Do you like puzzles? Do you like brainteasers? Are you good at solving riddles? Does pondering them excite you? Does your energy level go up? Or do you get anxious? Do you worry you will be unable to solve it? Do you get embarrassed if you cannot solve a puzzle?
Puzzles, brainteasers, and riddles can be fun, challenging, and worrisome. It depends on the situation in which you need to solve them. If it is merely a game, it’s no big deal. However, if it is part of your job, it can be quite worrisome if you are struggling to solve it.
Jesus through a riddle at the Pharisees. He first asked them whose son the Messiah is. When they answered David’s, he then asked how it could be and quoted Psalm 110:1. As we see in today’s passage, Psalm 110:1, attested to David, calls the Messiah Lord. Now, in the time of David and at the time Jesus walked this earth, no father would ever call his son Lord. The Pharisees could not answer Jesus’ question and no one else bothered to question Him again until it was time for His sham trial and going to the cross.
Before anyone gets flustered or their brain in a twist, Jesus was not implying the Messiah would not be of Davidic lineage. Clearly, He is. His point was to demonstrate that the Pharisees, who thought they were above everyone else, were not quite as well-versed in the Scriptures as they thought they were. The simple answer is, yes, the Messiah is of Davidic lineage, but He is also Divine. Jesus is both fully human and fully God. It is a mystery we cannot explain in great detail. It requires faith.
I pray we all understand the riddle Jesus posed. I pray we believe Jesus is both fully human and fully God. I pray each one of us will put our faith in Jesus, believing He is the Son of God. Understand Jesus’ riddle. Believe Jesus is fully human. Believe Jesus is fully God. Put your faith in Jesus.
Matthew 22:43-45 He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
“If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?”
