Psalms 47:3
He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
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ASV
He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet.
KJV
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
He, with whom is infinite power, shall subdue the people under us. The battle is not ours but the Lord's. He will take his own time, but he will certainly achieve victory for his church. Truth and righteousness shall through grace climb to the ascendant. We wage no doubtful warfare. Hearts the most rebellious, and wills the most stubborn, shall submit to all conquering grace.
But this looks forward to the kingdom of the Messiah, which was to be set over all the earth, and not confined to the Jewish nation. Jesus Christ shall subdue the Gentiles; he shall bring them in as sheep into the fold (so the word signifies), not for slaughter, but for preservation.
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Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
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But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
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Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
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For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
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1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
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The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
