The sermon focuses on Mark chapter 12, verses 35-37, where Jesus questions the scribes' understanding of the Messiah as the Son of David. It emphasizes the central theme of the Gospel of Mark, which is identifying Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God. The sermon explains that Mark's Gospel demonstrates Jesus' authority and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, showing Him as the promised Messiah and divine Son of God. Jesus uses Psalm 110 to clarify His divine nature, pointing out that David refers to the Messiah as 'Lord,' indicating His superiority and divinity. Psalm 110 is highlighted as a crucial text, describing the Messiah's eternal reign and His roles as prophet, priest, and king. The sermon concludes by urging listeners to accept Jesus as Lord, emphasizing the blessings of turning to Him and the consequences of rejection.

Mark chapter 12 beginning in verse 35. If you have a pew Bible, the Bible under the chair in front of you, you can find that on page 1011. Page 1011. Would you please stand with me as we stand in honor of the word of God being read, expecting that God will transform us by the renewing of our minds. Mark chapter 12 beginning in verse 35 and we will read through verse 37.

And Jesus began to say as he taught in the temple, How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David. David himself said in the Holy Spirit, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet. David himself calls him Lord, so in what sense is he his son? And the large crowd enjoyed listening to him. May God bless the reading and preaching of his word.

Amen. You may be seated. Do you remember what the Gospel of Mark is all about? Mark begins his Gospel with the central theme of the whole book. Who is Jesus?

Mark 1, 1. The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. You want to know what Mark is about? Who is Jesus? You get it in chapter one, verse one.

And much of Mark's gospel then is demonstrating that reality. Who is Jesus and what is this Jesus who is the Christ the Son of God what has he come to accomplish so marks all about showing you that this Jesus who teaches as one with authority that this Jesus who is Lord of the Sabbath, that this Jesus who binds the strong man Satan and plunders his kingdom, that this Jesus who can forgive sins, that this Jesus who has just written up to Jerusalem on a donkey like the prophets foretold, that this Jesus who just overturned the tables in the temple, that this Jesus, Mark is making plain, this Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, who has come into the world to destroy the works of the devil and he is God's son. That this Jesus is God. That's what the Christ means, you know. That word Christ, we say it a lot, see it a lot in the scriptures.

Christ, it means the anointed one, the promised one. Sometimes it's translated Messiah. The one promised to bring salvation. That's what the Christ means. And Mark has been telling you that Jesus is that promised Messiah Mark has been telling you who Jesus is and what Jesus has accomplished in his coming as the Christ Let's need to remind you of that because we've been away And so it should come as no surprise, if that's been Mark's aim this whole time, and we've seen it week after week, that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, it should come as no surprise to you that here in chapter 12, Jesus is once again bringing up what title?

Christ. And our text begins with Jesus back in the temple teaching. Where is he at? In the temple. He's been in the temple for a long time He's back in the temple teaching and finally finally Jesus gets to ask a question himself You'll recall that nearly all of chapter 12 besides the first 12 verses all of chapter 12 nearly consisted of Jesus being questioned by every type of temple representative that Israel could have thrown at him.

You've got the Pharisees and the Herodians, they have a question about taxes and the image of God. You've got the Sadducees, They bring him a question about the resurrection and marriage. Even a scribe comes up to him. It's a question about the law of God. It reveals the disobedience of Israel and the temple.

By the end of that last question, nobody, the text says, will dare to ask Jesus any more questions. No more questions for Jesus. And so finally, Jesus gets to ask a question of his own. Jesus asks a question of his own. Look in verse 35.

And Jesus began to say, as he taught in the temple, how is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? Now, if you were to turn to Matthew's Gospel, you don't need to, but in Matthew chapter 22, this same event is recorded in Matthew's Gospel and Jesus asks in Matthew 22 whose son is the Christ? And the Pharisees gathered around Jesus, they together answered him, the Son of David. Whose son is the Christ? And they all answered, of course, it's obvious, Jesus.

