Why is the Java main method static?

Question

The method signature of a Java main() method is:

public static void main(String[] args){
    ...
}

Is the

Answer 1

Because otherwise, it would need an instance of the object to be executed. But it must be called from scratch, without constructing the object first, since it is usually the task of the main() function (bootstrap), to parse the arguments and construct the object, usually by using these arguments/program parameters.