P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

'things' (angels, authorities, powers), or 'the
world' being subject to either God or Christ. 13l
The concept implied by the verb is then religious
rather than physical domination.
is important for our argument:
This preference
Ps 109.lc was, in
the tradition employed in Eph 1:20ff, no longer connected
with the session motif, although it did in
fact remain an authoritative strand of tradition. 132
The session motif was instead connected with Ps 8:6
which was a statement about the already realised
Lordship of Christ, expressed in terms of the reverent
obedience of the entire creation.
It is precisely
this that is envisaged as having taken place in
Eph 1:20-23 and consequently the eschatological
reservation that was held by Paul in 1 Cor l5:24ff
has now been abandoned.
That which was previously
applied to the triumph of the parousia is now applied
to the present kingdom.
Ps 8 is not properly a messianic psalm
as Ps 110 is, in interpretation if not in origin
(see our examination of the psalm in Rabbinic tradition),
but it has become so closely associated with the LXX
form of Ps 110 that it has acquired what we might
term a "christological character" through its use
in expanding the christology formulated in the messianic
Ps 110.
Our examination of Ps 3 leads us to
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