Did David say god will put everything under Jesus's feet? ~ Cross reference of 1 Corinthians 15:27, Hebrews 2:8 to Psalm 8:7

Like I suspected, Paul never tries to prove that "Jesus had to die for the sins of mankind and rise on the 3rd day." He makes a statement in 1 Corinthians 15 and moves on as if this was an axiom.
1 Corinthians 15:3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
What also amazes me is that he takes the one thing [death] of the messiah that disqualifies Jesus as the messiah and builds a whole religion based on this failure of Jesus. There were at least 50 messiahs before and after Jesus who were all killed like Jesus who faded into oblivion.
If the plan of the messiah was to actually die for the sins of mankind, we should expect
- A consistent message from G-d in Tanakh that the messiah will come and die for the sins of the people. Exactly the opposite is stated about the messiah. There are 9 clear passages that the messiah will rule as king, not die for people's sins.
- There is only one chapter [Isaiah 53] that talks about a servant suffering and there are no clear indications that it is taking about the messiah like we have in the other 9 passages. Christians claim this is about Jesus and base their entire faith on this one passage that is not even clear is about the messiah.
That said, I appreciate Paul saying that "all things under Jesus's feet excludes god". Let us look at the cross reference Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 15:27
1 Corinthians 15:27 For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.
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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.
1 Corinthians 15:27 For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.
Psalm 8:7 You give him dominion over the work of Your hands; You have placed everything beneath his feet.
- Paul states that Jesus "rose from the grave" and this is confirmed by many witnesses including himself.
- Paul asserts that Jesus ascended into heaven and is now on the mission to subdue all dominion, authority and power [I think he means all worldly kingdoms]
- He says then the end will come, when man will not die anymore as Jesus will defeat death.
- He quotes Psalm 8:7 to say that Jesus was able to do all these things because god put all things under Jesus 's feet.
- I am not sure if Jesus is on the job of putting all his enemies under his feet because sin is thriving quite nicely and there are evil people and kingdoms that are still creating havoc.
- That said let us see if David prophesied that Jesus will have all things under his feet.
- When I read Psalm all it is talking is about David praising G-d for how awesome his creation is and how he has put all his creation under the control of man. This has no reference to the messiah or Jesus or even about David himself.
- If you read verse 8 it is clear as day that David is talking about cattle, birds & fish. There is nothing about dominions, authorities or power. Just simple and plain, G-d's created creatures.
- Psalm 8:2 O Lord, our Master, how mighty is Your name in all the earth, for which You should bestow Your majesty upon the heavens. 4 When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and stars that You have established, 5 what is man that You should remember him, and the son of man that You should be mindful of him? 6 Yet You have made him slightly less than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and majesty. 7 You give him dominion over the work of Your hands; You have placed everything beneath his feet. 8 Flocks and cattle, all of them, and also the beasts of the field; 9 the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, he traverses the ways of the seas.
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