The Christ is the son of David And Mark is saying the same thing in his gospel, he's just summarizing it for us. Jesus is asking, who is the Christ? Who is the son of David? Where does he come from? And what's the answer that all of Israel knows?

All of Israel knows from the Old Testament that the Christ should come from Bethlehem, the city of David. And the Gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, what do they say? Yes. That's where Jesus came from. Israel would know that the Christ was to be descended from David, from the tribe of Judah.

What do the gospel writers say? Uh-huh. Jesus is from the tribe of Judah, David's tribe. The Pharisees and the scribes, they would know that the Christ, that the Messiah, the promised son of David was to come from Galilee and one of the Gospels declare Yes Jesus came out of Galilee They would know that the promised son of David the Christ Was to come that there would be Elijah that would come first. There would be a forerunner that would come before the Christ was to come.

And again, the Gospels tell us time and time and time and time again that John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah as that promised forerunner, they would know. We should know that the son of David was promised to come riding on a donkey into Jerusalem. That the coming of the Son of David would begin. He would come to Jerusalem on a colt. And what does Mark 11 tell you?

Yes. Yes, He will. Yes, he did. Jesus was placed in a cult in Mark 11, just one chapter prior. He walked over coats and leafy branches, spread out like a red carpet for the king on his way to Jerusalem.

It's been obvious. Where does the Christ come from? Where does the promised son of David come from? From Bethlehem, from the tribe of Judah, out of Galilee, following a forerunner, coming on a colt into Jerusalem. And what has Mark been showing you?

That this is exactly where Jesus has come from. Exactly. Who is the Christ? Who is the Son of David? That should be obvious.

But just in case you haven't got it yet, just in case you're like me and you're a little dense, Mark makes it very, very clear, he makes it impossible to miss, with all those prophecies from Bethlehem to a donkey fulfilled in Jesus can you still be sure me can you really be sure that just that this Jesus I hear all the prophecies but is this Jesus really the promised son of David is he really the promised one? Mark chapter 10, verse 47 and 48. Blind Bartimaeus, who can't even physically see, Even the blind man knows who Jesus is. What does the blind Bartimaeus cry out as Jesus passes by in Mark chapter 10? Son of David.

Son of David he shouts. Oh that I would regain my sight, Son of David help me. Even the man who cannot see can see who Jesus is. What do the crowds in Mark chapter 11 shout and shout as Jesus passes by them. Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father, David. What are they saying? What are they shouting? This is the son of David! This is the son of David!

This is the Messiah whose father is David! And so here in our passage, Jesus asks a question of his own. And the answer is obvious. The Christ was to come in exactly the same way that Jesus came. Therefore, Jesus is the Christ.

The son of David was to come in exactly the same way that Jesus had come. Therefore, Jesus is the promised Son of David. Jesus is the promised King. But what kind of King is He? Well, God had told David in 2nd Samuel chapter 7 that one from David's line would rule, and that his rule would never end.

That one of David's descendants would come, and that this descendant's throne would endure for all time, forever. That was a promise that God made to David in second Samuel 7 and these temple leaders these men that Jesus is talking to in verses 35 through 37 they know that promise The son of David was coming and when he came his kingdom and rule would never cease. But the prevailing idea among these leaders was that this descendant of David would simply be another man. He'd simply be another man. He'd be merely mortal.

He would not be divine. And Jesus in our passage is going to fix that. In verse 36, He's going to fix that poor theology. He's going to offer to fix that misunderstanding of who the Messiah will actually be. The promised Son of David that has come to rule forever will not be merely a man.

He is not merely a man. No, actually the promised Christ, the Son of David, Jesus, he will be, he is the God-man. Jesus is doubling down on what Mark says in the very first verse of his gospel that I read at the beginning of the sermon. Jesus is yes the Christ and he is also the son of God. That's what I want you to see.

The answer to the question. The Christ, the son of David, is divine. Jesus asks, how is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? And Jesus answers them, He answers that question by quoting from Psalm 110, Psalm 110 verse 1. Psalm 110 is the most quoted Psalm in the Bible.

