Christ will stop sitting at the right hand of the Father once God makes Christ's enemies His footstool?

Question

Psalm 110:1 the Scripture describes God the Father addressing Jesus:

Psalm 110:1
1[[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.(KJV)

Does that mean that Christ will stop sitting at the right hand of the Father once God makes Christ's enemies His footstool?

Answer 1

Very nice imagery there. This is one of the many reasons I'm atheist.

Answer 2

I've heard that "until", in the old days, didn't necessarily have a sense of happening up to a certain time but not after that moment, the way we usually think of it. Something could still happen after the moment in question.

For example, although we don't usually look at it this way, if you go to sleep at midnight and awaken for the day at 8, are you going to sleep until 3 am? In a way, yes; you're going to sleep past then, too, but it IS true that you're going to sleep until 3. So, I think Christ will sit at His Father's right hand until, and even after, His enemies become His footstool.

Answer 3

Sometimes a different translation with footnotes helps.

[Psa 110:1] A psalm of David. The LORD says to you, my lord: "Take your throne at my righthand, while I make your enemies your footstool."

Footnote:

[1] (Psalm 110) A royal psalm in which a court singer recites three oracles in which God assures the king that his enemies are conquered (Psalm 110:1-2), makes the king "son" in traditional adoption language (PSa 110:3), gives priestly status to the king and promises to be with him in future military ventures (PSa 110:4-7).
[2] The LORD says to you, my lord: literally, "The LORD says to my lord," a polite form of address of an inferior to a superior. Cf 1 Sam 25:25; 2 Sam 1:10. The court singer refers to the king. Jesus in the synoptic gospels (Matthew 22:41-46 and parallels) takes the psalmist to be David and hence "my lord" refers to the messiah, who must be someone greater than David. Your footstool: in ancient times victorious kings put their feet on the prostrate bodies of their enemies.


Throughout the New Testament, Jesus is always spoken of as either sitting at the right hand of the Father or simple at the right hand of the Father. In one place it says he stands at the right hand of the Father and that is when someone is being martyred for Christ.

[Acts 7:55] But he, filled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
[Acts 7:56] and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
[Acts 7:57] But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together.
[Acts 7:58] They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Answer 4

Well that is a hard question. But here goes as well as I understand it. I guess since Jesus is coming back to rule in the millennial kingdom that means Jesus would no longer be sitting and would be up doing His work. But hey, the best part some of us may get to serve there with Him.

Answer 5

This could mean many things. Maybe he was at his right hand until he came to earth, thus making his enemy (Satan) obviously the loser by sacrificing himself. Once that was accomlplished, he went back up to sit at his right hand again.

Answer 6

This type of scripture is not to be taken literally. It helps us understand by relating to ouir own physical circumstances.

Don't forget, David was a King, and he was inspired to write this but from his own perspective

Answer 7

Why is this important for you?