One of the most oft-quoted OT passages in the NT is Psalms 110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
It is easy to see why. Most Jews saw only one coming of the Messiah, when he comes he puts all enemies under his footstool. Yet here was a verse that prophesied a session of Christ at the right hand. The present interadvent session of Christ, between his first and second coming. That verse must have meant a lot to the early Jewish church.
There are many verses in the gospels, Acts, and the epistles that tell us Christ fulfilled this prophecy at his ascension to heaven, at which time he was raised to the right hand.
His first coming was as a Lamb, sacrificial, his second coming will be as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. The kingly tribe (lion). Which is what we see in Revelation chapter five, Christ as both Lamb and Lion. A great revelation, no doubt, to the early Jewish church: Lamb = the first coming, Lion = the second coming.
His second coming judgmental in nature, like a Lion, his first sacrificial in nature, like a Lamb dying for the sins of the world, Jew and Gentile.
In between the two comings, he sits at the right hand position (probation symbolism), awaiting all enemies being put under his feet.
Yes, one of the most misquoted of the Jewish scriptures. Psalm 110 has nothing to do with Jesus. The KJV butchers the Hebrew in 110 to make it appear to be about Jesus.
From Messiah Truth:
His first coming was as a Lamb, sacrificial, his second coming will be as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. The kingly tribe (lion). Which is what we see in Revelation chapter five, Christ as both Lamb and Lion. A great revelation, no doubt, to the early Jewish church: Lamb = the first coming, Lion = the second coming.
The Hebrew scriptures simply do not teach this anywhere. This notion is created by the church through mistranslation and pure eisegesis of the text.
Human sacrifice is forbidden, human vicarious atonement is forbidden, Jesus did not die on the altar, did not die of sudden blood loss at the neck, he suffocated. His ofal and fat were not burned. In everyway imaginal...he was not an acceptable sacrifice. The sacrifical god-man for sin is purely a grecco-roman concept.
The 3rd temple will be built, the priesthood restored, sacrifices are returning forever, mashiach will be a noraml man who will live and die and pass the throne of David to other Kings forever. The gentiles will come to Jerusalem to learn of G-d and his law. Isaiah 2:3