raised up... [part a]

“And it shall come to pass, when your days are expired and you go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be one of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: … But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.” 2 Sam 7:11-14

It seems to the author, that when YHWH-God and his prophets spoke of  “the anointed raised up by God”, this phrase ‘raised up’ would likely be taken to mean ‘established’ or ‘set -up’ by all but those who were post Yeshua’s resurrection. The Apostles then in retrospect understood their master’s comment about the Son of Adam: “three days later he will rise”, as further interpretations of these prophecies waiting to be fulfilled by YHWH-God’s intervention into history, in a sense no less miraculous than what he did in the Exodus, the Exile, & the Return. The Gospel records of Jesus’ actions in ‘raising up’ others [e.g. Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1:31), the demonized deaf-mute boy -who looked dead (Mk 9:26f), and Lazaras (Jn 11:11-48) etc.],  may then act as hints, or poetic foretastes, of this bigger more permanent, “raising up” of this ultimate “Anointed One”; as the Apostle Peter comments during Pentecost: “David died & we have his bones”, in effect we have one greater than David here, this “anointed one” is raised up never to die again (as is put by another New Testament writer: Heb 7:15-17), and can then pass on this life to others (1Pet 1:22-25).

And you shall know me,

know that I AM - THE

Creator, that’s he

whose love makes meaning;

she gives her body

for food to her wee-

ones; who know they’ll be

nurtured as they feed.

From whom poetry

and songs are sourced free;

like a beaut fruit tree

(and in fruit’s the seed).

I’ll raise up your son

from a seed in one,

(as your father’s done)

until he has won..

*won growth from one cell,

  this tree never fell!

*Won right to rule well,

*& heart of his gal.

*I’ll raise up your child

  so he’s not “dropped wild”,

  but trained till he’s styled

  as “slow to be riled”.

So when I said “raised

up”; who thought of praised?

This "pup" may be dazed,

don't assume he's crazed!