Every detail of the first coming of the Messiah is well recorded in the Old Testament books. The prophecy given by the Psalmist concerning the ministry of the Messiah in Psalm 8:2 is indeed for the praise of the Lord Jesus Christ. When the Psalmist wrote “Out of the mouth of the babes and sucklings has thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger,” shows that the Lord can do anything in order to glorify His Son, Jesus Christ. The Lord can open the mouth of babes and the suckling to proclaim the truth and speak against the unbelieving leaders of the Jews.
There is no doubt that what the Psalmist prophesied here has been truly fulfilled during the ministry of Jesus Christ. Matthew wrote, “And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, and said unto him, Hearest thou these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never heard, out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou has perfected praise” (Matt. 21:15-16). When the chief priests and scribes heard the shouting of the children, they considered it as blasphemy against God, for in the temple they called Jesus the Son of David. They tried to stop the children but the Lord Jesus allowed them to continue by quoting what the Psalmist had written concerning this event.
The shouting of the children, “Hosanna to the Son of David” was apparently an echo of the crowds who shouted “Hosannas” when Christ entered Jerusalem. Nevertheless, in all probability the Hosannas of the children were far more pure in Spirit than those of the older people. Thus it is absolutely right to say that God is also using the shouting of the children for His own glory.
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