Post by ResLight on Dec 10, 2022 22:44:14 GMT -5
Matthew 22:43 - He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
Matthew 22:44 - 'Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'
Matthew 22:45 - "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" -- World English, with God's Holy Name presented as "Jehovah."
The claim is made that David called Jesus God (the Supreme Being) and the above verses are given.
Since the word "God" is not found in these verses, one may wonder why this is being presented as proof that David calls Jesus God. In reality, Jesus did not say that David calls him "God", but rather "Lord." We find no form of the Greek often transliterated as "THEOS" in Matthew 22:43-45 at all.
Some evidently think that when Jesus said David calls him Lord, that "Lord" means "Jehovah" (or as some prefer, "Yahweh" or some other form). However, Jesus is referring to Psalm 110:1, which reads in the American Standard Version: "Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool." David does not refer to his lord as Jehovah, but rather that Jehovah said unto his lord (Jesus), sit at my right hand. The expression, "my lord" in Psalm 110:1 is translated from the word often transliterated as adoni or adony, a form of the word often transliterated as ADON (Strong's #113). ADON means "lord" and adony (with the extra letter) simply means, "my lord." The children of Heth used this word in reference to Abraham as recorded in Genesis 23:6. Did these people think that Abraham was God Almighty? Sarah used a form of this word of Abraham as recorded in Genesis 18:3. This word is used of many different men throughout the Old Testament. It does not designate one as being Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. -- Exodus 3:13,14.
There is, thus, actually nothing in Matthew 22:43-45 that says that David called Jesus God. There is definitely nothing that presents Jehovah is being more than one person (trinity), nor is there anything that presents Jesus as being his God and Father (oneness). Indeed, Jehovah is presented as being only one person, and he says to someone who is not himself, "Sit at my right hand...."
See also our study: The Lord of David
Matthew 22:44 - 'Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'
Matthew 22:45 - "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" -- World English, with God's Holy Name presented as "Jehovah."
The claim is made that David called Jesus God (the Supreme Being) and the above verses are given.
Since the word "God" is not found in these verses, one may wonder why this is being presented as proof that David calls Jesus God. In reality, Jesus did not say that David calls him "God", but rather "Lord." We find no form of the Greek often transliterated as "THEOS" in Matthew 22:43-45 at all.
Some evidently think that when Jesus said David calls him Lord, that "Lord" means "Jehovah" (or as some prefer, "Yahweh" or some other form). However, Jesus is referring to Psalm 110:1, which reads in the American Standard Version: "Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool." David does not refer to his lord as Jehovah, but rather that Jehovah said unto his lord (Jesus), sit at my right hand. The expression, "my lord" in Psalm 110:1 is translated from the word often transliterated as adoni or adony, a form of the word often transliterated as ADON (Strong's #113). ADON means "lord" and adony (with the extra letter) simply means, "my lord." The children of Heth used this word in reference to Abraham as recorded in Genesis 23:6. Did these people think that Abraham was God Almighty? Sarah used a form of this word of Abraham as recorded in Genesis 18:3. This word is used of many different men throughout the Old Testament. It does not designate one as being Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. -- Exodus 3:13,14.
There is, thus, actually nothing in Matthew 22:43-45 that says that David called Jesus God. There is definitely nothing that presents Jehovah is being more than one person (trinity), nor is there anything that presents Jesus as being his God and Father (oneness). Indeed, Jehovah is presented as being only one person, and he says to someone who is not himself, "Sit at my right hand...."
See also our study: The Lord of David
