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PSALMS 45
LESSON #04/P2
THE WEDDING LOVE SONG

• MEMORY VERSE: PSALMS 45:11

• PSALMS 45 IS A MESSIANIC PSALM.
  • THAT MEANS THE PSALM REFERS TO THE MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST AND IS QUOTED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

• THE SUB-TITLES:
  • “To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.”
    • REMEMBER THAT THE SONS OF KORAH ARE THE MUSICIANS.
    • REMEMBER THAT “MASCHIL” MEANS = TEACHING, WISDOM, OR UNDERSTANDING.
    • THE WORD, “SHOSHANNIM”, MEANS = LILIES.
      • THE SCENE FOR THIS PSALM IS A WEDDING DECORATED WITH LILIES. THE MUSIC AT THE WEDDING CONSISTS OF A LOVE SONG SUNG TO A TUNE CALLED “LILIES”.
        • IN OTHER WORDS, THIS PSALM IS AN ALLEGORY. WHAT IS AN ALLEGORY?
          • AN ALLEGORY IS A STORY THAT CAN BE ENJOYED FOR ITSELF, BUT BENEATH THE SURFACE STORY IS A DEEPER, SYMBOLIC MEANING. THAT WILL BE OUR INTERPRETATION FOR THIS PSALM.

• READ PSA 45:1-5 THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF THE COMING KING
  • “MY HEART IS INDITING A GOOD MATTER…” (1)
    • THE KING JAMES WORD, “INDITING” MEANS = BURSTING FORTH OR OVERFLOWING.
      • IN OTHER WORDS, THE AUTHOR IS SO EXCITED TO TELL US ABOUT A GLORIOUS EVENT THAT HIS TONGUE MOVES FASTER THAN HIS PEN.
  • “THOU ART FAIRER THAN THE CHILDREN OF MEN…” (2)
    • THE FAIREST OF ALL MANKIND THROUGH ALL OF HISTORY IS JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S SON.
      • THE AUTHOR GIVES US GOD’S WORDS CONCERNING HIS SON.
        • WE CAN SEE GOD’S PRIDE IN THE SON WHO WAS WITHOUT SIN AND OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH.
        • “…GRACE POURED INTO THY LIPS…”
          • WE CAN SEE GOD’S GRACE IN THE LOVE AND MERCY OF GOD AS JESUS SPOKE, TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES AND MINISTERING TO THE PEOPLE.
            • THE WORD, “GRACE” MEANS = UNMERITED FAVOR, A FREE GIFT. (JOH 3:16)
  • “…GOD HATH BLESSED THEE FOREVER.” (2)
    • GOD, THE FATHER IS CROWNING HIS SON, THE KING, WITH AN ETERNAL KINGDOM.
      • THE KING IS MIGHTY. HE HAS GLORY, AND HE HAS MAJESTY. (3)
        • THE MENTION OF A SWORD ON HIS THIGH TELLS US THAT CHRIST, THE KING, IS COMING TO TAKE OVER HIS KINGDOM.
          • THE JEWS EXPECTED THEIR MESSIAH TO COME WITH A SWORD AND FREE THEM FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL POWERS OF THE TIME. HOWEVER, JESUS DID NOT COME WITH A SWORD THE FIRST TIME. HE CAME TO SUFFER AND DIE FOR OUR SINS.
            • BECAUSE HE COMES WITH A SWORD, THIS COMING REFERS TO HIS SECOND COMING.
        • AT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, HE COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON TO FIGHT AGAINST HIS ENEMIES AND THE ANTI-CHRIST. HE COMES TO JUDGE AND MAKE WAR.
          • READ REV 19:11-16
  • NOTICE THE BALANCE IN VERSES 2 AND 3:
    • WE SEE CHRIST’S DELICATE BEAUTY, BUT WE SEE HIS POWER AND MIGHT.
    • WE SEE CHRIST’S MERCY AND LOVE BY GOD’S GRACE, BUT WE SEE HIS WRATH AND JUDGMENT ON HIS ENEMIES.
  • THE KING COMES IN TRUTH, MEEKNESS, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS (4)
    • THESE ARE THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS ON WHICH CHRIST WILL BASE HIS GOVERNMENT.
      • THESE ARE NOT THE PLATFORMS OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES TODAY, BUT THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WILL BRING PEACE TO THIS WORLD. NO OTHER RULER IN MAN’S HISTORY HAS COME USING THIS PLATFORM AS A BASIS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. NO WONDER THE WORLD NEVER HAS PEACE!
        • WE ALL KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS.
          • IT IS NOT PERSONALLY PERCEIVED TRUTH OF WHICH SOMEONE ELSE WILL DISAGREE THAT IT IS REALLY TRUTH.
          • TRUTH IS THAT WHICH COMES FROM GOD FOR HE IS ALL KNOWING AND OMNIPRESENT.
        • MEEKNESS MEANS TO BE UNDER CONTROL.
          • CHRIST COMES UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOD, THE FATHER, WITH THE PRESENCE OF GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT.
        • RIGHTEOUSNESS IS CHRIST’S HOLINESS WITHOUT SIN.
  • “…THY RIGHT HAND SHALL TEACH THEE TERRIBLE THINGS.” (4)
    • THE WORDS, “TERRIBLE THINGS”, MEANS = AWESOME, WONDROUS THINGS.
      • WHAT AWESOME THINGS WILL CHRIST TEACH US?
        • HIS MILLENNIAL REIGN WILL SHOW MAN HOW TO ACHIEVE PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAN WILL BE AMAZED HOW EASILY HE DOES IT.
  • DEATH TO THE KING’S ENEMIES.(5)
    • READ REV 19:17-21
      • CHRIST COMES TO EARTH AND MAKE WAR WITH HIS ENEMIES AT THE SECOND COMING.
        • THIS IS THE KEY TO CHRIST’S KINGDOM OF PEACE.
          • IF ALL HUMAN ENEMIES OF CHRIST ARE DESTROYED AT HIS SECOND COMING, THEN ONLY BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST REMAIN TO INHERIT THE EARTHLY KINGDOM OF GOD.
          • SATAN IS BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS DURING THIS 1,000 REIGN OF CHRIST ON EARTH. THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE NO SPIRITUAL DECEPTION.
            • READ REV 20:1-3

