Psalm 21

In the law of Moses, God had given Israel provisions for a king that He would choose. Read Deuteronomy 17:14-20. The godly king was to lead Israel, but to follow God. He could not take the people someplace where God prohibited, or use them for his own glory. The way that he would be kept from from exalting himself above his brother Israelites and from turning away from the Lord, was through the Word of God. He had to write His own copy of the Law, read it all the days of his life, and learn from the Word to fear and obey God. Above any earthly king of Israel, God was forever King over His people.

The true king that God would choose would be a worshiper of the Lord who rejoiced in the strength of the Lord, and not in the numbers of the people, or their strategic military advantages. The power of Israel was in God alone. If God would not be salvation to Israel, no power within the grasp of the king could keep the people from danger. Positioned geographically between superior empires, Israel could only exist by the power of God.

The true king brings requests before God with heartfelt desire, and the Lord hears him and helps him from heaven. God would give this man the richest blessing, and place a gold crown on his head, not so that he could lord it over the other worshipers of the Almighty, but that he might be a servant of all.

This ultimate king would be given long life. Could it be that God would give a man “length of days forever and ever?” Yes, this one king would have glory beyond what the peoples of the earth can confer. Through the Word of God, the Lord would give to one man, glory, salvation, splendor, and majesty.

Only God could make a king like the king of Israel. Only the Lord has the power of eternal blessing forever. To have this perfect eternal king is to give blessing not only to him but to the kingdom over which he rules. The Lord has a storehouse of divine joy in His presence, and He is able to make a man glad to such a great extent that a multitude of subjects are able to have a share of heavenly joy in the man who represents them before the throne of the Almighty.

Good times can come upon any nation. The ruling authorities may even experience several generations of peace, prosperity, and power. They may presume that life has always been that way, and that the current glory of their nation will forever remain. History insists on a different lesson. Kingdoms of men will rise and fall, some very quickly, some over a period that may span centuries. But the Lord reigns forever. Only God can extend His steadfast love to a king in such a may that we could accurately say that he shall not be moved.

Death seems like the ultimate mover of men in this world. Who can resist it? Yet God is stronger than death. If His chosen king is to have an eternal kingdom, he must move beyond death to eternal life. Mortality must give way to the permanence of resurrection. This is the only way that a king could experience the eternal approval of God for himself and for his subjects. If God's supreme blessing comes through one man and then touches a whole nation, the people must also be brought by God beyond death into eternal life.

In this world every kingdom will face the danger of current and potential future enemies. One of the challenges of military strategy is having an accurate understanding of the position and strength of your foe. A hostile leader may successfully hide the location of his forces and use the element of surprise to great advantage. But no enemy can surprise God. If an enemy comes against his nation or his people, it must always be according to His permissive will. In the present age, he may use a foreign evil power for his own secret purposes, disciplining those He loves. But one day the power of all adversaries to harass the Lord's servants will be completely removed.

The Lord knows His enemies. They will not be able to hide from Him. A day will come when the true Anointed King will come in divine power in order to judge. He will come as the God-Man. He will remove from His kingdom every pretender and every secret enemy. He will bring perfect wrath upon those who hate Him and who abuse His beloved people.

The destruction that He will bring will not be temporary. The King's enemies will have no future generations upon the earth. His resurrection kingdom of fullest blessing will come down upon this world with perfect renewal from heavenly realms. Then all the people of the Lord will experience the fullness of divine protection living in the glorious eternal realm of the King of the Jews, the Christ, the Man, the Son of God.

This Anointed One has already been revealed for our salvation. He took upon Himself the wrath necessary for our forgiveness. He reigns now in the current world of resurrection above with all His children who have finished their race here below. At just the right time He will establish the fullness of His reign upon the earth forever.

In that day, the Lord, the King, will be exalted by His people without any remaining fear or doubt. The finally enemy, death, will be utterly destroyed. And the people of Jesus, the great King, will sing and praise the power of the Son of God with the fulness of everlasting joy.