How was Christ David’s Son and David’s Lord? As man he was David’s son, but He was much more. In order to be David’s Lord, He must be a divine person, but more than that, He is exalted into that place. The lordship of Christ rests not alone on His being a divine person, but because He was rejected as Son of David. God has exalted Him to be both Lord and Christ. This opens the whole question of Israel’s treatment of Christ, as well as of Jehovah’s attitude toward Him. In Psalm 110 we read, “Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.” Here it is not God sending His well-beloved Son down to the vineyard of Israel, but, when He was cast out, raising Him to His own right hand in heaven. Thus it involves their owning that Israel must have rejected their Messiah and that, when rejected, God sets Him at His own right hand in heaven. This, evidently, is the key to the present position of Israel and leaves room for the calling of the church; in a word, it is the mystery of the person of Christ and the counsels of God that follow His rejection.
From The Bible Treasury