• READ PSA 45:6-8 THE CORONATION OF THE KING
  • THE HEBREW WORD USED FOR “GOD” IN VERSE 6 IS “ELOHIM”. (6)
    • IN THESE VERSES, THE KING IS CALLED ELOHIM.
      • THIS NAME TELLS US HE IS THE MIGHTY CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE FOR IT IS THE NAME USED IN GEN 1.
      • THE NAME IS A PLURAL NAME USED WITH A SINGULAR VERB.
        • THAT PECULIAR TRAIT INDICATES THE THREE IN ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD. IN OTHER WORDS, THE NAME ELOHIM REFERS TO THE TRINITY.
  • THE ANOINTED KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (7)
    • READ HEB 1:8-9
      • THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS QUOTES PSA 45:7.
        • IT IS THIS QUOTATION THAT MAKES THIS A MESSIANIC PSALM AND REFERS IT TO JESUS CHRIST.
    • HIS GARMENTS SMELL OF “MYRRH, ALOE, AND CASSIA”.
      • THESE THREE HERBS WERE USED FOR ANOINTING OIL.
    • THE SEVEN ASPECTS OF CHRIST’S KINGSHIP:
      • =1= CHRIST IS KING OF THE JEWS:
        • THIS IS A RACIAL OR ETHNIC DESIGNATION.
      • =2= CHRIST IS KING OF ISRAEL:
        • THIS IS A NATIONAL DESIGNATION.
      • =3= CHRIST IS KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS:
        • THIS IS A SPIRITUAL DESIGNATION.
      • =4= CHRIST IS KING OF THE AGES:
        • THIS IS AN ETERNAL DESIGNATION.
      • =5= CHRIST IS KING OF HEAVEN:
        • THIS IS A THEOCRATIC DESIGNATION.
      • =6= CHRIST IS KING OF GLORY:
        • THIS IS AN IMMORTAL DESIGNATION.
      • =7= CHRIST IS KING OF KINGS:
        • THIS IS AN AUTHORITATIVE DESIGNATION.

