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Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.
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Christ's Scepter is the Gospel
Commentators explain that the "rod of thy strength" is not a weapon for physical warfare but the spiritual scepter of Christ's authority—the Gospel itself. John Gill identifies it as "the power of God unto salvation." This power doesn't just destroy enemies; as Albert Barnes notes, it transforms rebellious hearts into willing subjects, establishing Christ's rule within them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion — The scepter of your power; that with which you shall rule. It will be giv…
19th Century
Anglican
Send.—The verb should be rendered here as stretch, as in Genesis 22:10 and Genesis 48:14, and it frequently refe…
Baptist
The LORD said to my Lord, "You sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jehovah shall send out of Zion the scepter of your power. The Psalmist not only confirms, in different terms, what he stated above, but al…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion His royal and powerful sceptre, called the sceptre of right…
Glorious things are spoken here of Christ. Not only would he be superior to all the kings of the earth, but he then existed in glory as the eternal…
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