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\u201cThe Lord says to my Lord: \u2018Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool’\u201d (Psalm 110:1).<\/p>\n
IN PSALM 110, DAVID SPOKE OF THE RULE OF A PERSON HE REFERRED TO AS \u201cMY LORD.\u201d Who was this person? Whoever it was, Yahweh is pictured as saying to him, \u201cSit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.\u201d Some have said David was speaking of himself, but there is no other place in the Scriptures where a king spoke of himself as \u201cmy Lord.\u201d And David would not refer to any of the later kings on the throne in Jerusalem as \u201cmy Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n
(1) Jesus argued in Matthew 22:41-46 that David was speaking of the Messiah. The Pharisees had agreed that the Messiah would be \u201cthe son of David\u201d (v.42), but Jesus countered, \u201cHow is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, \u2018The Lord said to my Lord, \u201cSit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet\u201d\u2019? If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?\u201d (vv.43-45).<\/p>\n
(2) Peter, in his sermon on Pentecost, quoted from Psalm 110 and applied it to Jesus: \u201cFor David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, \u2018The Lord said to my Lord, \u201cSit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.\u201d\u2019 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified\u201d (Acts 2:34-36). (On this point, read 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 with Daniel 7:13,14 in mind.)<\/p>\n
(3) That Psalm 110 is messianic is also seen in v.4 where Yahweh says to the one at His right hand, \u201cYou are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.\u201d Unlike the Levites, the Messiah would be a priest-king, like Melchizedek in Genesis 14:18-24. Hebrews 7:1-28 argues that this \u201cpriest forever after the order of Melchizedek\u201d is Jesus.<\/p>\n
Psalm 110, then, is one of the most powerful prophecies of the Messiah \u2014 and every part of it meshes seamlessly with the person and work of Jesus Christ. It is no wonder that the New Testament writers saw in the language of this great Psalm clear and forceful references to the identity of Jesus as the Messiah, the One who is now seated at the right hand of God (Hebrews 1:3,13; 10:12,13).<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are in fact strong reasons to conclude that the original author of the psalm intended to speak of a divine lord. David, Israel\u2019s most exalted king, was looking forward to the coming of a future ruler even more exalted than himself\u201d (Michael A. Rydelnik).<\/p>\n
Gary Henry \u2013 WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com<\/p>\n