• READ PSA 45:9-11 ADVICE TO THE BRIDE
  • IN VERSE 9 WE MEET THE BRIDE:
    • SHE IS CALLED THE QUEEN.
    • SHE IS DRESSED IN FINE GOLD.
      • THE GOLD OF OPHIR = OPHIR WAS A COUNTRY (PROBABLY IN WESTERN ARABIA) FROM WHICH THE FINEST OF GOLD WAS IMPORTED.
    • THE IDENTITY OF THE BRIDE QUEEN:
      • FROM NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE, WE KNOW THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IS THOUGHT OF AS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST. THEREFORE, THE QUEEN IN THIS PSALM IS THE CHURCH. (JOH 3:29 REV 21:2,9 REV 22:17)
  • WISE COUNSEL TO THE BRIDE:
    • “…FORGET ALSO THINE OWN PEOPLE AND THY FATHER’S HOUSE.”(10)
      • THE BRIDE IS TOLD NOT TO LOOK BACK WITH LONGING TO THE DAYS BEFORE SHE BECAME THE BRIDE. SHE MUST FORGET HER ALLEGIANCE TO HER FATHER. SHE HAS A NEW LORD AND HE IS THE KING.
        • BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST (THE BRIDE) SHOULD NOT LOOK BACK LONGINGLY TO THE DAYS LIVED IN THE WORLD OF SIN.
        • BELIEVERS HAVE A NEW ALLEGIANCE TO CHRIST WHO IS NOW OUR LORD. WE NO LONGER HAVE ALLEGIANCE TO SATAN WHO IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD SYSTEM. (2COR 4:4)
    • “So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord…” (11)
      • THE LORD JESUS CHRIST LOVES HIS CHURCH BECAUSE HE MAKES HIS BRIDE SPOTLESS.
        • READ EPH 5:27
      • BECAUSE CHRIST HAS MADE US SPOTLESS, WE SHOULD WORSHIP HIM. (11)
        • READ JOH 4:21-24 HE DESIRES “TRUE” WORSHIP:
          • IN FACT, THE BRIDE IS COMMANDED TO WORSHIP THE KING. (PSA 45:11)
            • THE WORSHIP OF GOD MUST BE ACCURATE:
              • WE MUST KNOW WHOM WE WORSHIP. MANY PEOPLE WORSHIP BUT THEY WORSHIP FALSE GODS OR IDOLS. WORSHIP IS WORTHLESS UNLESS THE ONE WHO IS WORSHIPPED IS THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD, JESUS CHRIST.
            • THE WORSHIP OF GOD MUST BE AUTHENTIC:
              • UNLESS YOU WORSHIP WITH AN HONEST HEART FILLED WITH LOVE FOR CHRIST, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR BREATH.
                • THE SCENE IN PSA 45 IS A WEDDING. THE MUSIC IS A LOVE SONG. WORSHIP MUST BE DONE WITH THE HEART AND MUST BE DONE IN LOVE.

• READ PSA 45:12-15 THE WEDDING CEREMONY
  • GIFTS FOR THE BRIDE:
    • A GIFT FROM TYRE AND FROM WEALTHY PEOPLE:
      • TYRE WAS A CITY ON THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST JUST NORTH OF ISRAEL. IT WAS A VERY WEALTHY TRADING CITY THROUGH WHICH THE MOST TREASURED GOODS PASSED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
      • IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH (THE BRIDE) WILL HAVE ALL THE WEALTH OF THE WORLD AVAILABLE TO HER.
  • HERE COMES THE BRIDE! THE PRESENTATION OF THE BRIDE TO THE KING:
    • “The king’s daughter is all glorious within…” (13)
      • THE BRIDE IS SPOKEN OF AS COMING FROM ROYAL LINEAGE.
        • BECAUSE WE ARE NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST AND OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, WE HAVE A NEW LINEAGE. WE NOW BELONG TO GOD’S FAMILY AS HIS CHILDREN. (2COR 5:17)
          • READ 1JOH 3:2
      • THE INTERNAL CHARACTER OF THE BRIDE IS HOLY AND WITHOUT SIN:
        • WE ARE NOT RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT. WE ARE NOT RIGHTEOUS IN OUR OWN STRENGTH. WE ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, AND THAT IS HOW THE KING SEES HIS BRIDE.
    • IF YOU USE YOUR IMAGINATION, YOU CAN PICTURE THE ENTRANCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE IN GOLD AND FINE EMBROIDERY SURROUNDED BY HER BRIDESMAIDS. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE COURT FILLED WITH GUESTS (ANGELS) REJOICING IN LOVE AND HAPPINESS FOR THE KING WHO FINALLY HAS HIS QUEEN.

