Luke 20:41-44 Then Jesus said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David? David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
Romans 1:3-4 Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
John 4:25-26 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
Jesus uses Psalms 110 to indicate the Christ, the Messiah, is not merely the son of David but the Son of God. He emphasizes the Psalm passage to reveal the origin of the Son of God as celestial, not terrestrial; divine, not mortal; spiritual, not temporal. The Jews expected Messiah to come with political power to establish his kingdom for the glory of God. Of course that meant, God's glory and power would be revealed through a Jewish kingdom. However, Jesus, the Messiah, (I who speak to you am He) came to reveal the power of the resurrection; He came to deliver mankind from sin and death. He came to restore a broken covenant with the seed of Adam. He came to make children of God, placed into the family of God by his own sacrifice. Jesus' mission was much greater than the Jews imagined, for He came to bless all people, all nations. "Whosoever will" could enter into the kingdom of God with Abba Father on his or her lips because of the Messiah's work. The Christ came to a sinful world of willful people to release them from the boundage of sin and death.
This mystery of course could not be understood by the people before the death of Jesus and his subsequent resurrection. But after the resurrection, the Holy Spirit was released to dwell within believers, to reveal the purpose of Messiah to them. Paul carried this message of the Holy Spirit to the Gentiles, giving them a chance through faith to enter into the Promised Land of God. Today, throughout the world, people from every nation, every ethnic group, and every tongue call Jesus the Lord, the Christ. Jesus was not just a Jewish man born from the seed of David for the purposes of restoring Israel to power, He was and is the Messiah, delivering mankind from the wilderness of death. All may enter into that reality through faith in Christ, for faith opens the door to the Kingdom of God.
Instead of recognizing Jesus as the true Messiah, the people killed him, fulfilling the Old Testament prophecies. They who were supposedly righteous through following the Law, God's commandments, committed the ultimate sin: killing God's Son, killing the son of the vineyard owner. But the Bible reveals righteousness, perfection, could not come through the Law. True righteousness is God's domain, his nature and characteristics. Only He is good. “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good — except God alone. (Mark 10:18) Consequently, righteousness, goodness, could not come through man's willful efforts; such holiness rested in God himself. Therefore, the Son of God, who alone ALWAYS DID THE WILL OF THE FATHER, came to bring righteousness to people through his perfect sacrificial work of satisfying the wrath of God on sin, paying the full price of death for man's unrighteousness. After delivering man from the consequences of sin, God resurrects us IN CHRIST, ALLOWING US TO TAKE ON HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HIS LIFE, SO WE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Christ made us perfect with God for He is God; He brought us into our rightful place in God's kingdom as sons and daughters of the Most HIgh. Praise his name! He is risen indeed, and we are alive forevermore.
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