This is in response to a question:
The idea that Jesus didn’t become Messiah till the resurrection, though I’m not sure I would say it is heresy, is surely quite mistaken and borders on ignorance of all that Jesus was and did. If one were to ask about His coronation it was the cross—hence the crown and the Titulus—King of the Jews. Rom 1:3-4 affirms that the resurrection is the proof or confirmation of the legitimacy of His claims. Or one could claim the baptism, since the Father pronounces Jesus as His ‘Son’—citing Ps 2, which was a coronation Psalm for the King of Israel. –this of course would lead us back to the cross where the Roman soldier affirms ‘surely this man was the Son of God’ (Mark 15:39).
The fact is that the entirety of Jesus’ ministry was of course the claim to be the rightful Messiah. The citation of Ps 110 and its application to Jesus during His ministry—where David calls Him Lord confirms this.
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ReplyDeleteI would go back even earlier. I would say that since all things where created through the person of Jesus, that Jesus rightfully has earned the title of King of kings and Lord of lords through this act of creation.
Also, I would go back to the promise. When God promised Abram the his descendantswould be as numerous as the stars He knew that that would only be possible through Jesus. When God made the promise he decided that Jesus would do what he did.
Jesus became the Messiah before he was born. (One could look at Rad, Shack and Benny (the book of Danial) for more evidence that Jesus saves long before his birth.)