Do you know that? There is no Psalm quoted more than Psalm 110 in the New Testament. Which means by the way that you should probably know and understand that Psalm. If that's the one that all of the gospel writers and all of the New Testament writers thought was the most important knew was the one of the most important Psalms you should know it they quoted the most and so Jesus he quotes it he uses Psalm 110 to make plain exactly who the Christ is. He is God.

He is divine. And so in verse 36, Jesus quotes from Psalm 110 verse 1, I'm going to read it again. We see it in verse 36, It's in all caps if you have a new American standard. Verse 36, David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet. Now I just want you to notice that Jesus believes in the divine inspiration of the Old Testament.

The Holy Spirit is God. The Psalms were breathed out by God according to Jesus. Jesus says in verse 36, David himself said in the Holy Spirit, men like David were moved by the Holy Spirit and they spoke from God. Jesus believes in the divine inspiration of the Old Testament. Don't you dare jettison the Old Testament.

You do that, you lose a lot of things. You do that, you get lost. Don't do that. Listen to the New Testament that says the Old Testament is absolutely essential. So David in the Holy Spirit wrote Psalm 110.

And in verse 1, David wrote these words, the Lord said to my Lord. Now if you were to look at Psalm 110 which we will in a bit we'll go there in a little bit here you would see that the first Lord there in Psalm 110 is the Hebrew word for Yahweh and the second Lord there in our passage and in Psalm 110 is the Hebrew word Adonai so Yahweh said to my Adonai okay Yahweh is the holy Old Testament name for God, and Adonai was another holy name reserved for God. Yahweh said to Adonai, God said to God. You got that? David is writing about his coming descendant, and David is calling that descendant, Lord Adonai.

David is calling his descendant Adonai. Isn't that strange? And that's what Jesus is getting at in verse 37 of Mark 12. Isn't it strange that David himself calls him Lord? So in what sense is he his son?

David is the king. Do kings call their children Lord? Isn't that how it works? Kings don't call their sons their lords. David is the king.

He's the greatest king that Israel has ever had, and yet in this passage, here is David calling his son, his descendant, Lord Adonai. Not just Lord, but the Lord reserved for God. Why is that? Why is David calling his descendant Lord? I think you know the answer, right?

You don't. The Pharisees should know the answer. We should know the answer. The promised son of David is not merely a man, but the Son of God. David isn't talking about merely a descendant, but a descendant who is God taken on flesh, entering into his line.

Psalm 110 is the eternal father speaking to the eternal son. This is God the father speaking to God the son and so you should read it that way and Let's read it that way. The father said to the son, sit at my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet. The Old Testament taught that the promised son of David was not just to be a man, he was to be the God man. Psalm 110 taught that God would take on flesh and from the line of David God himself would reign and throne forever.

David says so in Psalm 110. And so all of the temple leaders, really all of Israel would have agreed that David was the standard when it came to kings. Right? If you want to go on to ask anyone, who's the greatest king of Israel? David.

Man, if we could just have another David on the throne, man, we'd be legit. That's what they'd say. Maybe not quite the same way that I said it. If we could just have another David on the throne, things would be amazing. What does Jesus say to that?

He says something like, there is one far greater than David who is here. There is one far greater than David who has come. The promised Christ, the son of David, was David's Lord. He was preeminent above David. You think David's great?

What about David's Lord? If David was a good king, how much greater the one who is David's Lord? How much greater the one who made David? How much greater the one who sustained David and kept David how much greater is he if the kingdom of David was great if that was the golden age of Israel how much greater how much more golden the kingdom of Adonai How much greater the kingdom of the Christ? So what's the answer?

Who is the Christ? The Christ is not merely a man. The son of David is not merely a man. He is Adonai. The Messiah must be God.

The Son of David is greater than David. The Son of David is divine. The Christ is God. The Christ is God. You got that?

The Christ is who? The Christ is who? Say it one more time. The Christ is Mark chapter 14. The same men that Jesus is now talking to in chapter 12 and chapter 14.

