Is God the Messiah?

Even though the idea of a Messiah probably did not occur to the prophets, the foremost purpose of this book is to establish why such a character exists in the biblical narrative. Ultimately, the question, "whose son is he?" will be resolved. Because, if David thus calls the Messiah Lord, how can the Messiah be David's son?

To definitely answer both questions, this book illustrates how the entire biblical narrative keeps a coherent theme. The divine covenants build in succession in a manner that appears to require a Messiah from outside the human context to resolve them.

The opening portion of this book presents new arguments that undo conventional opinions that do not recognize the thread which runs through the Abram covenant, the Abrahamic covenant, the Mosaic covenant, and the Davidic covenant.
Tradition sees those covenantal promises as unconditional guarantees or as unbreakable promises. However, it will be illustrated here why each covenant has caveats that caused the land Promise to be readdressed several times. Since a sworn oath was broken repeatedly, a new covenant became necessary. Establishing that concept creates a context in which to shift the focus away from geography (the land of Canaan), so that more attention can be paid to theology (re-imagining the parameters for Messiahship).

Conveniently, the author of the Gospel of Matthew asserted that Jesus, a person who met his Messianic expectations, was in the patriarchal lineage of David and was conceived by the Holy Spirit, at the same time: the son of David and the Son of God assertion. It seems that the author did this because he was trying to appeal to a Jewish audience.
However, virgin births real, or not, exclude persons from that scenario from being "The Messiah" according to Jewish tradition because he would have no patriarchal blood ties to the line of David. Jewish tradition asserts that even if a person's father is God, he is excluded from "Messiahship" because he has no patriarchal blood ties to the Davidic line. For that reason, a new explanation is offered that points out why Matthew's version of the Jesus story seems to have hurt, not helped, Jesus' case for satisfying the traditional requirement for being the "The Messiah" being in the patriarchal lineage of David. Pointing that out is necessary because it could be that a person came from David's body (loins) without being in his patriarchal lineage (see 2 Sam. 7:16). Therefore, it will be argued why Matthew's lineage, which includes four women, may have a point.

Since each Synoptic Gospel author asserted that Jesus rhetorically denied that "The Messiah" was the Son of David, this book presents an original that demonstrates why Messiahship in the narrative of the Hebrew Bible can be seen in another way. Given the details of the Davidic covenant, Judeo-Christian religions have good reason to traditionally conclude that "The Messiah" must come from the patriarchal lineage of David. So, the point here is to argue why Messianism seems to not be limited to the patriarchal lineage of Davidic, as in most instances, Messiahship in the Hebrew Bible has nothing to do with the Davidic context at all.

First, it is pointed out that the idea of a "messiah" probably did not occur to the prophets. Then, it will be illustrated why it is difficult to discern, or maybe even impossible to tell, if a Davidic "Messiah" can materialize. Herein, it is illustrated why the authors of the Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zechariah were not asserting that any "messianic" figure in their narratives was from the patriarchal David. An original argument illustrates that there is a Messiah in the biblical storyline that is not in the Davidic line, but instead appears to be fully Divine. This will be done without violating the Law of Moses.