Who is David’s Lord?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
110 <\/strong>The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What exactly is king David filled with The Holy Spirit in around 1000BC writing here? The author and speaker in the verse is David, but YHWH God is giving the oracle to David’s “Lord” (and uncreated God). Chronologically in Israel David was the greatest king, above any prophet or priest (1 Samuel 18:14,16, 2 Samuel 5:10). So then who is David referring to as his Lord? Also we see that YHWH is telling this Lord to sit at His own right hand. In this post we will be showing that there is only one Lord worthy of sitting at the right hand of The Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matthew 22:41-46 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Question about David’s Son<\/p>\n\n\n\n 41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet’?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 45 If David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?” 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark 12:35-37 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Question about David’s Son<\/p>\n\n\n\n 35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, declared,<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n 37 David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luke 20:41-44 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Question about David’s Son<\/p>\n\n\n\n 41 But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, 43 till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n 44 David thus calls him Lord; so how is he his son?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord Jesus, who solidifies the fact that king David was indeed filled with The Spirit of prophecy when speaking this verse, is making the argument that in Hebrew culture fathers do not call sons their Lords, superiors call inferiors their servants, not vice versa, so how then is Messiah only the son of David? Jesus is arguing that He is the pre-existent, eternal second person of The Holy Trinity, the divine Son of God that took flesh for our salvation, simultaneously David’s descendent and his divine Lord. The Pharisees question Jesus on the law, and the scriptures, while not understanding that He is the very God that gave it to them (Exodus 23:20-23, See my post on Angel of The LORD) and upholds all justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daniel 7:13-14 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13 I saw in the night visions,<\/p>\n\n\n\n and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark 14:60-62 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 61 But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Lord Jesus Christ is being questioned by the Sanhedrin, He responds to their question about His messianic role with a clear response of “eg\u014d eimi”, which is the same phrase used in the Septuagint in Exodus 3:14 for the revealing of the Covenant name “I AM WHO I AM”, and many other passages in the LXX. He has decided to further reveal that the prophecies of the Old Testament scriptures all find their fulfillment in Him “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” (Revelation 19:10). I am not going to get too deep into the son of man in this post but I do want to home in on the anointed Jesus sitting at the “right hand” on high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acts 2:33-36 Legacy Standard Bible<\/p>\n\n\n\n 33 Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this which you both see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 35 Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ\u2014this Jesus whom you crucified.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Isaiah 61:1 Legacy Standard Bible<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exaltation of the Afflicted<\/p>\n\n\n\n 61 The Spirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me Because Yahweh has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zechariah 12:10 Legacy Standard Bible<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mourning for the Pierced One<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alright let’s take a look at the passages above and ask the Spirit of the living God to guide us, referring to The Catholic Church in case you have any questions, everything I write on this blog is my personal opinion as a layman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In St. Peter’s sermon at Pentecost he breaks down that Jesus was crucified, died, and was buried, and God raised Him up just as the scriptures attested to (Psalm 16:10, Hosea 6:1-2), exalting Him to His right hand on high, quoting Psalm 110:1 he makes the clever but obvious argument that David did not ascend to the heavens to sit at the right hand of God, and Jesus Christ did. (Acts 1:9-11) Therefore confirming Jesus of Nazareth as The Christ of God. “The Spirit of grace and of supplication” was poured out on Jerusalem as well (Ephesians 6:18-20), and filled all of the Apostles when Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John 20:21-23 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The “ME” who was “PIERCED” in Zechariah 12:10 is YHWH, since the LORD is the speaker in the verse. The Spirit poured out is The Holy Spirit, the one pouring out the Spirit of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ, who was pierced, died, and was buried, then was raised to sit at the right hand of God The Father on high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hebrews 1:13 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13 But to what angel has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet”?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The speaker is God The Father, quoting Psalm 110:1 to the glory of His only Son Jesus, asking a rhetorical question, that He answered earlier in the chapter. There is no created angel in heaven He would ever exalt, or any creature for that matter, to the level of His Son, because by the nature of Jesus being equal with the Father and Spirit in essence as Most High God, (and fully human) this privilege could only ever be given within the relations of The Godhead. I will be diving deeper into Hebrews 1 in a future post God willing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hebrews 1:3 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,<\/p>\n\n\n\n He bears the same nature as the Father. The Father’s nature is uncreated, therefore The Son’s nature is uncreated, therefore The Spirit’s nature is uncreated. We believe in One God in three distinct persons distinguished by their relations. We see throughout the Hebrew scriptures that YHWH gives His glory to no other by nature (Isaiah 42:8, 48:11), although here the author of Hebrews and The Holy Ghost inspiring him happily give it to Jesus Christ the Son of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hebrews 1:4-6 King James Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 Peter 3:22 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acts 7:55-60 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; 56 and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord, I beg you receive our souls when it is our time to go like you received the soul of the holy martyr St. Stephen. As you can see Jesus is currently at the right hand of The Father interceding and mediating for all souls, upon death we are immediately judged by Him (John 5:22). This passage is truly another testament to the divinity of Jesus, since no man who didn’t believe Jesus was God Almighty, capable of receiving his spirit, would cry out asking Him to receive it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psalm 31:5 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luke 23:46 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 46 Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well here we see that it is YHWH (LORD) God who receives souls? But we just showed that the holy scriptures attribute the entrusting of souls to Jesus, the Christ and only begotten Son of God. This seems to be a pattern where we continuously see actions that are only attributed to YHWH God of the Old Testament, attributed to Jesus Christ. Most likely because He is the God of the Old Testament in the flesh. Jesus entrusts His own spirit to The Father, He descends into Hades (1 Peter 4:6), then Jesus is exalted to the position of eternal High Priest and Mediator of The New Covenant, ruling and reigning for eternity. We look forward to His coming, where He will judge the living and the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psalm 110:4 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchiz\u2032edek.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Romans 8:34 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 34 who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ephesians 1:20-22 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20 which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come; 22 and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,<\/p>\n\n\n\n If all things (all creation) is under Lord Jesus, and under His rule, His authority, and all things are governed by His command, then by definition as Sovereign LORD, His essence must be uncreated and outside of all time, space, and matter. Sustaining every breath we take and allowing us to live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Psalm 110:1 King James Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 110 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colossians 3:1 King James Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n St. Paul urges us to be risen with the Lord Jesus and washed of all sin, cleansed and regenerated by The Spirit of living waters (John 3:5). I think we have thoroughly established the answer to the question at the beginning of the post, “Who is David’s Lord?”, I will let the scripture answer the question for me. If you have made it this far into the post I thank you for reading and you are very brave. Glory to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matthew 28:18 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philippians 2:9-11 Revised Standard Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n