Book 3.5: Jesus shall rule the New Covenant Kingdom of Zion when He returns in glory

Complement    Part 1: The Lord Jehovah is coming to judge the world and the people with righteousness

Unique   Chapter 1.1: Jehovah reigns in Zion (Psalm 99)

§Complement   Introduction: Jehovah is great in Zion; let them praise your great and dreadful Name

¹Jehovah is reigning; let the people tremble; he sits between the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

²Jehovah is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people;

³let them praise your great and dreadful Name: for it is holy.

§Complement   Body: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel called upon Jehovah; and He answered them

⁴The king’s strength also loves judgment; you establish equity; you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

⁵Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool: for he is holy.

⁶Moses and Aaron were among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his Name.

They called upon Jehovah, and he answered them.

⁷He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; they kept his Testimonies, and the Ordinance that he gave them.

§Unique   Conclusion: You answered them, O Jehovah; you forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions

⁸You answered them, O Jehovah our God.

You were a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions.

⁹Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his holy hill: for Jehovah our God is holy.

Complement   Chapter 1.2: Jehovah reigns with great power (Psalm 97)

§Unique   Introduction: Clouds and darkness surround Him; a fire goes before Him and burns up his enemies

¹Jehovah is reigning; let the earth rejoice, and let the multitude of isles be glad.

²Clouds and darkness surround him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

³A fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about him.

§Complement   Body: The hills melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah; the heavens declare his righteousness

⁴His lightning lightened the world; the earth saw it, and trembled.

⁵The hills melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶The heavens declare his righteousness; and all the people see his glory.

⁷Ashamed are all they that serve carved images, that boast themselves of idols; worship him, all you gods.

⁸Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your Judgments, O Jehovah: ⁹for you, Jehovah, are high above all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

§Complement   Conclusion: You that love Jehovah, hate evil; light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart

¹⁰You that love Jehovah, hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

¹²Rejoice in Jehovah, you righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Complement   Chapter 1.3: Jehovah reigns from all Eternity (Psalm 93)

§Unique   Introduction: Jehovah is reigning, clothed with majesty and strength

¹Jehovah is reigning.

He is clothed with majesty.

Jehovah is clothed with strength, with which he has girded himself.

§Complement   Body: Your throne is established of old; you are from Eternity past

The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

²Your throne is established of old.

You are from Eternity past.

³The rivers have lifted up, O Jehovah, the rivers have lifted up their voice;

the rivers lift up their waves.

§Complement   Conclusion: Jehovah is mightier than the sound of many waters; your Testimonies are very sure

⁴Jehovah on high is mightier than the sound of many waters;

even the mighty waves of the sea.

⁵Your Testimonies are very sure. Holiness adorns your House, O Jehovah, forever.

 

 

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Opposite   Chapter 1.4: Celebrate the coming of Jehovah God to judge the world (Psalm 98)

¹O sing to Jehovah a new song: for he has done marvelous things; his right hand, and his holy arm, has gotten him the victory.

²Jehovah has made known his salvation; his righteousness has he openly shown in the sight of the heathen.

³He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴Make a joyful sound to Jehovah, all the earth; make a loud sound, rejoice, and sing praise. ⁵Sing to Jehovah with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. ⁶With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful sound before Jehovah, the King. ⁷Let the sea roar, and everything in it; the world, and they that dwell in it. ⁸Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills be joyful together ⁹before Jehovah.

For he is coming to judge the earth; with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Opposite   Chapter 1.5: Fear the coming of Jehovah God to judge the world (Psalm 96)

¹O sing to Jehovah a new song; sing to Jehovah, all the earth. ²Sing to Jehovah; bless his Name. Show forth his salvation from day to day. ³Declare his glory among the heathen, and his wonders among all people: ⁴for Jehovah is great, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods: ⁵for all the gods of the nations are mere idols; but Jehovah made the heavens. ⁶Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his Sanctuary. ⁷Give to Jehovah, O you kindreds of the people, give to Jehovah glory and strength. ⁸Give to Jehovah the glory due to his Name; bring an offering, and come into his courts. ⁹O worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness; fear before him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the heathen that Jehovah is reigning; the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved. He shall judge the people righteously.

¹¹Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and everything in it.

¹²Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.

Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice ¹³before Jehovah: for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

 

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Complement    Part 2: The Lord Jesus Christ will rule the world as the King of Zion

Unique   Chapter 2.1: The King of Zion will marry his Gentile bride (Psalm 45)

§Complement   Introduction: I speak of the King; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer

¹My heart expresses pleasant words.

