Conclusion The Divinity of the Messiah: Psalm 2
Saul of Tarsus-- once the great Jewish persecutor of the early Christians, and later the foremost writer of the Scriptures of the Christian New Testament:
(1) voiced his great desire for the Salvation of his fellow Jews, i.e., "that they might be Saved" (Romans 10:1),
(2) noted the confusion of his Jewish brethren concerning the lack of efficacy of the Mosaic Law to have ever made them Righteous-- God's Righteous Law demands Righteousness, but does not produce Righteousness-- i.e., "they being ignorant of God's Righteousness" (Romans 10:3),
(3) described the simplicity of the "Righteousness which is of Faith" (Romans 10:6)-- we are accounted Righteous, only when we trust God-- i.e., "the Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth" (Romans 10:8), and
(4) ended his plea with their necessity to believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead-- in other words, Jesus is the Messiah-- "[If thou] shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be Saved" (Romans 10:9).
"1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayed to God for Israel is, that they might be Saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to Knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God's Righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the Righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the End of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For Moses describeth the Righteousness which is of the Law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6 But the Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into Heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the Word of Faith, which we preach;
9 that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be Saved" (Romans 10:1-9).
Even the disciples of Jesus were initially unclear about the significance of this idea that Jesus would Rise from the dead. "9 And as they came down from the mountain, He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of Man were Risen from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the Rising from the dead should mean"
(Mark 9:9-10). But, for the Jew who would subsequently believe in the Resurrection of Jesus, it would not only mean believing that Jesus is the Messiah, but living a life, which would be consistent with the Revelation of Jesus Christ in the Christian Gospels. "He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked"
(1John 2:6). To reject the massive amount of evidence that is easily available to "whosoever will"
(Revelation 22:17), leaves one successfully discarding the evidence of history, the Scriptures, and the Spirit of the Living God; but, why? "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst Come. And whosoever will, let him take the Water of Life freely" (Revelation 22:17).
May the Almighty richly bless the reading of His Word! And, may Jesus be exalted as the Messiah, the Risen Saviour!
Amen, and Amen.