Does Psalm 45:3-5 predict the coming of Muhammad?

Psalm 45 as a Messianic Psalm, Not a Prophecy of Muhammad

Does Psalm 45 verses 3 through 5 actually predict the coming of Muhammad? Well, the passage reads as the following. Gird your sword on your thigh, O Mighty One, in your splendor and in your majesty, and in your majesty ride on victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness.

Let your right hand teach you awesome things. Your arrows are sharp, the peoples fall under you, your arrows are in the heart of the king's enemies. That's Psalm 45 verses 3 through 5. Now, our Muslim friends argue that since verse 3 refers to someone coming with the sword to subdue his enemies, these Muslims often argue that this passage refers to Muhammad, who is known as the Prophet of the Sword.

Why the Passage Cannot Be About Muhammad

These Muslims argue that this passage actually could not refer to Jesus, since Jesus never came with the sword, as even he himself claimed in Matthew chapter 26 verse 52. Now, that's the Muslim argument.

Now, in response, there are a number of problems with this interpretation of the passage. First, the very next verse, Psalm chapter 45 verse 6, identifies the person coming as God, whom in the New Testament Jesus actually claimed to be.

Jesus, the Second Coming, and the Fulfillment of Psalm 45

In John chapter 8 verse 58, in John 10 30, are just two examples. But Muhammad denied doing this. In fact, in Muslim view, that would be blasphemy if Muhammad claimed to be God. So, second, though Jesus did not come the first time with the sword, he will come in his second coming with the sword.

You can look at Revelation chapter 19 verses 11 through 16, and also 2 Thessalonians 1 verse 7 through 8, are just two examples, which have that teaching. So, finally, the New Testament explicitly actually refers to Christ in this passage.

Hebrews Identifies the Passage as Referring to Jesus

In Hebrews 1 8, it actually claims that this passage is referring to Jesus. Therefore, it is Jesus who actually fulfills this passage, not Muhammad.