Old Testament Prophecies
Psalms 110:1{“110:001 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”}
Response
[Exposition]!
Perhaps all of
us have heard the absurd claim made by Christians regarding the prophecy cited
above. This prophecy is over-used and incorrectly claimed by Christians,
especially by the right wing evangelists who make every effort to make this
come true by causing fitnah on earth and creating hate with hypocrisy. These
commercial brokers of Bible take advantage to the fact that most people in this
world including Jews and Christians are not familiar with Jewish Scriptures,
which leaves an open field for priests and monks to misguide naďve Christians
with absurd interpretations and meanings to the prophecies, especially this one
in Psalms 110:1.
I would state the original
Hebrew words “YaH WaH” and “Adon” to eradicate any ambiguity and misunderstanding in
the sense conveyed by these words,
“YaH WaH
said to my Adon,
Sit at my right
until I place
Thine enemies a
footstool under thy feet.”
Psalms 110:1 is also quoted by Matthew (22:44), Mark (12:36), and Luke (20:42). In all languages (translations) the two names contained in
the first distich are rendered as “ The Lord said unto my Lord.”
Certainly if the first “Lord” is God, then the second Lord is also God; nothing
more can be convenient and suitable for a Christian evangelist or a pastor or a
priest than this, namely, the speaker is God, and also addressee (spoken to) is
God (according to
Christians Trojan horse).
That will lead to a conclusion that David knew two Gods, this is not true since
the entire Old Testament is based on the idea to worship One and only God even
after redacted form. However, the question begs for an answer is which of these
two Gods (Domini) is “the Lord” of David? If David had written “Dominus
meus dixit Domino meo”, he would have ridiculed himself admitting to be a
servant of two Lords, without mentioning proper names. This absurd
admission will further affect than the existence of two Lords; it would means
that David’s second Lord has taken refuge with David’s first Lord, who asked
him to take a seat on his right side until the first Lord put his (second Lord)
enemies a footstool under his feet. This reasoning leads a rational and
reasoned person to admit that in order to understand this prophecy one must
know his or her religion in its original language and should not depend on
translations.
In my humble opinion such
sacred names should have been left as they are. The Tetragrammaton (Yhwh) used to be pronounced Yehovah (Jehovah) but it is not generally
pronounced Yahwah. It is the proper name of God in Hebrew, which is held so
holy that when Jews read their Scripture they never pronounce it, except
reading it “Adoni” instead. The other name “Elohim” is always
pronounced, but Yahwah never. The word “Adon” signifies a “Commander, Lord,
and master its Arabic and Turkish counterparts are Amir, Sayyed, Shaikh, Agha, etc. Adon stands as the opposite term of “soldier, slave, and property.” Therefore
the first part of the distich is to be read correctly as “God said to My Lord.”
It must be kept in mind that
David, as a king was himself the Lord, and Commander of every Israelite and the
Master of his Kingdom. So, the question arises that whose servant was
he? It is obvious that David would not use the appellation “my
Lord” for any of his descendants, for whom the usual and logical term would be
“son.” Therefore, beside
God, no other conceivable being who could be David’s Lord, except that noblest
of mankind i.e. Muhammad (SAW). This is also confirmed by the other prophecies.
We know that David lived in Paran and visited Makkah (Kaa’bah) perhaps performing Hajj and/or Umrah. [See Psalms
Chapter 84 & 1 Samuel 25:1]
It must be
interesting to point out that Jesus flatly repudiated the Jews when he asked
them: “How could David call him- ‘my Lord” if he were his son?” The following verses
from the Gospel of Matthew are evidence that Jesus is not the one whom David is
calling “my Lord.”
Matthew 022:041! While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 022:042
Saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, the son of
David. 022:043 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call
him Lord, saying, 022:044 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on
my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 022:045 If
David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 022:046
And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day
forth ask him any more questions.
Thus, the above proof from
New Testament confirms that Jesus excluded himself from that title “my Lord” and deny being the object of this
prophecy. This reference as shocking as it is for Christians reducing Jesus to
his due status of a Prophet of God and a servant of
God, denouncing the extravagant divine character ascribed to Jesus to his own
disgust and displeasure.
Deuteronomy 34:10 further impeach the Christians’ claim for
Jesus to be the prophet “like
unto thee” and/or “prophet like Moses” and/or “sitting
at the right hand of God etcetera!
034:010 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like
unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
There is no doubt that Muhammad (SAW) is the Son
of Man (Bamasha) as mentioned by Prophet Daniel in his Book, is the
Lord of David and the Praised and Glorious man whom Prophet Job (19:25)
mentioned as a “Savior” from the power of Devil. And, in the above prophecy
King David is calling Prophet Muhammad (SAW) “my Lord.”
Glorious Qur’aan Surah: 26. Shuaraa Verse: 196 Revealed in: Makkah
Transliteration
WA- 'INNA -HU LA- FE ZUBUR AL- 'AWWALEN
Muhsin Khan
And verily, it (the Qur'ân, and its revelation to Prophet Muhammad
(SAW) is (announced) in the Scriptures of former people. (i.e. Tawrat, Injeel
& Zaboor)