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70 Weeks of Prophecy

The Bible vs Premillennialism

Part 4

In this fourth installment, I hope to examine the 110 Psalms and show how it disproves the pre-millenial theory. The 110th Psalm is a Psalm of David and it portrays the reign of Christ over his kingdom following his ascension into heaven and immortal glory. In this particular Psalm, Christ is referred to as a King and a Priest and he is seated on his throne in Heaven ruling and reigning.

In Psalms 110:1 we read “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” This verse is rather pictorial in that it gives us the image of Christ seated on His throne. It is also important to note that pre-millennialist believe that Christ will reign at a future time and will sit on an earthly throne. In the book of Hebrews 10:12-13 the bible teaches us that Christ took his place on the throne after he had made the sacrifice for sins. Therefore, the image that we see in Psalms 110:1 is an image of Christ after the Cross of Calvary.

The 110th Psalms creates several problems for the Pre-Mill follower. One problem being that it shows Christ as reigning now and not at a future time. Secondly, the popular idea that Christ will come back to earth and reign for a thousand years and then put all enemies under his feet is discredited by this Psalm. It is commonly believed by followers of this heresy that Christ will return to earth and will in a manner of time defeat all of his enemies, until He is the sole ruler of the planet. This verse however teaches something else. If you will notice in verse one the word “until” provides a rather large problem for the pre-mill advocate. The verse teaches us, in correspondence with Hebrews 10:13, that Christ will sit on His throne “until” his enemies are made his footstool. The proper understanding of this verse is that, while He is reigning on his throne, Christ will sit until his enemies are made his footstool. It does not agree with millennial theory that suggests that Christ will come to earth and then make his enemies his footstool.

With this information it is only reasonable to acknowledge that Christ procured the victory with his death, burial and resurrection, the victory is His. However, according to time, all things must assume their defeated place and eventually death itself will die, for the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. The work has been finished and Christ is King, it is just a matter of time in which we will witness these enemies fall, it is a foregone conclusion.

Another problem that the 110th Psalm creates for the Pre-Mill advocate is that it introduces Christ as a King and a Priest while he is reigning. The pre-millennialist believes that Christ will return to earth and then become the king, and priest. This is a huge error in light of the teachings of the 110th Psalm. The 110th Psalm teaches us that Christ is the King and that he is a priest forever after the order of Melchizidek. The popular notion that Christ will be a king and priest after a supposed return to earth, would not be proper according to scripture. In the seventh chapter of the book of Hebrews verse 14 we read “For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.” This verse teaches us that Christ could not be a priest on earth because he was not of the tribe of Levi. With this we are made to understand through the simple process of elimination that if Christ could not be a priest on earth, according to the scriptures, then his throne cannot be on earth. This then leads us to understand that Christ is reigning now and that he will continue to reign until all of his enemies are made his footstool.

I could spend further time on the subject of Psalms 110, but feel that a sufficient amount of time has been spent for now. In part five of this study , I hope to explore the 9th chapter of Daniel.