Jesus Christ - The man at God's right hand

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  hooberus

  Jesus Christ -The man at God's right hand

  "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Psalm 110:1

  "Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself." Psalm 80:17

  Ths scriptures state that it is a "man" at God's right hand. The phrase "man"/ "son of man" occurrs to my knowledge in three places in the Psalms (Psalm 8:4; 80:17; 144:3) and seems to always refer to human beings (look at the context). Thus the Watchtowers claim that Jesus is not still a man is unscriptural.

  An angel at God's right hand?

  The Watchtower claims that Jesus is an angel at the right hand of God. However Hebrews 1:13 indicates (by a rhetorical question) that no angel can sit at God's right hand.

  "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Psalm 110:1

  "But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" Hebrews 1:13

  Summary: The scriptures show that Jesus Christ is a man at Gods right hand, and also that He is not an angel at God's right hand.
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  DevonMcBride

  "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Psalm 110:1

  Hooberus,

  Did you read the whole Psalm 110 or just verse 1?

  Here David is repeating God's promise concerning Abraham's victory over the four kingdoms (Genesis chapter 14). After this war, Melchizedek hailed the returning hero and blessed him

  Genesis 14:18--19 And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and he was a priest of the Supreme God. And he blessed him, and said: "Blessed be Abram by the Supreme G--d, Maker of heaven and earth; and blessed be the Supreme God, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."

  David alludes to this blessing later in the Psalm under discussion:
  Psalms 110:4 The Lord has sworn, and will not recant: "You [Abraham] are a priest forever, after the manner of Melchizedek." Referring specifically to Abraham's miraculous victory, he declares:

  Psalms 110:5 The Lord is at your right hand, He has shattered kings on the day of His wrath.

  To make it appear as if God is here promising that Jesus' enemies will be conquered, the authors of the New Testament boldly misquoted the verse under discussion to:

  Mark 12:36 The Lord said to my Lord....

  Thus, giving the impression that one Divine Being (God) is here promising another "divine" being (Jesus) that his enemies will be conquered!

  In Hebrew, unlike in English, there are two separate words for "Lord" and "lord": Adnoy and adoni (literally, "my lord"). The latter appears in the following verses:

  Genesis 23:6 Hear us, my lord [Abraham]; you are a mighty prince among us....

  I Kings 1:2 Therefore his servants said to [David]: "Let there be sought for my lord, the king, a young virgin...."

  l Kings 1:17 And she said to [David]: "My lord, you swore by the Lord, your God, to your handmaid: `Surely Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.' "

  Psalm 110 has nothing to do with Jesus.
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  Narkissos

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/66342/1.ashx

  Check # 2, "political" -- the "son of the god" is the king.
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  hooberus

  "And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both." Zechariah 6:12-13
  

  "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:" Matthew 25:31