Chapter Seven

The Horn Of My Salvation

Now we see what David means when he says, “The Lord is the Horn of my Salvation”. Just as he says. “He is my Rock, my Fortress, my God…., likewise he says in the same verse, Psalms 18:2. “He is the Horn of my Salvation.” He is going step by step. Now he began to see more clearly the Lord’s purpose in saving him. In the beginning when we repent of our sins, we think only of our sins forgiven. But God has a very high purpose in saving us. To be our Creator, the Lord said only one word (Psalms 33:6). He is the Creator ( Col. 1:16, 17). He is the upholder (Heb 2:3). And in the same way, just by His one word the whole universe will disappear (Heb 1:12). We can imagine what a great power is manifested by our Lord in creating just by His one word: He said, and it was so. But to be our redeemer, He humbled Himself. He emptied Himself and gave his hands and feet to be our Savior. The power He manifested to be our Savior is mightier than the power He manifested to be our Creator. In the Word of God we see that the redeemed children of the Lord Jesus Christ will live with Him forever. Therefore he must have a very high purpose in saving us. He paid all what He had to make us His own. So He calls us as a pearl of great price, this His portion, His inheritance. That is why the Psalmist says, “He is the Horn of my Salvation.”

In the Bible horn speaks of kingdom (Rev 17:12,16). In Rev. 5:6, it is said about the Lord Jesus Christ, “A lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth in to all the earth” That means the One Echo is stain will make us righteous. The Word Lamb appears twenty-eight times in the Book of Revelation. At the same time He is called the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords (Rev. 17:14, 19:16; 1 Tim 6:15). His power as King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is fully manifested by becoming the Lamb of God. You can imagine the Lord Jesus Christ standing before you as a Lamb. That is how John the Baptist saw him and spoke about him. When he first saw Him he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” He said it twice. In other words if you want to know Him as the King of kings, first of all you must know Him as the Lamb.

Many people know Him as a prophet doing miracles. Many say that He was a perfect One, and that He made sacrifice on the cross. But they do not know Him as the Savior, the One Who died in their stead as a Lamb. That is hwy they are not profited by His life and sacrifice. They remain in darkness, sin and shame, They have no peace. Their lives are defeated because they do not know Him as the Lamb of God. They may attend many meeting and see many miracles. But they are without peace, without joy, without hope and without life.

We find the same Lamb with seven eyes and seven horns. The seven eyes speak of the fullness of God dwelling in the Lord Jesus Christ (Col 2:9, 10). The number seven in Bible speaks of the fullness and perfection. The Lord wants us to be filled by God’s fullness and according to Eph 3:19. “Know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.” But those who do not know Him as the Lamb of God, they cannot say by faith “He died in my stead, He took my place. He bore my judgment and he suffered for my sake” Such a faith qualifies us for our share in God’s fullness. The seven horns speak of his everlasting kingdom. When we first came to Him and accepted Him, we saw Him as the Lamb Who took our place and died in our place. As we grow spiritually we see by revelation that He is our Creator, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. When He appears the second time He will appear as the King of kings and the Lord of Lords.

Now David is saying, “He is the Horn of Salvation.” That means David now understood that God wants him to be king with Him forever. The Lord wants us also to be His kings and praise for ever (Rev 1:6, 5:9, 10). Do not think that these words are meant only for the apostles or the God’s servants. They are sung by those who are redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ by His blood out of every tongue, every language, and every nation; because He has paid all what He had to make us His own property and treasure. That requires revelation and faith, a living faith as David had. He saw that God wanted him to be not only a better king than Saul, but also a heavenly king forever. You may say, “It might be true of David or Paul not of us. We are very weak and foolish.” But howsoever weak and foolish we might be before man, in the sight of, our Lord Jesus Christ we are very precious. Unto Him we are as a pearl of great price. And that is why He says in Luke 12:32 that He wants to give us the kingdom. What God gives is forever. David is seen as a heavenly king, because he had true salvation by the previous blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. You also can become qualified to be heavenly kings if washed in His blood.

Thus we see the Lord Jesus Christ with seven horns and we are give one horn. We have to know Him as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Now upon the earth, by keeping ourselves constantly under His headship, lordship and kingship, we are prepared to be qualified for that high position. Then you can say boldly with all the fellow believers. “One day when my Lord appears in the sky I will be a heavenly king for eternity. He will take me also with Him with a heavenly body. On that day He will make me a heavenly king for eternity. On that day He will make me a heavenly king in His kingdom. Now upon the earth, I want to be kept under kingship. He is the Horn of my Salvation.” What a salvation! A man like filthy rag dry leaf, faded flower is made a heavenly king. For that purpose Christ gave all what He had. He left His glory. He left His throne and His heavenly kingdom, and He came down. He became poor to make us rich and to make us kings, mighty kings, heavenly kings, to reign with Him as His co-workers forever.

But it all begins with the personal experience of Him as David had. He is my Rock; the true, living and unshakable foundation. He is my Fortress and I am safe in Him: perfectly safe from every danger, from every possible attack of the enemy. He is my Deliverer. He delivers me from my old sinful nature. He is my God, my own God. I can call upon Him any time anywhere for anything. He is my Strength: both physical and spiritual. His life and strength are available to me in trial and temptations. In my mortal body He becomes my divine strength and give victorious life. He is my Buckler, my shield of faith which enables me to resist the fiery darts of the wicked one: the darts of unbelief and fear. And now I see him as the Horn of my Salvation. He wants me to be a king forever in the heavenly kingdom. Now the earthly trails are the preparation to be a king in heavenly kingdom. Otherwise how can we occupy such a high position without being trained.