Psalm 22: David was not a prophet? Mike rebuts and notes Psalm 22 clearly speaks of future events
Ra argues Psalm 22 is not messianic because (1) David was not a prophet, (2) the Psalms are in the 'writings' section not the 'prophets,' and (3) David never experienced anything like what's described
Mike responds that while the Psalms are classified in the 'writings' section of the Hebrew canon (not the 'prophets'), Jewish tradition — ancient and modern — holds that David spoke by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and that the Psalms can and do speak of future things. The more telling point is that nothing in David's own life matches the events described in Psalm 22, which means the psalm's descriptions either point typologically to something beyond David, or are purely poetic — neither of which supports Ra's reading.
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