The Deity of David

Everyone, I’ve discovered an amazing truth which I’d like to share with you all. King David in the Old Testament is actually an incarnation of God Himself! Okay, I know that sounds crazy, but there’s actually a lot of evidence supporting this.

First of all, consider the following: David was worshipped (1 Chron. 29:20), and only God can be worshipped (Exod. 20:5; Deut. 6:13) — as David Himself recognized (1 Chron. 16:25) — so therefore David must be God. Also, David sat down on the throne of God (2 Chron. 9:8), which only God should be able to do. Furthermore, He was said to be the Son of God and called God “Father” (Psa. 89:20, 26), which means that He is equal to God (John 5:18), because anyone who is begotten by God must share His essence, right? David was even called “Lord” dozens of times, which obviously means that He is the LORD Himself.

In addition to all this, David was said to have “glory” (Psa. 21:5), but God said, “I will not share my glory with another” (Isa. 42:8). So David has to be God Himself! Okay, I know that Psalm 21:5 says that David was given glory by God, but that must mean that His human nature was given glory, even though His divine nature already had glory in eternity past. That’s the only logical conclusion, considering that God said He would not share His glory.

In fact, it looks like David’s son Solomon was also an incarnation of God! Solomon was also worshipped and served (Psa. 72:9-11), using the same verbs shachah and ‘abad which elsewhere describe the worship due to God alone (Exod. 20:5; Deut. 6:13). He “saved the souls” of the people of Israel (Psa. 72:12-14), but God said, “Beside Me there is no savior” (Isa. 43:11). Logically, then, Solomon must be God incarnate. He even sat down upon the very throne of God, and ruled over the kingdom of God (1 Chron. 29:23; 2 Chron. 9:8).

Actually, the entire Dynasty of Davidic kings was just God incarnating Himself in many different ways! All of the kings of Israel are Sons of God (Psa. 2:6-7), which of course must mean that They are equal to God (John 5:18) because They share God’s very essence. Furthermore, according to 2 Chronicles 13:8, all of these descendants of David ruled over God’s own kingdom! The Davidic kings were even called “God” (Psa. 45:6), and because there is only one God (Isa. 45:5), that must mean that They are all one and the same God.

Okay, now let me answer some objections. There are some heretics who disagree with the deity of David and call themselves ‘monotarians’ or even worse, ‘biblical monotarians,’ even though there’s clearly nothing biblical about them! These rationalists claim that all of these many Persons couldn’t be one and the same God, because that’s clearly illogical (so they say). But consider this — it’s a mystery! We’re not meant to know everything about God. So stop disbelieving things just because you can’t understand them, you stupid rationalists!

Now, those monotarians might think they have a slam dunk argument against the deity of David, because David and His descendants all sinned. David committed murder and adultery (2 Sam. 11), Solomon became an idolater (1 Kgs. 11), Ahab persecuted God’s prophets (1 Kgs. 16:30), and on and on... Furthermore, these things are said to have “angered the LORD,” which (they claim) means that the kings can’t Themselves be the LORD.

But this objection totally ignores the actual doctrine of the deity of David. According to this doctrine, David and His Dynasty were 100% God and 100% human! Sinning is just a part of being a human, according to David Himself (Psa. 51:5). Therefore, even though the Davidic kings sinned in Their human nature, They remained immaculate in Their divine nature. And when this “angered the LORD,” well, that’s just a figure of speech meaning that the Father of David (Psa. 2:7; 89:26), one of the Persons in God, was angry at Their human nature but not at They Themselves.

“Okay,” say the heretics, “but what about the fact that the Father of David was David’s God? The Father clearly anointed David and his descendants (1 Sam. 16:12-13; Psa. 45:7; 89:20), and they were clearly appointed by the Father (Psa. 2:6-7). David even called the Father ‘my God’! (2 Sam. 22:3; Psa. 22:1; 89:26) So David can’t himself be God Almighty, because he had a God over him.”

Aha, heretics, but you still don’t understand the doctrine of David’s deity! Yes, the Bible says that David was appointed by God, but that’s not really what it means. David has always been God even in eternity past — just look at Psalm 72:17, which says that His name existed “before the sun” — but when He was united with a human nature, the human nature (not David Himself) was exalted to a position that it didn’t hold before. And when David called the Father “My God,” He was clearly speaking in His human nature as well. From an ontological standpoint, He is always co-equal with the Father, even though He was functionally subordinate as an incarnate human.

Okay, that’s all I have for today. I sure gave those heretics a real beat-down, didn’t I? If any of you monotarians have further objections, just think about the two natures of David, and I’m sure that will answer your objection. There’s no way to disprove this doctrine, because all of His imperfections reside in His human nature, while His perfections reside in His divine nature. Meanwhile, there’s lots of evidence for the deity of David, as I showed above. So why do you blasphemers make David out to be a mere man? Why don’t you just stop stubbornly resisting the deity of David, as clearly taught in the Bible?