Di LORD Talk to My Lord

For many days, di experts don dey throw tricky questions for Jesus, dey try catch am. Now Jesus turn around and ask dem one. And di temple courts quiet finish.

Na di last week of di life of Jesus, few days before di Passover. Jerusalem full of pilgrims. Jesus don ride enter di city as people dey shout Hosanna to di son of David, and e don dey teach every day for di temple courts. Religious leaders don dey come meet am one after another with traps. We suppose pay tax to Caesar? Whose wife woman go be for di resurrection? Which commandment great pass? Jesus don answer every one, with wisdom and simple words. Now one group of Pharisees, experts for di law of God, gather together. And Jesus take im turn to ask question.

Wetin una think about di Christ? Whose son e be? Di Christ mean di Messiah, di anointed king wey God don promise. Di Pharisees answer quick quick, because every child know am. Di son of David. Dem correct. God don promise David say king from im family go reign forever. Prophets don talk about Branch from di line of David. People call Jesus imself son of David as e dey heal blind people and as e ride enter Jerusalem. Di Messiah go be from di family line of David. Easy question. You fit imagine say some of dem dey smile, happy say dem ask dem something wey simple like dis after all di arguments of di week. But Jesus get another one, and dis one no simple at all.

How then David, inside di Spirit, take call am Lord, when e talk say: Di Lord talk to my Lord, sit for my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? Jesus dey quote Psalm one hundred and ten, psalm of David wey everybody know. Inside am, David talk about two Lords. Di first one na God. Di second one na somebody wey David call my Lord, wey God invite make e sit for im right hand, di place of highest honour and power, until every enemy fall. Jesus press di point. If David call am Lord, how e take be im son?

For dat time, papa no go ever call im own son or grandchild my lord. Na di other way round e dey be. Di younger one dey honour di elder. So how King David, di greatest king wey Israel ever get, go call im own child-child Lord? Unless dat child-child great pass David imself. Di Pharisees dey think. Dem dey look each other face. And Matthew talk say nobody fit answer am one word. And from dat day, nobody dare ask am any question again. Di puzzle hang for air. Di Messiah na di son of David. And e be di Lord of David.

Psalm one hundred and ten important well well to di first Christians. Di New Testament quote am or point to am pass any other psalm: Peter for Pentecost, Paul for im letters, and again and again for di Letter to di Hebrews, wey also take im words about priest forever, according to di order of Melchizedek. Scholars don count more than thirty quotations and allusions.

Di Lord Talk to My Lord. You go find am for Psalm one hundred and ten and for Matthew chapter twenty-two, verse forty-one to forty-six. Jesus leave di question without answer for dat day. For Christmas, Christians dey give dia answer: di baby wey dem born for Bethlehem, di town of David, na di son of David by birth, and e be di Lord wey David worship too. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Jesus ask: whose son di Messiah be? Who you talk say Jesus be?