Passage Read: Psalm 107-110
Meditation Verses: 110:4-6
Thought
This seems so incongruous: a priest crushing the heads of kings on the day of his wrath! Priests are supposed to intercede, but here it says there will be a day of wrath, and it will be bloody! A priest who is king, and he will heap up the dead in the day he executes judgment. This Priest is not one to be trifled with: He is ruler of all, and all need to bow the knee or pay the ultimate price. This is the Gospel: An offer of peace through this King's own blood, forgiveness if we will surrender to Him and receive Him as Lord. If not, we were already objects of wrath, and the day will come when He pours out His fury on all those who refused and rejected Him. And that will be a bloody day indeed!
Application
This is the message I need to bring to people. This is why I need to plead with them to save themselves, not just from this wicked and depraved generation, but from the wrath of the Lamb who will return to reign! The Gospel is not "You're hurting and sad, so come receive the love of God." It is rather terms of surrender from a far superior force! God's love is to make this offer of peace by the sacrifice of His own precious Son, but it requires bowing the knee to accept His Son as King! To reject the offer is to remain His enemy, only to await the outpouring of His wrath.