King Jesus will reign in righteousness and judgment v.2Waiting for response for Psalms 72:2 and save the poor and needy by destroying all oppressors.v.4Waiting for response for Psalms 72:4 The result will be righteousness and peace,v.3Waiting for response for Psalms 72:3 and all people will then revere God throughout all generations.v.5Waiting for response for Psalms 72:5 During his reign, which will last a thousand years, righteousness will flourish and peace abound.v.7Waiting for response for Psalms 72:7
It is necessary for the power of God in the hand of Jesus to bring God’s judgments on the oppressors of the nations because only by this means will righteousness and peace be established Isaiah 26:9Waiting for response for Isaiah 26:9
The first dominion of the kingdom of God will be the Holy Land promised to Abraham, “from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates”. Genesis 15:18Waiting for response for Genesis 15:18 The breadth of this land is “from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean” and the length is “from the desert to the river” Euphrates. Exodus 23:31Waiting for response for Exodus 23:31 Thus “he shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth” (Hebrew: “land”) where the desert begins at the river of Egypt.v.8Waiting for response for Psalms 72:8 Jesus will take possession of all the promised land but will also reign over all Gentile nations which will constitute his dominions, or Empire. “Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him”.v.11Waiting for response for Psalms 72:11
Human rulers, however benevolent, eventually die and others take their positions of power and authority. But King Jesus “shall live”, because he is immortal, and his benevolent reign will continue without interruption throughout the Millennium, and the people of the earth will pray continually for him.v.15Waiting for response for Psalms 72:15 The Father has given him a name above every name Philippians 2:9Waiting for response for Philippians 2:9 and “his name shall endure for ever” and “all nations shall call him blessed”.v.17Waiting for response for Psalms 72:17 All people “shall be blessed in him” v.17Waiting for response for Psalms 72:17 and one particular blessing will be the abundance of food for the population of the earth. Crops will grow in the most unlikely places, even “in the earth upon the tops of the mountains” v.16Waiting for response for Psalms 72:16 so that, adequately fed, the inhabitants “of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth”.v.16Waiting for response for Psalms 72:16
God has promised to do wonders in the earth when he establishes his king in Zion, and he is the only one who can transform the earth, as described in this Psalm: “Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen”.
This last Psalm of David v.20Waiting for response for Psalms 72:20 is a prayer for God to establish Christ upon the throne of Israel to reign over his people and all the earth and to bring all the promised blessings.