“Those who oppose Yahweh are broken into pieces. He thunders at them from the heavens. Yahweh judges the ends of the earth. He gives strength to his King and lifts the head of his Messiah.”

Yahweh is the strength of his people and a fortress for the victory of his Messiah.

So there were 14 generations from Abraham to David, 14 generations from David until the exile to Babylon, 14 generations from the exile until the Messiah.

He called together all the chief priests and the experts in the Scriptures and tried to find out from them where the Messiah was supposed to be born.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”

Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They answered him, “David’s.”

Don’t make others call you a leader, because you have only one leader, the Messiah.

Many will come using my name. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many people.

“At that time don’t believe anyone who tells you, ‘Here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is!’

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will work spectacular, miraculous signs and do wonderful things to deceive, if possible, even those whom God has chosen.

But Yeshua was silent. Then the chief priest said to him, “Swear an oath in front of the living God and tell us, are you the Messiah, the Son of God?”

He asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah!”

How Can David’s Son Be David’s Lord?

While Yeshua was teaching in the temple courtyard, he asked, “How can the experts in Moses’ Teachings say that the Messiah is David’s son?

“At that time don’t believe anyone who tells you, ‘Here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is!’

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will work miraculous signs and do wonderful things to deceive, if possible, those whom God has chosen.

But he was silent. The chief priest asked him again, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.

and had told him that he wouldn’t die until he had seen the Messiah, whom the Lord would send.

People’s hopes were rising as they all wondered whether John was the Messiah.

Demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But Yeshua ordered them not to speak. After all, they knew he was the Messiah.

He asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, whom God has sent.”

How Can David’s Son Be David’s Lord?

Yeshua said to them, “How can people say that the Messiah is David’s son?

“Tell us, are you the Messiah?” Yeshua said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me.

The people stood there watching. But the rulers were making sarcastic remarks. They said, “He saved others. If he’s the Messiah that God has chosen, let him save himself!”