Two chapters later, you know what they ask Jesus? Are you the Christ? And what does Jesus say? I am. Beloved, Jesus has time and time and time and time again made it plain exactly who he is He is the Christ the promised son of David and therefore he is God This passage is clear as I'll get out the Christ must be God and in two chapters later are you the Christ?

The dots, huge dots. Jesus is God. I just get so fed up with people that I love but they tell me all the time Jesus never said that he was God man read the Bible it's right there I know it's separated by a little text the Christ must be God are you the Christ I am got it okay sorry a little fresh okay so this passage I want to make sure this is clear, this is communicating, this passage is really basic. It's awesome truth. Jesus is the Lord God of Psalm 110.

He is the Adonai. The Lord that David referred to in Psalm 110. That's Jesus. He is David's superior. And the Apostle Peter, in Acts chapter 2, you remember he's preaching on the day of Pentecost, Peter actually quotes directly from this same Psalm, Psalm 110, same Psalm, same verse.

He quotes the same section of this Psalm in his sermon on Pentecost and in his sermon in Acts 2, Peter makes the argument that as great as David was, and you can see the people in Peter's days say, oh yeah, David was great. David was great. As great as he was, Jesus is infinitely greater. Why? What argument does Peter make?

Why is Jesus greater? Well, Peter says, because as great as David was, he didn't rise up from the dead. David is still in the tomb. But David's Lord, Jesus, rose up from the tomb. Jesus isn't in the grave anymore, but David remains.

How much greater is Jesus? That's his point. Mark says it, Acts says it, all the New Testament says it, Jesus is greater. Jesus is superior over everyone and everything, even over David, which is quite a statement. Jesus is Lord over everyone and everything.

And I want you to see that really clearly. Jesus quotes Psalm 110 so that these men will come to grips with the Messiah. The Messiah just can't be just a man. He must be greater than David. He must be greater than a man.

He must be the God-man. He must be divine. And so, I want you to see this clearly. Jesus quotes from Psalm 110. Peter quotes from Psalm 110.

The New Testament quotes from Psalm 110 again and again and again. What should we do? I think we should go there. Let's just look at Psalm 110 together. I want you to see this clearly.

I want to answer the question, what is it that this Savior will do that David could not do? I mean, if He's going to be greater than David, he must do something greater than David right and someone 10 tells us the greatness of Jesus and what he's come to do so I want to I want to go there let's go to Psalm 110 if you have a pew Bible You can find that on page 621. Page 621. Psalm 110. This is the psalm that Jesus quoted in Mark 12.

Peter quoted in Acts 2. It's the most quoted psalm in all of the New Testament. Which should tell you that if you really want to know who Jesus is and what Jesus came to do, You must know this Psalm. So that's why we're going to it. What do we mean?

What do I mean when I say that Jesus is greater? What do I mean that when I say Jesus is preeminent? Psalm 110 tells us. Beginning in verse 1. The Lord says to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.

That's what was quoted in Mark 12. Verse 2, the Lord will stretch forth your strong scepter from Zion saying, rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people will volunteer freely in the day of your power, in holy array from the womb of the dawn. Your youth are to you as the dew. The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind.

You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. The Lord is at your right hand. He will shatter kings in the day of his wrath. He will judge among the nations. He will fill them with corpses.

He will shatter the chief men over a broad country. He will drink from the brook by the wayside. Therefore, he will lift up his head. Again, verse one of that passage is what Jesus quoted in Mark 12. God the Father said to God the Son, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.

You're to sit at my right hand until your enemies have made a footstool. And the Lord Jesus went to a cross to defeat his enemies. He cried out, what? It is finished. The work was accomplished.

And then he raised up from the grave, triumphant over sin and Satan, having won the world to himself. And then he ascended. And where did he ascend to? Paul says in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 20 God raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places far above all rule and authority and power and dominion above every name that is named now and forever and all things Are being put in subjection under his feet and he has had over all things to the church at the right hand of the Father. And He will rule there now, right now, until it says, Psalm 110 says, until all of Christ's enemies and All of your enemies, Christian, have been made a footstool.