I speak of the things which I have made touching the King.

My tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

§Complement   Body: Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; you love righteousness and hate wickedness

²You are fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

³Gird your sword upon your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty. ⁴And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach you dreadful things. ⁵Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King’s enemies; therefore the people fall under you.

⁶Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your Kingdom is a righteous scepter.

⁷You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.

⁸All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia; out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made you glad.

§Unique   Conclusion: The king’s daughter is all glorious within; her clothing is embroidered with gold

⁹Kings’ daughters were among your honorable women; upon your right hand stood the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget also your own people, and your father’s house; ¹¹so shall the king greatly desire your beauty, for he is your Lord; and you must worship him. ¹²And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat your favor.

¹³The king’s daughter is all glorious within; her clothing is embroidered with gold. ¹⁴She shall be brought to the king in garments of many colors. The virgins her companions that follow her shall also be brought to you. ¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king’s palace. ¹⁶Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you may make princes in all the earth. ¹⁷I will make your Name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise you forever and ever.

Complement   Chapter 2.2: Jehovah has set his King on his holy hill of Zion (Psalm 2)

§Unique   Introduction: The human race has rebelled against Jehovah and his Christ

¹Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

²The kings of the earth rise up in rebellion;

and the rulers conspire together against Jehovah, and against his Christ, saying, ³“Let us break their bands apart, and cast their cords away from us.”

§Complement   Body: The only-begotten Son of Jehovah will smash the rebellion of the human race like a clay pot

⁴He that sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.

⁵Then shall he speak to them in his wrath;

and will terrify them in his extreme displeasure, saying: ⁶“Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion.”

⁷“I will declare the decree: Jehovah has said to me, ‘You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.

⁸Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. ⁹You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall smash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’”

§Complement   Conclusion: Kiss the Son of God while you still can

¹⁰Now therefore be wise, O you kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth.

¹¹Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

¹²Kiss the Son of God, lest he is angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Complement   Chapter 2.3: Jehovah has set a crown of pure gold on the King (Psalm 21)

§Unique   Introduction: You have given the Messiah his heart's desire; you met him with the blessings of goodness

¹The King shall joy in your strength, O Jehovah; and in your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

²You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips (Selah):

³for you met him with the blessings of goodness; you set a crown of pure gold on his head.

§Complement   Body: His glory is great in your salvation; you have made him most blessed forever

⁴He asked life of you; and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

⁵His glory is great in your salvation.

Honor and majesty have you laid upon him: ⁶for you have made him most blessed forever.

You have made him exceedingly glad with your countenance: ⁷for the King trusts in Jehovah; and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

⁸Your hand shall find out all your enemies; your right hand shall find out those that hate you. ⁹You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger. Jehovah shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

§Complement   Conclusion: You shall destroy the fruit of your enemies from the earth; and make them turn their back

¹⁰You shall destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men: ¹¹for they intended evil against you; they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

¹²Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows upon your strings against their faces.

¹³Be exalted, O Jehovah, in your own strength; so will we sing and praise your power.

 

 

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Opposite   Chapter 2.4: The Lord Jesus Christ shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath (Psalm 110)

¹Jehovah said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” ²Jehovah shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.

³Your people shall be willing in the day of your power.

In the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning; you have the dew of your youth.

⁴Jehovah has sworn, and will not repent, saying: “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord at your right hand shall strike through kings in the Day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. ⁷He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head.

Opposite   Chapter 2.5: All nations shall serve the Lord Jesus Christ in the Millennial Kingdom (Psalm 72)

¹Give the king your Judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king’s Son. ²He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. ³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. ⁴He shall judge the poor of the people; he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. ⁵They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. ⁶He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

⁷In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace as long as the moon endures. ⁸He shall also have dominion from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates river unto the ends of the earth. ⁹They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. ¹¹Moreover, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him: ¹²for he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper. ¹³He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. ¹⁴He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence; and their blood shall be precious in his sight.

¹⁵And he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made through him continually; and daily shall he be praised. ¹⁶There shall be a handful of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁷His Name shall endure forever; his Name shall be continued as long as the sun; and all mankind shall be blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed is Jehovah God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things; ¹⁹and blessed be his glorious Name forever; and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and amen. ²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are complete.

 

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