Psalm 45
Pray with Anticipation!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, May 8.
Psalm 45 is a wedding song, but not for an ordinary wedding; it was written for a royal wedding. Its words are too lofty for even the most exalted of couples; therefore, we are left with only one conclusion: Psalm 45 is a Messianic Psalm. Spurgeon made that point clear in his classic work on the Psalms:
Some here see Solomon and Pharaoh’s daughter only – they are short-sighted; others see both Solomon and Christ – they are cross-eyed; well-focussed [sic] spiritual eyes see here Jesus only, … “The King,” the God whose throne is for ever and ever, is no mere mortal and his everlasting dominion is not bounded by Lebanon and Egypt’s river. This is no wedding song of earthly nuptials, but an Epithalamium [a poem celebrating a marriage] for the Heavenly Bridegroom and his elect spouse.[1]
To illustrate this point, Psalm 45:6-7 was quoted in Hebrews 1:8-9 to emphasize Jesus Christ as the One who fulfills this exalted psalm, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your fellows.” John the Baptist described Jesus as the bridegroom in John 3:29, “He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.” Paul pointed out that the church is the betrothed of Christ in 2 Corinthians 11:2, “I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.”
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 45, meditating upon the joy of being the betrothed of Jesus Christ – “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready” (Revelation 19:7). For the joy set before you, prepare yourself to be a holy and blameless bride (Ephesians 5:25-27).
God bless you!
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