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15, 25-27, quoting from this same psalm, Paul says, this Christ who has ascended and sits at the right hand of the Father. In verse 25 of 1 Corinthians 15, He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death, for He has put all things in subjection under his feet. Ephesians 1, 1 Corinthians 15, they both say what was promised in Psalm 110 verse 1 happened in the resurrection and ascension and now reign of Jesus Christ in His first coming. And Jesus who is Lord according to Psalm 110 verse 2 is now reigning and ruling in the midst of His enemies.

In the midst of His enemies, That's what verse 2 says. Rule in the midst of your enemies. Stretch forth your strong scepter. Christ has so triumphed in His finished work at Calvary. And now through His church, He is sending soldiers out into the battle with a gospel that enemies cannot stand against.

Not even the gates of hell can stand against the power of this Jesus Christ and his gospel as he wields his scepter from Zion and his church goes forth. Jesus rules in the midst of his enemies in strength as he sends his church out from Pentecost Into the world that he has won with his blood that's verse 2 Verse 3 his soldiers his people his saints His people are His saints and they are the Lord's and are they few in number? Are the saints few in number? Is this God who is ruling and reigning? He just has a few.

No! Are they barely hanging on? Are they few in number? Far from it, according to verse 3. The promise is that the soldiers of Jesus Christ, the soldiers of the Lord of Psalm 110, that they are As numerous, the church is as numerous as the dew droplets in the morning.

So you go outside, you've been there. The entire ground is wet in the morning. The dew covers the earth. So it is with the armies of Adonai they are strong like youth they are light like the dawn upon a dark world they will triumph as they go forth with an undefeated gospel. The armies of Jesus Christ go forth from Him who rules in the midst of enemies, in the midst of God-haters, in the midst of wolves and blasphemers.

The saints of Christ, His church, go forth armed, not for carnal warfare, but for warfare for souls. The saints go out armed with the gospel of Jesus Christ The saints go out in the midst of enemies because from Matthew chapter 28 on, Adonai has told us, Adonai has told you, he has told this church to go and make disciples of all the nations because all authority and dominion in heaven and on earth has been given to Adonai. Because Psalm 110 is true. That's why you go. We are to go Because all of his enemies are being put under his feet.

Victory is assured. The Lord will not change his mind. Psalm 2. Psalm 2. It's the beginning of the Psalter.

Psalm 2 is true. Adonai has asked for the nations and Jehovah has given the nations to him. Satan, if you remember, Satan offered Jesus the world, didn't he? Satan offered Jesus the nations at the beginning of His ministry during the temptations. And Christ Jesus said what?

No. I will win them to myself. Satan offered to give Jesus the nations at the beginning of His ministry, and by the end of his ministry Jesus has won them. They are his by his own making and so he Adonai tells his church go and get that which I have won and bought with my blood. Go and get that which I have won and bought with my blood.

Go and get that which I have won and purchased with my blood. Go and get it. And so we go to the nations and we go to the neighborhoods Go to our neighbors Go to Earl, go to Osceola Go to Kansas City We go as ambassadors and soldiers for Christ, clothed in garments, His garments of salvation, clothed in His gospel armor, declaring Jesus is Lord. Kiss the Son, trust the Son, obey the Son, and be blessed or perish in your sin in hell for eternity. So, we go and proclaim.

We sing, stand up, stand up, for Jesus, you soldiers of the cross, lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss. From victory unto victory, His army shall add an eye lead, till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed. Because Psalm 110 is fulfilled in Jesus. Psalm 110 continues in verse 4. The Lord Jesus is a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Now there's a character for you. Melchizedek was a character all the way back at the beginning of the Bible in Genesis with Abraham in Genesis 14. Melchizedek was a king and a priest. Listen to this. He was king and priest over a land called Salem.

Salem. What does that sound like? Salem. Jeru. Salem.

More than likely, this was the king and priest of a land which would later be called Jerusalem. And there can be a lot more said about this character. But for the sake of this psalm, This is what you need to understand. The Christ who came, this Jesus who was quoting Psalm 110, He was to be a priest according to the order of Melchizedek. He was like Melchizedek.

