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On a [[different]] level the [[human]] [[king]] functioned as a quasidivine intermediary between the [[divine]] and [[human]] realms. The king is at times referred to as the son of God ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_2 Psalms. 2:7]; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.7 2 Samuel. 7:14]) and the firstborn of God ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_89 Psalms. 89:28]), and in one text the king seems to be addressed as Elohim ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_45 Psalms. 45:7]). The [[language]] of [[divine]] kinship in these [[texts]] indicates that [[God]] [[adopts]] the reigning [[king]] as his earthly son, which [[corresponds]] to the king's role as God's chosen [[representative]] or intermediary on [[earth]]. As portrayed in the royal psalms, the [[king]] is the earthly guarantor of [[cosmic]] order, defeating the enemies—both [[human]] and [[cosmic]]—and establishing [[harmony]] and [[peace]]. The king partakes of the [[divine]] through the sacral office of kingship, which ideally ensures "[[abundant]] [[authority]] and [[peace]] without end" ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Isaiah. 9:6]). In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Second Temple period] (536 BCE–70 CE), in the [[absence]] of a reigning [[king]], the concept of the king as a quasidivine intermediary stimulated the [[expectation]] of a royal [[messiah]], the [[future]] Davidic king, hedged with [[divinity]], who will defeat [[chaos]] once and for all.
On a [[different]] level the [[human]] [[king]] functioned as a quasidivine intermediary between the [[divine]] and [[human]] realms. The king is at times referred to as the son of God ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_2 Psalms. 2:7]; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.7 2 Samuel. 7:14]) and the firstborn of God ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_89 Psalms. 89:28]), and in one text the king seems to be addressed as Elohim ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_45 Psalms. 45:7]). The [[language]] of [[divine]] kinship in these [[texts]] indicates that [[God]] [[adopts]] the reigning [[king]] as his earthly son, which [[corresponds]] to the king's role as God's chosen [[representative]] or intermediary on [[earth]]. As portrayed in the royal psalms, the [[king]] is the earthly guarantor of [[cosmic]] order, defeating the enemies—both [[human]] and [[cosmic]]—and establishing [[harmony]] and [[peace]]. The king partakes of the [[divine]] through the sacral office of kingship, which ideally ensures "[[abundant]] [[authority]] and [[peace]] without end" ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Isaiah. 9:6]). In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Second Temple period] (536 BCE–70 CE), in the [[absence]] of a reigning [[king]], the concept of the king as a quasidivine intermediary stimulated the [[expectation]] of a royal [[messiah]], the [[future]] Davidic king, hedged with [[divinity]], who will defeat [[chaos]] once and for all.
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*Hendel, Ronald S. "Israelite Religion." Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. Vol. 7. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 4742-4750. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
*Hendel, Ronald S. "[http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CCX3424501574&v=2.1&u=tel_a_uots&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w Israelite Religion]." Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. Vol. 7. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 4742-4750. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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