16:32–34 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+16:32-34&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 4. Christ as Priest: Once for All Christ fulfills what Psalm 110 anticipates. He does not offer sacrifice for Himself. He does not repeat offerings. He does not leave His office. He enters not a copy of the heavenly sanctuary, but the true one. His priesthood is effective precisely because it is final. Where the Levitical system managed sin temporarily, Christ removes it decisively. The oath of Psalm 110 finds its meaning here. Hebrews 7:23–25 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+7%3A23-25&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 5. Priest and King, Not Competing Roles Psalm 110 refuses to separate Christ’s mercy from His authority. The same One who intercedes as priest will judge as king. Scripture does not allow us to soften one role to preserve comfort in the other. His priesthood secures forgiveness; His kingship secures justice. Both are necessary. The Messiah is not gentle because He is weak, nor authoritative because He is distant. He is both — perfectly and eternally. Psalm 110:5–6 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+110%3A5-6&version=NKJV ________________________________________ 6. A Priest Who Guarantees Access to God If Christ is priest forever, then access to God is no longer provisional. Forgiveness does not expire. Intercession does not pause. Believers are not dependent on human mediators, rotating offices, or repeated sacrifices. Christ Himself is the guarantee. Psalm 110 assures us that what Christ begins, He completes — and what He secures, He keeps. Hebrews 5:5–6 (NKJV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+5%3A5-6&version=NKJV ________________________________________ Reflection Questions 1. Why is it significant that God appoints the Messiah as priest by oath rather than lineage (Psalm 110:4)? 2. How does Melchizedek’s blessing of Abraham shape your understanding of biblical authority? 3. What does it mean for your assurance that Christ’s priesthood is eternal and unchanging? 4. How should Christ’s dual role as priest and king shape both your worship and obedience? ________________________________________ Prayer Points 1. Thank God for appointing Christ as eternal priest by His unchanging oath. 2. Praise Christ for His complete and final sacrifice on your behalf. 3. Ask for confidence rooted in Christ’s continual intercession. 4. Pray for a life shaped by gratitude rather than fear. ________________________________________ For further study (NKJV): Hebrews 8:1–2 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+8%3A1-2&version=NKJV Hebrews 9:11–12 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9%3A11-12&version=NKJV Hebrews 10:11–14 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A11-14&version=NKJV ________________________________________ #HolyWitBibleStudy #GordonMcGinnis #ChristInTheOldTestament #Psalm110

#4 Holy Wit – Sidecar Reflections Behold Your King: Christ in the Old Testament – Deuteronomy 18:15–19 The Voice We Asked For ________________________________________ The fire alarm went off in the middle of the meeting. Not a drill — the real thing. The kind that shrieks instead of rings, the kind that makes grown adults stand up all at once and forget what they were just arguing about. Someone had burned popcorn in the church kitchen. Again. People covered their ears. Someone laughed nervously. Someone else said, “Is that supposed to be that loud?” The answer, of course, was yes. That’s the point of alarms. They are meant to be impossible to ignore — and unbearable if you try. Later, when the noise stopped and the windows were opened, a man muttered, “There ought to be a way for those things to warn you without trying to kill you.” Which is more or less what Israel said at Sinai. When God spoke from the mountain, it wasn’t background music. It was thunder, fire, and a voice that shook bones. The people didn’t question whether God was real. They questioned whether they would survive listening to Him. “Let me not hear the voice of the LORD my God again,” they said, “lest I die.” And God’s response is one of the quiet mercies of Scripture: “What they have spoken is good.” So God promised them a voice they could bear. A Prophet like Moses. A mediator. Someone who would speak God’s words without the firestorm. What’s easy to miss is that this wasn’t Israel backing away from God. It was God moving closer — lowering His voice without lowering His truth. Christ is the answer to that request. He does not shout from the mountain. He speaks in parables, at tables, on roads, to fishermen and children. And yet — every word He speaks carries the full authority of heaven. Softer, perhaps. Gentler in delivery. But no less binding. We often say we want God to speak clearly. What we usually mean is that we want Him to speak comfortably. Deuteronomy reminds us that clarity still carries authority, and grace still demands obedience. Christ is the voice we asked for. And the sobering part is this: once God has gone to such lengths to make Himself heard, silence is no longer an option. To hear Him is life. To ignore Him is not confusion — it’s refusal. The fire alarm has stopped ringing. The question now is whether we listen while the room is quiet. ________________________________________ #HolyWitSidecar #GordonMcGinnis #ChristInTheOldTestament #Deuteronomy18