NT Framework - What is Jesus Asking the Father about right now

Jesus is sitting in heaven, at the right hand of God, and is asking the Father for something... what do you think it is?

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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. 

Transcript

Welcome And Series Context

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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.

David As Prophet Of Messiah

Nations Rebel Against Yahweh’s Messiah

God Laughs And Responds In Fury

Installed King On Zion

Today I Have Begotten You

Ask Of Me: The Nations As Inheritance

Prayer And The Present Session

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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 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's laughs. He does laugh. It 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 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. Um, 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 a 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 said, 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 the 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. Ask of me, verse eight. Now we're back to a different speaker. It's which speaker again. So verse 6 is Yahweh, verse 7 is the Messiah, and verse 8 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 me? 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, prosecute, proseukumai, 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.

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Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube under Spokane Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with Him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.