Did David prophesy that god will ask Jesus to sit at his right hand? ~ Cross reference of Acts 2:32 to Psalm 110:1


Peter asserts that David wrote 1700 years before Jesus was to rise from the grave that god will ask Jesus to sit on his right hand till he destroys all his enemies.

Not clear who were these enemies of Jesus that were destroyed. Let us see what Psalm 110 actually says

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All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad.

This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion.

My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said.

G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth.

Acts 2:32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’[f] 36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”

Psalm 110:1 Of David a psalm. The word of the Lord to my master; "Wait for My right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool at your feet."
  • This is a Psalm written by David. If you read Psalm 110 you will see why David did not call Jesus lord. Unless you read Jesus into this Psalm, this Psalm is about David and G-d.
  • David is saying that his G-d told him to sit at G-d's right hand until G-d makes his enemies his footstool.
  • The second lord used in this verse is Adoni which means a human master and not any heavenly being. I have seen some versions of the Greek text put the Tetragrammaton in both the first and second lord which is very wrong.
  • All these points show that this passage does not support Matthew's assertion of Jesus's place at the right hand of god was established in Tanakh.
  • All the below verses use the word Adoni which refers to a human being.
    • Genesis 24:34
    • Genesis 32:5, 6, 19
    • Genesis 33:8, 12, 14, 15
    • 1 Sam 24:8
    • 1 Kings 1:2, 17Daniel 7
  • All that said, let us see a few verses that clearly show why this Psalm is not about Jesus
  • Verse 2 The staff of your might the Lord will send from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies. - David ruled out of Zion from here David subdued all his enemies. Jesus never ruled anyone.
  • Verse 5 The Lord, on your right hand, has crushed kings on the day of His wrath. - David crushed all his enemies and G-d gave him peace during his last days. Jesus was killed after 3 years of teaching and healing people
  • Verse 6 He will execute justice upon the nations [into] a heap of corpses; He crushed the head on a great land. - David is considered a Just king who made sure there was justice in the land. Not sure what justice Jesus did when he was alive

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