Chapter 45: The Messiah Fairer than the
Children of Men
To the chief Musician upon
Shoshannim for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.
“Thou
art fairer than the children of men…” (Psalms 45:1) Here the author is
telling us that the Messiah (the Lord) is fairer than men.
“Thy
throne, O God, is forever… the scepter of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou
lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.” (Psalms 45:6-7)
Here we learn that the Lord
(Jehovah or Jesus) is fairer than men, but also that He answers to the same God
we do; The Father! If we fast forward to the New Testament we read in Hebrew 1:8-10;
“But
unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever… a scepter of
righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God; even thy God, hath anointed thee… And, Thou,
Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens
are the works of thine hands.”
Who is the God of the Old
Testament?
Why is
this important? We know that the God of the ‘Old Testament’ was named Jehova. We
know this because in Exodus 3:13 Moses asks the ‘God of the Old Testament’; “…when
I come unto the children of Israel… and they shall say unto me, What is his
name? What shall I say unto them?” God responds back in the next verse
and says; “…I AM THAT I AM… Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Isreal, I AM
hath sent me unto you… Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The
Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name foever…” (Exodus 3:15-16)
So we learn that the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jabob of the Old Testament is named “I AM”. So now we have
to fast forward again to the New Testament to see what was said about this God
named “I AM”. In the story of the adulterous woman, Jesus tells the men who condemned
the woman and wanted her to be stoned; “…He that is without sin among you, let him
cast the first stone…” (John 8:7) This of course did not make the
Pharisees happy and then began to question Jesus. Jesus was not about to be
ridiculed and responds in a very authoritative, yet respectful way; “…I
do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me…” (John 8:28)
Jesus
was trying to make a point, He was sent by His Father! Jesus goes on to tell
the Pharisees that if a man follow his worth “…he shall never see death” (John
8:51) of course Jesus is talking about a Spiritual death, but the
Pharisees did not get this point and continued to ridicule Jesus; “…Thou
art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham” (John 8:56)
Jesus responded to this by telling the Jews “…Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58) This clearly shows that Jesus
was the ‘great I AM’ of the Old Testament. After all “In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning
with God. All things were made by him...” (John 1:1-3)
“By the word of
the Lord [Jesus] were the heavens made…” (Psalms 33:6)
Notice how it says the ‘Word’ was
with God, and yet he is God? Jesus is a God but He is not THE God, which is our
Father. Jesus was with the Father in the beginning; Jesus acted as a builder of
the Universe, where the Father was the one who laid out the plans our ‘blueprints
of the universe’.
Chapter 46: “Know that I am God”
To the chief Musician for the sons
of Korah, A song upon Alamoth
“God
is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not
we fear…” (Psalms 46:1-2)
Even
when the world around us crumbles; through war and natural disaster we need to
not fear, if we truly have faith in the Lord. “Be still, and know that I am God…”
(Psalms 46:10). This is a great reminder for everyone; just BE STILL
and know that God is there!
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