He might have been Melchizedek. Talk to me afterwards. He, Jesus, the Christ was king and priest. Melchizedek was king and priest over Salem. And Jesus is coming into Jerusalem.

And God is saying, look at the king and priest coming into Jerusalem. I think that's just neat. The author of Hebrews quotes Psalm 110 verse 4 the same thing I just talked about about Melchizedek. The author of Hebrews quotes verse 4 several times. He quotes it in Hebrews 5, Hebrews 6, Hebrews 7, and he's quoting it to demonstrate that this Jesus who fulfills Psalm 110 is greater even than Abraham, the very father of Israel.

That's, is greater than Abraham. And, he's greater than David. And what more, you know what? He's even greater than the angels. That's the argument through Hebrews.

Jesus is greater than Abraham. Jesus is greater than David. Jesus is even greater than the angels. There's nobody greater than Jesus. He's far greater.

He is prophet, priest, and king. I want you to see this. I want you to see this. Jesus came as prophet, priest, and king, and you see this in Psalm 110. His prophetic office is in verse 2 of Psalm 110.

Prophet. His priestly office is in verse 4, what we just discussed. He's priest. And his kingly office is literally through one through seven. Every other place.

Prophetic office, verse two. Priestly office, verse four. Kingly office, the whole psalm. Beloved, this is the greatness of the God man. The greatness of your Savior.

Before you had a king, before you had a prophet, before you had a priest, in Jesus you get prophet, priest, and king. Whoa! He is great. This is the greatness of the God man, prophet, priest, and king. He came to conquer.

He came to conquer and He did. He came to win and rule the world and he did and he is until all his enemies will be vanquished. That's what Mark's gospel is really all about. Christ, the triumphant Son of God, the conquering Son of God. Somebody asked me not too recently, it was a while back ago, If you had to give a title for all of you, we're on sermon number 50 in Mark.

Wow. At this page we have like a hundred. But someone asked me, what's the title of the whole series? If you had to title the series, and that's what I said. I said, I think it would be Christ, the conquering son of God.

Because that's quoting the beginning of the book, and that's just the whole flavor of the whole thing. Christ is greater. Christ is superior. Christ is winning. Christ is triumphant.

And what starts as a little seed is going to be the biggest thing in the garden. It's going to produce 30-fold, 60-fold, 100-fold. Christ is the conquering Son of God. And He came and He fulfilled Psalm 110. And church, you need to hear this.

You are more than a conqueror because you belong to him You are in him and therefore in him He is the conqueror you are more than conquerors in Jesus Christ the son of David That's really good news when you go out these doors Matthew Henry writes and beloved we gave you a book by J.C. Ryle for Christmas. If you didn't get one, by the way, let me know. I have one left. J.C.

Ryle, fantastic. Matthew Henry, he's up there. I mean, this is you got to read some Matthew Henry. This is what this is what he says and singing this psalm We should sing it We must believe upon Christ. We must submit ourselves entirely to him We must submit ourselves to His grace and government and triumph in Him as our prophet, priest, and king, by whom we hoped to be ruled and taught and saved forever, and as the prophet, priest, and king of the whole church, who shall reign till he has put down all opposing rule, principality, and power, and delivered up the kingdom to God the Father." What a great Savior you have.

Well notice how this psalm ends. We end the psalm here with the words, the Lord is at your right hand. That is in verse 5, the Lord is at your right hand. That's the same language in verse 1. Same as what Ephesians 1 tells us concerning Christ's ascension in current reign.

The Lord is at your right hand. He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. Christ will judge among the nations. Christ will fill them with corpses. Christ will shatter the chief men over a broad country.

And Christ will drink from the brook by the wayside, therefore, he will lift up his head." Friends, this language at the end here, verses 5 through 7, this is judgment language. This is the judgment of God. This is the same language that Psalm chapter 2 uses to describe the awful judgment of God upon wicked men and wicked kings in wicked nations because of their sin and rebellion against God. You need to hear this plainly. Everyone in this room, if you just zoned out, zone back in.

