In these two verses Christ is presented as the "champion" of his people--champion in the original sense of one that fights for another's rights and honor. Christ has undertaken to put all enemies under his feet. What are these enemies? They are Satan, guilt, our corruption, instruments of Satan such as exceedingly great and powerful monarchies and ungodly movements; and death, the last ememy. Christ took on these enemies in three stages: 1) By entering the arena of the world as a man; 2) In his resurrection and ascension; and 3) From his throne in heaven, where he rules now as a king--"in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies" (Shorter Catechism Q. 26). The believer has fierce conflicts, but he is never alone and Jesus will win.
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Rev. Bill Marshall is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and began his naval career in submarines, before leaving the navy to pursue a calling to the gospel ministry. He subsequently attended Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia where he had the privilege of...
