#124 Luke 20:41-44 Whose Son is the Messiah?
On May 21, 2023 by Amy BurginJoy:
Episode #124 Luke 20:41-44
Welcome
Amy:
Welcome to The Christgazing Podcast. We are so glad you are here! I’m Amy Burgin.
Joy:
I’m Joy Burgin.
Christgazing, kind of like stargazing, is the act of looking steadily and intently at Jesus. This podcast makes room for that. Amid a world of many words, we slow down here and make space for the God-breathed Words, the best words, the ones that rightly comfort, correct, and lead us. Each week we read a portion of scripture several times and create stillness after each reading so we might also be still and know God more.
We are in a series that takes us through the book of Luke
Pour Out Your Heart to God
Amy:
Before we read today, take time to share your heart with God. We do this each week; we draw intimately close to God, pouring out our hearts to him, and then make room for him to pour out his heart to us. So bring God your thanksgiving, grief, fear, joy, anger, excitement, questions, and concerns in this next minute.
What Does This Passage Say About God?
Joy:
In today’s passage, Jesus continues a conversation with teachers of the law, who say there is no resurrection. They had asked him a hypothetical question about a woman who had seven husbands and no children on Earth. Whose wife would she be at the resurrection?
Jesus not only answered their specific question but went on to the root of their belief in no resurrection when he concluded his answer by saying, “But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord, ‘ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'” Jesus goes on to declare that our “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
As I continue the conversation in today’s passage, consider the question, what does this say about God?
Luke 20:41-44 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.” ’
44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
Again?
Luke 20:41-44 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.” ’
44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
Take the next few moments to consider what this says about God.
[Pause and know]What Does This Passage Say About People?
Joy:
In today’s passage, Jesus continues a conversation with teachers of the law, who say there is no resurrection. They had asked him a hypothetical question about a woman who had seven husbands and no children on Earth. Whose wife would she be at the resurrection?
Jesus not only answered their specific question but went on to the root of their belief in no resurrection when he concluded his answer by saying, “But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord, ‘ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'” Jesus goes on to declare, that our “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
As I continue the conversation and reread today’s passage, consider the question, what does this say about God?
Luke 20:41-44 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.” ’
44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
Take a minute to consider what this says about people.
[Pause and know]Lord, What Would You Have Me Know Or Do Today?
Joy:
In today’s passage, Jesus continues a conversation with teachers of the law, who say there is no resurrection. They had asked him a hypothetical question about a woman who had seven husbands and no children on Earth. Whose wife would she be at the resurrection?
Jesus not only answered their specific question but went on to the root of their belief in no resurrection when he concluded his answer by saying, “But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord, ‘ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'” Jesus goes on to declare, that our “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
As I continue the conversation and read today’s passage for the last time, ask God, Lord, what would you have me know or do today in response to this passage? If it helps, put yourself in the narrative.
Luke 20:41-44 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.” ’
44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
Take a minute to ask God, “Lord, what would you have me know or do in response to this passage?”
[Pause and listen]Blessing
Joy:
Christgazer, the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. And may you turn your face toward Jesus today and know him more.
One Response
Amy:
Jesus spoke from Psalm 110:1, which I learned this week is the most quoted Psalm of the New Testament, which makes me want to study it more.
The Psalm was written by King David, lord of the Israelites, yet David is writing about two other lords when he says, “The LORD says to my Lord.”
It’s important to note that the two words “lord” are different words in Hebrew.
If we were to read it in Hebrew, it would read like this, “Yahweh says to my Adonai.” Yahweh references God the Father, Adonai refers to the Son of God, the Messiah, Jesus.
Shall we read the entire Psalm using the words Yahweh and Adonai?
When I look at this Psalm, I see three sections, so let’s read each separately.
For this first section, put yourself in the narrative. We have three characters, Yahweh, Adonai, and King David. Let us imagine ourselves in the place of David before the thrones of Yahweh and Adonai, when suddenly we see and hear Yahweh turn and speak to the Messiah.
Psalm 110:1 Yahweh says to my Adonai:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
Now in the second section, while you are there before the thrones, the Holy Spirit reveals to you something about Adonai. So you look at Jesus and say,
Psalm 110:2-4 2 Yahweh will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.
4 Yahweh has sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
Now, in this final section, imagine the Holy Spirit reveals to you a beautiful word for Yahweh. So you turn your gaze to Father and say,
Psalm 110:5-7 5 Adonai is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,
and so he will lift his head high.”
Wow. This is the Word of the Lord.
Closing
Amy:
You can find a transcript of this episode and all our episodes at amyburgin.com. Joy and I will be back again next week to go Christgazing together. Until then, don’t forget, when you put your trust in Christ, you are one in whom he dwells and delights, a dearly loved child of God. You are royalty in his strong and unshakeable kingdom. Though trouble abounds, Christ prevails, and so do you.
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