God will shatter you. He will shatter you individually, and He will shatter any nation corporately that rejects Him and His rule. He will judge you for your sin, and Christ will judge any nation in rebellion against his reign like he didn't saw them. He will fill unrepentant nations with corpses. Some he will judge with the sword Like the nations throughout history who have been obliterated and wiped out for they did not kiss the sun.

That's how He will judge some of the nations and fill them with corpses. And some nations who reject Christ, Christ will judge with the judgment of Romans chapter 1. By giving them over to themselves so that they fill their own land with their own dead. Kind of like America. A land filled with the corpses of millions and millions and millions of precious little babies.

Oh that we would repent. The Lord Jesus will break rulers. He will shatter sinners. He will give you and your nation what you deserve. For he will not be mocked.

He will not be mocked and his patience will not endure forever so here are the options for you this morning here are the options continuance in continuing rebellion against Adonai and the Adonai of Psalm 110 the Almighty Jesus of Mark 12 will destroy you will shatter you and Psalm 2 says he will shatter you like pottery he will break you with a rod of iron for eternity in hell. It's what it will do. Either you will be judged, you will be shattered, you will be broken, or Adonai will be broken for you. Continue in your sin and receive the due penalty or turn to Him and be saved. Turn to Adonai and with gladness, trust Him and with gladness obey Him.

And Adonai will have taken that shattering, and that beating, and that judgment, and that rod of iron, Adonai will have taken that for you in your place as he went to his cross. My prayer is that you would kiss the son, that you would turn from your sin and trust the Son. My prayer is that our nation, America, and all the nations around the world and all the towns around us would Turn and kiss the Son. Oh, that you, friend, that you, dear child in this congregation, that my own children, that you little ones in this congregation would hear me clearly. If you do not know Christ this morning, you may turn to Him, poor and needy.

Jesus ready stands to save you, and He is greater than any sin. Come to Him. Come to Him, and He will give you rest. How blessed, the psalm says, are those to Him who turn. You see that throughout the Psalter.

How blessed are those to Him. How blessed are those who to Him turn. How blessed are those to Adonai seek refuge. He will shatter you in judgment or His Son will be shattered for you in your place." What a wonderful Savior. What an incredible exchange.

Do you know what the Savior's done? He has done, verse 7, Christ has drank the full cup of God's wrath, and He cried out, It is done. And He rose up proving that the cross satisfied the judgments of Psalm 2 and Psalm 110. And that for all, hear this, for all who are in Christ Jesus by faith. They are as Psalm 1 says, they are like a tree planted by streams of living water drinking from the brook, drinking from Christ and His Word and they are satisfied.

And God, Jehovah, has lifted up sinners, turned saints, He's lifted up their heads, for they belong to this Adonai. And he has nailed it all to his cross. Jesus is Lord. Jesus is Lord with all caps. And Mark says, at the end of Mark 12, 37, Mark says, the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him.

They were glad, it says at the end of our text. They were filled with delight at Jesus' words. Don't you think that's an appropriate response for you this morning? Will you not go out of here in the same way, full of delight, amazed? And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Savior's blood?

Died He for me? My living head? Can it be? How can it be? How can I be like a tree planted firmly by streams of living water?

How can it be when I know that I deserve to be thrown into the burn pile. Because Christ, because Christ was shattered and broken and beaten for you. Christ drank the full cup of God's wrath so that you could drink from the brook, from the living water that is Christ Jesus. Let the nations be glad. Let the peoples rejoice.

For salvation belongs to our God. Let the whole earth be filled with the praises of the Lord. For salvation belongs to our God, the Christ, the Son of David, who rules the world. Be glad, church. Be glad.

Let's pray. Oh Father, make us glad in Jesus Christ our Lord. Make us glad in the triumphant Lord of Psalm 110. Fill us with delight. And all the peoples of God said, Amen.

Well, we have just studied Psalm 110, and so what better way to respond than to sing it? So if you would please grab your music sheet and stand together with me as we respond now as we sing Psalm 110 the Lord said to my Lord.