Psalm 110: Christ Is Already Reigning — Are You Living Like It? with Paul Hubbard | Jesus Smart X, Ep. 373

Most believers have barely scratched the surface of the powerful revelation in Psalm 110. In this conversation with Paul Hubbard, Brian Del Turco unpacks why Christ is reigning right now, not waiting. From the Melchizedek priesthood to the stunning story of Abigail and Nabal, this episode is a full-spectrum call to maturity — to become the kings and priests that Psalm 110 and Revelation 1:6 describe. If you've been waiting for Jesus to act, this episode will reframe everything. It's your move.

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Psalm 110: Christ Is Already Reigning — Are You Living Like It?

A New Heart: Paul's Encounter with Jesus

Brian: Welcome to Jesus Smart X. I'm Brian Del Turco, and today I have a remarkable guest — Paul Hubbard, joining us from England. Paul has walked with Jesus for over 44 years, ministering apostolically and prophetically across the UK, Europe, Africa, and beyond. Paul, how did you first encounter Jesus?

Paul: I encountered him after a very difficult operation in which I actually died on the operating table. Seven days after being released from hospital, Jesus came to meet me in my bedroom. I experienced having been given a totally new heart — not physical, but real. In the morning I was completely changed. I looked out the door, I looked at the trees and went, the trees are green, the sky's blue. It was that radical. I went around telling everybody I loved them, that God loved them. I was a new creation immediately.

Brian: Born again. Radically regenerated. Paul has since served globally — UK, Norway, Italy, Kenya, Nepal, Paraguay, the USA, Canada — and is presently, along with his wife Corinne, seeking to see the true ecclesia emerge. He describes ministering amongst the dying embers of the church at large, believing we have entered a new era since 2020 — one that looks dark and dangerous on one side, but on the other, the glory of God is arising within his people. A company of burning hearts is being prepared for this moment. You can find Paul on Rumble — search Get a Life! — and check the show notes at jesussmart.com/374 for links as more of his resources come online.

Psalm 110 — The King Is on the Throne Now

Brian: Psalm 110 is the most quoted psalm in the entire New Testament. The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies. This is not a seeker-sensitive psalm. It is potent, urgent, and demands a response. Paul, what is your assessment?

Paul: Jesus has finished and accomplished everything the Father wanted him to do. It's all wrapped up, everything is done, everything's finished, and it's all under his feet. He's the King — not just in heaven, but over the whole cosmos. Everyone's waiting for Jesus to do something more, whilst Jesus is waiting for us to administer his kingdom on the earth.

Brian: Jesus raises Psalm 110 in Matthew 22, just before his crucifixion. Peter quotes it in Acts 2 immediately after the Holy Spirit is poured out. This psalm is not relegated to the future. It is already in play. Christ is reigning now — and we are his body, his hands, his feet, his beating heart. We are the ones called to carry the kingdom of God into the earth.

Paul: We're not doing it the way people think he ought to. He's already here. He's just waiting for us to administer what he's already done.

Brian: This is the weight of Psalm 110 pressing down on you and me right now. Not someday. Now.

Hebrews 6 and the Cornelius People

Brian: If Christ is already reigning and waiting for us to administer his kingdom, the uncomfortable question becomes: are we actually equipped for that? Hebrews 6 is direct — though you should be teachers, you need someone to teach you again. You need milk, not solid food. You are underdeveloped, arrested in your walk with God.

Paul: If the elementary principles of Christ — the living letters of Jesus himself — are not alive on the inside of us, then we're not carrying the kingdom of God at all. We haven't even started. Each one of those foundational things means something inside of us. And then he says, this we will do if God permits. I need his permission to go on.

Brian: What does it mean if God permits? Paul puts it plainly — God looks at what is living out of you. What is the establishment of truth within you? These last five years have tested everyone. Millions have failed to discern between good and evil because they remain immature. The church is not where it thinks it is.

And yet — surprisingly — there are people outside the visible church who are carrying something of God. Paul calls them the Cornelius people, after the Roman centurion of Acts 10.

Paul: There are people who would not call themselves Christians who are discerning things in ways that Christians are not even seeing. God saw this monument that Cornelius had built. He wasn't going to the synagogue. But inside him was life, pouring out. He's a builder, an encourager. God sees it and sends Peter — and opens the door to the Gentile world.

Brian: Cornelius people are among us. Discerning. Giving. Building. While parts of the church remain on milk. That tension ought to humble us. Check the show notes at jesussmart.com/374 for related episodes on ecclesia and Kingdom theology.

Abigail and Nabal: A Picture of Kings and Priests

Brian: Revelation 1:6 says Christ has made us kings and priests. That is Psalm 110 language. And there is a picture of it in 1 Samuel 25 that is stunning in its clarity.

The characters: David, the anointed but not yet enthroned king. Abigail, whose name means the Father's joy — a woman of good understanding and beautiful in every way. And Nabal, whose name literally means fool. David sends his mighty men to Nabal asking for provision. Nabal dishonors them and turns them away. David prepares to respond with the sword.

Paul: Abigail discerns that David is the coming king. She understands it somewhere in the spirit. And she knows this fool of a husband has dishonored him. So she loads the donkeys with every provision — when you're loaded with grace, it looks like donkeys full of provision — and she goes to meet David.

Brian: She says plainly: as his name is, so he is. Nabal is his name and folly is with him. She sees reality and names it. She does not hide behind false respect. And she intercedes — causing heaven to come to earth. A priest operating from a heavenly dimension, meeting a king carrying government from another place. Kings and priests coming together.

Nabal, told the next morning what had occurred, has his heart turn to stone. God gives him ten days — the number of testing. He does not repent. He dies on the tenth day.

Paul: God didn't really have to do anything. The guy had killed himself. He'd sent a boomerang out, and while it cut people down, he didn't realize it was going to return and cut his own head off.

Brian: We are surrounded by Nabals — in government, media, education, and yes, in the church. But Abigail shows us the way. Carry the Father's heart. Discern the king. Intercede. Let heaven and earth come together. That is the Melchizedek order — and it is available to us now.

The Kindling Wrath and the Jesus We Don't Know

Brian: Psalm 2 addresses the kings of the earth directly — be wise, be instructed, kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you perish. Are we seeing a kindling of that wrath now?

Paul: People have sent boomerangs out and those boomerangs are returning upon their own heads. God isn't directly executing — he's just not keeping them from being exposed anymore. You are exposing yourself. You are in your shame. And there is an end to it.

Brian: The earth is the Lord's — Psalm 24:1. It has never belonged to Satan. But God has coded creation in such a way that you will reap what you sow. The harvest catches up. The wicked have no staying power on this planet.

And yet — there is a Jesus we do not fully know. We know the loving shepherd. We may not know the one who overturned tables, made a whip overnight, and acted with full intentionality. We may not fully reckon with his infinite sense of justice and holiness.

Paul: The Jesus coming back is coming back in us first. All creation is awaiting the sons of God. He is coming back right now — leveling us up by a plumb line. I am not waiting for Jesus to rescue me. He's already rescued me. I want to be the son of God I truly am, bringing something of heaven to the earth right now.

Brian: Psalm 110 is not relegated to...