Wisdom Truck 22

 

This week, we begin to go through Psalms, and we start with Psalm 2.  It's fairly small, if you so choose to follow along. It is a classic creme-filled doughnut, with symetrically opposite outsides and a powerful middle.  The part we'll be focusing on is the back end:

Psa 2:10  Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. 

Psa 2:11  Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 

Psa 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. 

A lot of points to cover, starting with, "Who is the author?"  Many Psalms have subscriptions that directly tell you who wrote them; this one does not.  Howver, we have evidence from the New Testament:

Act 4:25  who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain? 

Act 4:26  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’— 

which matches the first part of Psalm 2:

Psa 2:1  Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 

Psa 2:2  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, 

Psa 2:3  “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 

So we know this was written by David.  We also know (one look at Psalm 22 tells you) that David was a prophet, and this is a direct warning- not only to ALL rulers, but specifically to those John tells us of in Revelation:

Rev 17:12  And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. 

Rev 17:13  These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 

Rev 17:14  They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.” 

And God's reaction? Well, there are two; one is in our target verse- "lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled".  The other is in the transition from side one to 'creme filled middle':

Psa 2:4  He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 

Now the other thing is, "Does 'Kiss the Son' really mean Jesus?"  And it gets a little hairy here.  The word, "Son" is בּר bar, and in strict Hebrew this is clean or pure, so the Jews translate this as "embrace the pure".  However, this is NOT the way it should be taken- it is NEVER used in this manner in the OT.  Rather, it is an Aramaic add-word, which literally means, "heir".  Here though, we need to look at the creme-filled middle for context:

Psa 2:6  “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.” 

Psa 2:7  I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. 

Psa 2:8  Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. 

Psa 2:9  You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.” 

This is the passage (presumably) Paul uses in Hebrews 1 to establish that Jesus IS God.  'Son' here is בּן

bên, which is used almost 2,000 times as son in the OT.  From context we can logically see that 'bar' in v12 equals ben in v7: Jesus is both Son and Heir.

I believe that the wisdom of Kissing- literally 'fastening to'- the Heir is the theme the 2 witnesses of Revelation 11 will be preaching to the people under the Anti-christ's rule.  And as in the days of Noah, as Jesus said, no one will be listening.  But right now, in this world, we still have the Spirit of Wisdom available to us.  So don't wait- Kiss the Son!