Son of David

Scripture/Bible:   And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, declared, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet.' 37 David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly. Mark 12:35-37

Reflection:  I can’t understand this; we acknowledge Christ to be the Son of David according to the ancestry and according to the promise. 

Then why is Jesus challenging the Scribes and questioning them about something which he is not supposed to? If I were in the midst of the crowd, I would perhaps tell Jesus; look Jesus, according to the promise he is indeed the Son of David, so they are right in what they say. 

Doesn’t the Scripture prophesy about him being from the seed of David?

Here are some texts from the Bible, which are prophecies about Jesus as one connected with the line of David: 2 Sam 7: 12, 16; 1 Chr. 17:11; Ps. 89:35-37; 132:11; 138:1-6; Jer. 23:5-6; 33:14-15, Eze.34:23-25,

But he had to tell them they shouldn’t get too fossilized on their interpretation of the word and miss the bus. Some of us tend to take just one aspect of the scripture and fail to understand the other aspects because of our conditioning which prevents us from accepting certain truths.

The Jews down centuries had interpreted only one part of the prophetic scripture and failed to interpret the most important element of which the prophetic text was revealing concerning Jesus. They failed to see the divinity of Christ and the prophetic texts which pointed out to this divinity.   

Ps. 45:6; 89:27; Is. 7:14; 8:8; 9:6; 40:9; 45:21-25; Jer. 23:5-6;  Zech. 11:10- 13; 13: 7 Micah 5:2

It may have never been easy for them in keeping with their concept of God as supremely one.  Thanks to Jesus who through the Holy Spirit and through his Holy Apostles reveals to us the triune nature of God; that glory which is manifested in us and in nature. 

Thus Jesus is God according to the prophetic text too: “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.” Col 1:19     

“Though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.”  Phil 2:6-8

Prayer: "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Mark 10:47

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