NT Framework - The Day of The Begotten

When God says that 'today I have begotten you', what day is He referring to? Prior to creation, overshadowing of Mary, Jesus' birth, death, resurrection, or some other day?

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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Setting The Framework
• 0:10 Psalm 2 And The Messiah
• 1:52 God Laughs And Decrees
• 2:48 Installed On Zion
• 4:02 Begotten At Resurrection
• 5:05 Ask Of Me: The Nations
• 6:13 Rod Of Iron And Judgment
• 6:18 Revelation 2 Connection
• 7:24 Believers Reigning With Christ

Transcript

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Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.

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Let's go to Psalm chapter 2 for the second major point. The idea that the session is depicted in the Royal Psalm of David. Many of the Psalms, of course, speak or are David speaking, but it's speaking through David about Messiah. It's not speaking about David specifically. In other words, David was being used as a prophet, and he was a foreshadowing of the Messiah. Sometimes people try to find a significance in the life of David. In this one, you don't find one. So this is exclusively about the Messiah. It's considered a royal psalm because the Messiah would come from David. Particularly in verse, I mean, you can see everybody in an uproar. I wonder why they're in such an uproar. Is it possibly because there's demons and you know, Satan's minions behind the nations? Stirring them up to be contrary to God? Sure. Verse 2, the kings of the earth take their stand, the rulers take their counsel together against Yahweh and his anointed. That's the Messiah, the anointed. Messiah Mashiach means anointed. So against Yahweh and his Messiah, saying, Let us tear their fetters apart, cast their way their courts from us. In other words, they want the world to themselves and God to leave. He who sits in the heavens does what? He laughs. If you didn't know God laughs, God laughs. He does laugh. Says so right here. He's laughing about this silly plan. He's scoffing at them. Then he will speak to them in his anger. He will terrify them in his fury. And we come to verse 6 and 7, which relate directly to the session. But as for me, now this is Yahweh speaking, right? As for me, I have installed my king upon Zion, my holy mountain. And his who's his king? The Messiah, who we know we know as Jesus, right? And where is he installing his this king? Where? Upon Zion. My holy mountain. Now, this isn't in heaven. This is on earth. It's Mount Zion. You know, like it always is in the Bible. Mount Zion, you know, that place. And that's what he's talking about. He's installing his king on Mount Zion, just like Daniel 7 predicted, so it will be. Now, verse 7, I will surely tell the decree of the Lord. In other words, this is something that God has decreed. It's part of the plan of God. It's an immovable piece in the plan of God. There are certain pieces that are that are immovable. Take, for example, something like the rapture. I mean, you can pray against it all you want to, but is it still going to happen? Sure. Why? Because it's a fixed, immovable peace in the plan of God. You can pray against his kingdom coming, but it's again a fixed, immovable peace in the plan of God. So as for me, he says, I've installed my king upon Zion, my holy mountain. I will surely tell the decree of the Lord, He said to me, now wait, something happened. In verse 6, who was speaking? That was Yahweh, right? Let's just say the Father. But here in verse 7, something changed in the middle of verse 7 when he says, He said to me, You are my son. So who's speaking now? Jesus, the Messiah, right? He said to me, You are my son. So we've had a shift in speaker. Today I have begotten you. Now, the begottenness here does not have to do with the incarnation. A lot of people think it does initially. They think, oh, this is the birth of Jesus or something like that. No, this is the resurrection. The day that he was resurrected. That's the day he was begotten into his office as a rightful heir or king. Okay? That's when he became the rightful heir or king at his resurrection to rule the world. So on that day, that was the day that the Father said to the Son, You are my son, today I have begotten you. You are the heir of the kingdom to come. Okay. Ask of me, verse eight. Now we're back to a different speaker. It's which speaker again. So verse six is Yahweh, verse seven is the Messiah, and verse eight is back to Yahweh. And Yahweh is saying to the Son, Ask of me, and I will surely give you the nations as your inheritance, and the very ends of the what? Earth as your possession. Earth. Where is he going to set up his kingdom? On earth. I mean, otherwise, why would he need to shatter and destroy everybody like he's going to do in verse 9? On the earth. Just have your kingdom in heaven and leave them to the earth, you know. But no, he's going to set up his kingdom on the very earth. Notice one of the things that Jesus is doing in his session there in verse 8. The Father says to the Son, Ask of me. What does the word ask mean? What are we doing when we ask for things for God, from God? We're praying. Aiteo is one of the Greek words for ask or request, proseukimi, another one. There are six different Greek words for prayer, and they all have this basic idea in them, asking. And what the Son is doing in his session right now, one of the things he's doing is he's asking the Father for his inheritance. Give me the nations. Now, from the right hand of the Father. So that's one of the things that's transpiring in the session currently. In verse 9, it speaks of when he comes to remove his enemies from earth, set up his kingdom. You shall break them with a rod of iron, you shall shatter them like earthenware. Now, if you like, I think hold your place here and go over to Revelation chapter 2. Revelation chapter 2, the seven churches, right? Seven churches of Asia that Paul, I'm sorry, P uh John, I'll get to him eventually. John wrote to the seven churches of Asia while he's on the Isle of Patmos, the last book in the New Testament canon. The book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. In chapter 2, I think it's verse 26, 27. You'll notice that this Psalm that we were in, Psalm 2, verse 9, was quoted right here to this church. Verse 26, he who overcomes and he who keeps my deeds to the end, to him I will give authority over the nation. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces. See, one of the no, I believe all believers are overcomers, but what's being described is the fact that you, me, us we're given motivation here to overcome in the Christian life, because guess what? We are going to receive authority over the nations with the Messiah. And we are going to rule them with a rod of iron alongside the Messiah. He's the king of kings, right? Which means he's the highest king. But we will also function as kings, and let's just say queens, kings and queens on the earth, with him during his messianic reign. That's not currently happening, right? But it is to happen. So that's a nice uh touch that we have brought in in Revelation 2 to describe our ultimate position and place with the Messiah as the one who will rule in the Messianic kingdom with him.

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