'528. A SHORT VIEW OP SCRIPTURE HISTORY. Col. ii. 15. he spoiled principalities and powers, and triumphed over them. 8. His exaltation to the kingdom at God's right-hand, and to the priesthood of intercession, is described particularly ; Ps. ex. 1, 4. 44 The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right- hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool : And thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck ;" which expressions are applied to Christ; Mat. xxii. 42, 44. Acts ii. 33-36. Heb. v. 6, and vii.2, 3, 17. where Christ is exalted to be a king and a priest as Melchisedeck was, and that too, a priest of constant intercession or pleading with God for men, and blessing them as Melchisedeck blessed Abraham. 9. The characterof this king is described in several psalms, as in Ps. xlv. 6, 7. " Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever'; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre : Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness; therefore God, thy God bath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows :" Which is a plain description of Jesus Christ; Heb. i. 8, 9. whom God anointed with the Holy Ghost and power ; Acts x. 38. and who had the holy Spirit without measure ; John iii. 34. And yet further, in Ps. lxxii. is a large character of Christ un- der the emblem of Solomon t And Ps. lxxxix. describes Christ under the character of David himself. 10. In the second psalm, his resurrection and exaltation are described under the distinct and peculiar character of the Son of God : Verses 6, 7. " I have set my King upon my holy hill of Sion and I will declare the decree, thou art my Son, this clay have I begotten thee :" Which is cited to prove the resurrection and advancement of Christ to the throne by the power of the Father, and as the image of the Father ; he was firstthe king of 'Lion or Israel, as God is king of his church. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. v. 5. and he is now also Lord of the hea- then, and king of all nations, as God is king or ruler of all the'world. The eighth verse particularly declares the submis- sion of the heathens to Christ after he begun his work of inter- cession in heaven. " Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thy inheritance, and theuttermost part of the earth for thy possession." The next words also, viz. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel, are applied to Christ ; Rev. ii. 27. and foretel his power and vengeance against his enemies. Note 1. In some of these psalms we should not have known Christ or the Messiah was intended, if Christ himself or the apostles had not cited them for this purpose ; yet some of them are so evident, that the ancient .lee's applied them to the Mes- siah, and we cannot but apply them to him, because they could nOt be applied to David; or to any other person:
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