(Psalm 45:1-17) My heart is moved with a good theme;
I address my verses to the King;My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 You are the most handsome of the sons of mankind;
Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
3 Strap Your sword on Your thigh, Mighty One,
In Your splendor and majesty!
4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness;
Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.
5 Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.
6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your companions.
8 All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia;
From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You joyful.
9 Kings’ daughters are among Your noble women;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
10 Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:
Forget your people and your father’s house;
11 Then the King will crave your beauty.
Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
12 The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The wealthy among the people will seek your favor.
13 The King’s daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
14 She will be brought to the King in colorful garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
15 They will be brought with joy and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King’s palace.
16 In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make them princes in all the earth.
17 I will make Your name known among all generations;
Therefore the peoples will praise You forever and ever.
TODAY'S THOUGHTS AND MEDITATION:
Understand that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Isaiah chapter 53 gives us a prophecy of the first time the Lord Jesus came to earth in flesh. It describes Him as having no admirable position in society, and His appearance wasn't pleasing. People despised Him for who He was... because He wasn't what they wanted, so they would have seen Him as "ugly and undesirable".
Just as God doesn't look at a person's outward appearance, but looks at our heart, for those whose have eyes to see, (I believe) we see the beauty and the majesty, no matter what He actually looks like. And even though He was born into poverty, we know that He is the King of kings, who created all things, and all things belong to Him.
The passage above is prophetic. The queen represents the Church, the bride of Christ (Revelation 19:7). The Church includes all those who choose to believe in Christ leading up to the time of the "rapture", which is the original Greek word used to define being "caught up" into heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
The daughter represents the Israelites who become believers during the Tribulation. The virgins who are also honored to attend the wedding feast of the bride and Groom (aka the Millennium) represents all the rest of the people who become believers during the Tribulation (Matthew 25:1-13).
When Jesus comes back to earth at the end of the Tribulation to fight the battle of Armageddon, He will be victorious and lead all those who have become believers into the Millennium. Jesus will set up His kingdom and fulfill all covenants. The Israelites will serve under Him to govern the earth. Many people will be born during the thousand year reign, and they will have to make a decision to accept Jesus as their personal King, Lord and Savior.
King David became a believer at a young age, and so, he saw the beauty of the Lord, and was "ready". And in this passage he implores people to do the same. And still, this message is relevant and applicable right now! Do we see true beauty? And are we ready? Is Jesus our personal King, Lord and Savior, who we praise, worship and give honor, above all else?
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