What does Psalm 110:1 mean when it says 'The Lord said unto my Lord'?
Psalm 110:1 records the Lord speaking to my Lord, inviting Him to sit at His right hand until His enemies are made His footstool. It reveals God speaking to God, showing that Christ is God and a member of the Godhead. The passage’s apparent difficulty is resolved in that truth.
Les explains that Psalm 110:1 was a verse Martin Luther struggled over, unable to comprehend it for a long time. Then one morning he burst out of his study and told his wife he now saw it: it was God crying out to God. That is because Christ is God. The verse has the Lord speaking to my Lord and inviting Him to sit at His right hand until His enemies are made His footstool. This fits the teaching that Jesus Christ, as He died on the cross, was the Creator Himself, a member of the Godhead.
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
More Questions
Who is speaking to whom in Psalm 110:1, 'The Lord said unto my Lord'?
In Psalm 110:1 it is God the Father speaking to God the Son, which fits with all the other references to Christ sitting at the Father's right hand.
What does Psalm 110:1 teach about Christ's deity?
In Psalm 110:1, God is crying out to God, because Christ is God.