• READ PSA 45:16-17 AND THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!
  • THESE VERSES TELL US OF THE FUTURE FOR THIS BRIDE AND GROOM.
    • THEIR CHILDREN BECOME PRINCES:
      • DURING THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST, THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH RULES AND REIGNS WITH CHRIST IN AN IMMORTAL BODY FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
      • DURING THAT TIME, HUMAN BEINGS (JEWS AND GENTILES) WHO SURVIVED THE TRIBULATION PERIOD AND ENTERED THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM AS BELIEVERS WILL GIVE BIRTH TO HUMAN CHILDREN WHO ALSO MUST BECOME BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS. THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE KING AND QUEEN….NOT PHYSICALLY, BUT SPIRITUALLY.
    • THE ETERNAL NAME OF CHRIST AND HIS BRIDE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ALL ETERNITY.
• THE PROPHETIC ASPECT OF THIS PSALM:
  • THIS PSALM IS AN ALLEGORY WITH AN UNDERLYING MEANING:
    • THE STORY ON THE SURFACE IS A CORONATION AND A WEDDING OF A KING.
    • THE UNDERLYING MEANING IS THAT THE KING IS JESUS CHRIST AND THE BRIDE WHO IS THE QUEEN IS THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.
      • IT IS THIS UNDERLYING MEANING THAT PRESENTS US WITH THE FUTURE PROPHETIC ASPECT WHICH IS THE UNITING OF CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH AT THE SECOND COMING.
        • “THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB” AT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS THE FUTURE WEDDING CEREMONY ABOUT WHICH THIS PSALM SPEAKS. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?
          • WE KNOW THIS PSALM REFERS TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST BECAUSE WE SEE THE KING (CHRIST) TAKE HIS THRONE. THAT HAS NOT YET HAPPENED. rEVELATION TELLS US IT WILL HAPPEN AT HIS SECOND COMING.
          • THE NEW TESTAMENT PRESENTS VARIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS REGARDING THIS WEDDING:
            • JESUS SPOKE SEVERAL PARABLES RELATING TO IT:
              • MAT 22:2-14
              • MAT 25:1-13
          • READ REV 19:7-9
  • THIS PSALM WAS ALWAYS READ AT THE JEWISH PASSOVER CELEBRATION. IT COULD BE THAT WE WILL HEAR IT SUNG AT THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB!

HOMEWORK
PSALMS 46 AND PSALMS 47

• APPLICATION OF PSA 45:
  • HOW WELL DO YOU FULFILL THE COMMANDS AND COUNSEL THAT THIS PSALM GIVES TO THE BRIDE?

• WHAT THINGS NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED IN YOUR LIFE THAT WILL HELP YOU FULFILL THESE COMMANDS?

• PREPARATION FOR PSA 46 AND PSA 47:
  • READ PSA 46:1-11 AND PSA 47:1-9
    • TO WHICH FUTURE TIME PERIOD DO THESE PSALMS REFER? FIND AT LEAST TWO VERSES IN THESE TWO PSALMS THAT PROVE IT.

• WHAT IS IT ABOUT PSA 46:1 THAT IS ESPECIALLY COMFORTING?

• WHAT ONE MAJOR THING MUST THE CHRISTIAN REMEMBER IN A TIME OF GREAT TURMOIL AND DISTRESS?

• MEMORY VERSE: PSALMS 46:1