Psalm 2.  This psalm speaks of the LORD, the God who created the nations. It also speaks of another, whom the LORD calls “my Son.” The LORD speaks to the Son and chooses somehow to beget him on a certain day. The LORD does not create him as a person; he brings him into existence as a human. The One to whom the LORD is speaking is already in existence as a divine being. He is the Son — the “anointed” who is to become King of Zion. The LORD warns the kings of the nations to kiss the Son, lest he be angry and they suffer his coming wrath. The author of Hebrews asserts that God’s Messiah would be a Son of God who would have “days of his flesh” (Heb. 5:7). During those days he would suffer, and become “the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him” (Heb. 5:9).

LORD, thank you for your eternal Son, our way back to you.