By carlos@thehumanjesus.org
That Psalm 110:1 is about two different Lords is shown by the fact that adoni (a non-Deity title 195x) is exalted by YHWH at His right hand. To sit at the right hand connotes conferred authority in a royal setting, I.e., a person who has been told to sit in a place of honor. Therefore, David's adoni is subordinate to YHWH, Who commanded Sit at my right hand.
The NET Bible adds that "to sit at the right hand of the king was an honor (see 1 Kgs 2:19). The Lord’s invitation to the Davidic king to sit down at his right hand reflects the king’s position as the Lord’s vice-regent."
The noted Bishop N.T. Wright, in his Preface to How God Became King: Getting to the heart of the Gospels, 2012.
"Jesus, through his Ascension, was seated at the right hand of the Father. In ancient Jewish thought, with echoes of Daniel 7, this could only mean that, from that moment, Jesus was the Father's right-hand man....The Father's accredited and appointed agent."
Similarly, when the Apostles ask Jesus "Let one of us sit at your right" in Mar 10.37 no one at the time would have confused the Apostles with Jesus!" Hence, Peter preached "God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah” (Acts 2.36). And "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power" (Acts 10.38).
Neither David, nor the Apostles were talking about one and the same person, let alone 2 Yahwehs, 2 LORD Gods!
That Psalm 110:1 is about two different Lords is shown by the fact that adoni (a non-Deity title 195x) is exalted by YHWH at His right hand. To sit at the right hand connotes conferred authority in a royal setting, I.e., a person who has been told to sit in a place of honor. Therefore, David's adoni is subordinate to YHWH, Who commanded Sit at my right hand.
The NET Bible adds that "to sit at the right hand of the king was an honor (see 1 Kgs 2:19). The Lord’s invitation to the Davidic king to sit down at his right hand reflects the king’s position as the Lord’s vice-regent."
The noted Bishop N.T. Wright, in his Preface to How God Became King: Getting to the heart of the Gospels, 2012.
"Jesus, through his Ascension, was seated at the right hand of the Father. In ancient Jewish thought, with echoes of Daniel 7, this could only mean that, from that moment, Jesus was the Father's right-hand man....The Father's accredited and appointed agent."
Similarly, when the Apostles ask Jesus "Let one of us sit at your right" in Mar 10.37 no one at the time would have confused the Apostles with Jesus!" Hence, Peter preached "God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah” (Acts 2.36). And "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power" (Acts 10.38).
Neither David, nor the Apostles were talking about one and the same person, let alone 2 Yahwehs, 2 LORD Gods!
