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The argument is this: David speaks with highest reverence of Messiah, calling him his Lord: how is this attitude consistent with the fact that Messiah is David's Son? How can Messiah be both Son and Lord of David?
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Since David called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the...
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If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” Berean...
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4 sty 2022 · Jesus’ reasoning is this: “Son of David” is your title for the Messiah, yet David himself calls Him “Lord.” The Messiah, then, must be much more than just a son—a physical descendant—of David. According to Psalm 110:1, this “Son of David” was alive during David’s time and was greater than David.
By stating that David calls the Messiah "Lord," Jesus is pointing to the Messiah's divine status. This challenges the prevailing Jewish expectation of a purely human Messiah and suggests a deeper, more profound understanding of the Messiah's identity.
The argument is this: David speaks with highest reverence of Messiah, calling him his Lord: how is this attitude consistent with the fact that Messiah is David's Son? How can Messiah be both Son and Lord of David?
If the Christ is David's descendant, why in Psalm 110:1 does David call the Christ "my Lord"? Why would anyone describe their "son" as "my Lord"? The answer, of course, was that the Messiah would not only be a descendant of David but would also be the Son of God, making Him both David's son and Lord.
So then, if David calls Him (the Son, the Messiah) ‘Lord,’ how is He David’s son?” An Understandable Version If David then could call Him [i.e., Jesus] Lord, how could He be his son?"
Had they understood and owned the proper divinity of the Messiah, they might have answered, that as he was God, he was David's Lord, his maker, and his king; and, as man, was David's son, and so both his root and offspring; and this our Lord meant to bring them to a confession of, or put them to confusion and silence, which was the consequence.
