How does one view the passages that speak of human kings as God's in the OT? Such as Psalm 45:6-7:
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your fellows.
To refer to this Psalm as Messianic does not seem to detract from the fact that the king was originally called "God", albeit an inferior god, but a god nonetheless, something I wouldn't expect for strict monotheism within ancient Judaism.
Thoughts?
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your fellows.
To refer to this Psalm as Messianic does not seem to detract from the fact that the king was originally called "God", albeit an inferior god, but a god nonetheless, something I wouldn't expect for strict monotheism within ancient Judaism.
Thoughts?
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