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The Old Testament is full of Messianic prophecies- prophecies foretelling the coming of the Promised Messiah. The Psalms are particularly loaded with them, with vivid and intense Messianic imagery woven all throughout that can only be speaking of our Messiah Yeshua.
Psalm 2 is a beautiful example:
Psalm 2:1-12
Why do the nations rage,
And the peoples meditate emptiness?
The sovereigns of the earth take their stand,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against YHVH and against His Messiah, and say,
“Let us tear apart Their bonds, And throw away Their ropes from us.”
He who is sitting in the heavens laughs,
YHVH mocks at them.
Then He speaks to them in His wrath,
And troubles them in His rage, saying,
“But I, I have set My Sovereign on Tsiyon, My set-apart mountain.”
“I inscribe for a law:
YHVH has said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have brought You forth.
‘Ask of Me, and I make the nations Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth Your possession.
Break them with a rod of iron,
Dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”
And now, be wise, O sovereigns;
Be instructed, you rulers of the earth.
Serve YHVH with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Chosen, lest He be enraged,
And you perish in the way,
For soon His wrath is to be kindled.
Blessed are all those taking refuge in Him.”
Let’s take a closer look at a few key verses:
Verse 2 states that rulers will take counsel together against YHVH and His Messiah. Messiah means “anointed” and is where the Greek word that we translate as “Christ” comes from.
Acts 2:36
“Therefore let all the house of Yisra’ĕl know for certain that Elohim has made this יהושע, whom you impaled, both Master and Messiah.”
Acts 2:36 tells us that Elohim made Yeshua both Master/LORD (implying Yeshua's divinity) and Messiah (Christ).
Acts 4:25-28
“Who by the mouth of Your servant Dawiḏ have said, ‘Why did the nations rage, and the people plot in vain? ‘The sovereigns of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against יהוה and against His Messiah.’ For truly, in this city there were gathered together against Your set-apart Servant Yeshua, whom You anointed, both Herodes and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and the people of Israel to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose decided before to be done.”
Acts 4:25-28 quotes from the above psalm, Psalm 2:1-2, and confirms that this psalm is talking about Yeshua. The rulers, Herod and Pilate, along with the people of Israel, gathered against Yeshua (Acts 4.27-28) are a fulfillment of this part of the prophecy.
In Psalm 2:7, YHVH says, "You are My Son." We find in Matthew 3:17 that the Father declares that Yeshua is His Son after Yeshua was immersed (baptized).
“and see, a voice out of the heavens, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight.””
Matthew 3:17
Paul also quotes from Psalm 2:7 in Acts 13:33 in speaking of Yeshua's resurrection.
“that Elohim has filled this for us, their children, having raised up Yeshua, as it has also been written in the second Psalm, ‘You are My Son, today I have brought You forth.’”
Acts 13:33
In addition to these passages, the second psalm is either quoted or referenced in the following Scripture:
Hebrews 1:5
“For to which of the messengers did He ever say, “You are My Son, today I have brought You forth”? And again, “I shall be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son”?”
Hebrews 5:5
“So also the Messiah did not extol Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him, “You are My Son, today I have brought You forth.””
Revelation 2:26-27
““And he who overcomes, and guards My works until the end, to him I shall give authority over the nations, and he shall shepherd them with a rod of iron, as the potter’s vessels shall be broken to pieces, as I also have received from My Father.”
Revelation 19:15
“And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations. And He shall shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Ěl Shaddai.”
Author, Jared Gragg
Date, May 26, 2025