From the Womb of the Dawn

Psalm 110 is one of the most quoted psalms in the New Testament about the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; in holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew (Ps 110:1–3).

On the day of Pentecost, Peter quoted this prophecy about Jesus being Lord and Christ (Acts 2:34–

36). The apostle Paul states that Jesus must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet (1 Cor 15:25). The Scriptures clearly emphasize that Jesus is Lord and His kingdom is set to prevail over all the kingdoms of earth. He will rule over all—over those who believe in Him and also over His enemies.

The Holy Spirit through David, who was both a prophet and king of Israel, spoke of the people of the Lord volunteering freely in the day of the His power (Ps 110:3). It is the Lord Jesus who wins the victory as His people wholly give themselves to follow Him (see Rev 19:11–16).^[1] However, we cannot miss the fact that this also speaks of multitudes who will give their lives to Jesus as both Savior and Lord. They will devote themselves to Jesus as they volunteer freely in following Him.

Psalm 110 then says, “In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew” (vs. 3). Matthew Henry writes, “’From the womb of the morning (from their very childhood) thou hast the dew of thypeople’s youth, that is, their hearts and affections when they are young; it is thy youth, because it is dedicated to thee.’ The dew of the youth is a numerous, illustrious, hopeful show of young people flocking to Christ, which would be to the world as dew to the ground, to make it fruitful. Note, the dew of our youth, even in the morning of our days, ought to be consecrated to our Lord Jesus.”^[2]

Many prophetic voices have spoken of an outpouring of God’s Spirit and a harvest of young people in this generation. For God’s plan is to bring forth young people “who will come out of the womb of the morning of this new day, and they will be to the Lord like the dew of refreshing. He is going to have an army in holy array: and every one of them will be free will-offerings to the Lord.”^[3]

The Scriptures have always placed a focus on discipling the young. Discipleship is the prescribed way of raising up the next generations. The great commission is to have both an outward and a generational impact, so that the youth who belong to the Lord will be as the morning dew that covers the ground, bringing the fruitfulness of God’s kingdom to the earth.

God’s plan is to infuse youth, even from the womb, with His love and His ways. And because they are loved and know the Lord, they will volunteer freely in the day of His power. This is why Satan raises up many anti-Christs to oppose God’s plans by influencing the younger generations through destroying families, watering down church cultures, and infiltrating education, government systems, entertainment, and media. They are enemies of Christ.

Today, God’s people are to arise and give themselves freely in the day of His power, as He continues His work of putting all His enemies under His feet. It is a day for fathers and mothers, church leaders, and young and old to prioritize learning from Him and teaching the next generations. For God promises that all our children will be disciples of the Lord, and great will be their Shalom (peace, happiness, and well-being) (Isa 54:13). They will be as the dew on the ground, bringing fruitfulness to the land (Ps 110:3).

^[1] Leslie C. Allen, Psalms 101–150 (Revised), vol. 21, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 2002), 115.

^[2] Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994), 904.

^[3] John Robert Stevens, Ye Shall Receive (North Hollywood, CA: Living Word Publications, 1974), 179–180.