Chapter 22 ˙ Commentary and Notes

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Matthew 22:45

Matthew 22:41: ¶While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 Saying, What do you think about Mashiach? whose son is he? They answered him, The Son of David.

43 He saith unto them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit yourself on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool?

45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

The reason for the division of the House of Israel and the House of Judah was the chastisement upon the House of David.  This chastisement resulted in the expression, "the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down," Acts 15:16 > Amos 9:11,12.

Yehoshua asks the Torah teachers about this, "saying, What do you think about Mashiach? whose son is he?  There was a teaching that there was a Mashiach who was the son of Joseph as well as a Mashiach who was the son of David.  Yehoshua does not mention this teaching explicitly.  Instead, he directly addresses the question of in what sense Mashiach should be called the son of David.  If Mashiach is greater than David, how then can David fully represent all that Mashiach is?  One might ask if David can represent all that Moshe is, and yet Mashiach is also represented by what Moshe is.  As Moshe says, Mashiach is a prophet like unto him.

Indeed, the fall of the House of David is just in this, that the House of David builds the Temple of God but cannot represent all the Mashiach is, who is the builder of the Eternal Temple of God which will never be destroyed.  It is for this very reason that all of those righteous men of faith who represented the likeness of Mashiach before hand must be looked at together, Joseph, Moshe, Aaron, and David, in order to even begin to fully represent Mashiach.   Those traditions concerning Mashiach ben Yoseph, therefore, which speak of one who is along side of Mashiach ben David must be taken as allegories and brought together into one for an interpretation of revelation.  In this way we will see one picture of  one Mashiach.  

We can begin to do this by looking at the Tribe of Benjamin and the place of the Tribe of Benjamin in relation to the Tribe of Judah in the chastisement upon the house of David.  There is great depth to this subject in Scripture.  We may say that the Benjamites adhered to the House of Judah, which is an aspect of there being 10 tribes lost in the captivity of the northern kingdom not 11 tribes.  However, it is the concealment of the mystery of the 10 tribes in through their captivity that matters most.  It is the mystery itself of only 10 tribes being given to Jeroboam, while only one tribe was preserved to the House of David that matters most.  In truth, this whole story, which is the story of thefall of the House of David, or the booth of David, is itself representative of the prophetic picture of Mashiach.  In order to fully learn what Yehoshua wanted the teachers of the Torah to learn we must learn to understand this whole story, to which the Tribe of Benjamin is the key.

To continue studying this subject,
go to the page: Tribe of Benjamin - Key To Redemption
This page can be found on my site entitled, Notes On The One Eternal Covenant.