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Psalm 45 - God's Kingdom and Israel

Seems like the Psalms are getting progressively harder to read.

I feel so stuck reading this one.

Innocently read it is about God's anointed King and his position of glory.

Read deeper and it seems to be about God Himself relating to the nation of Israel.

I'm exhausted. Will try to go in depth again tomorrow..

v1-9 Praise for God, the King
v10-17 A message for Israel

 I'm rather convinced that this passage has the deeper meaning of speaking about God rather than simply about a King. I haven't actually looked up commentaries' views on this, but I'll just write what I do understand from the passage.

v1-9 Praise for God, the King

 v1 - The Psalmist addresses his song to the King. Kind of like a dedicatory. You know, how we dedicate songs to people who mean a lot to us.

v2 - Praise to God the Son. This seems to make sense - the most handsome of the sons of men, grace poured upon His lips, and blessing from God forever - an apt description of Jesus. (Although many tend to say Jesus was unimpressive in appearance, I suppose the Psalmist sees some beauty that is beyond the physical look of a person. More of this later (or separately)!)

Jesus indeed brings peace on every word - fulfilling His purpose on earth to forgive the sins of man. Also, the blessing from God forever would probably be the blessing of eternal life.

v3-5 - A description of the splendor of Jesus, a description of the truth and meekness and righteousness and righteous deeds that He does.

v6-9 - The eternity of the reign of Christ for His love of righteousness, and the anointment by God the Father with glory.

v10 - 17 A message for Israel

 v10-11 - A call to Israel to forsake their old ways, but instead hear and respond the call of the King

v12-15 - The many blessings of the life now with Christ

v16-17 - The eternal glory - that in place of their old life, Israel will be a blessing to many others - to bring them to Christ and be co-heirs in Christ's kingdom, as well as a promise of eternal life.

So thankful for finally (I think) understanding what the Psalmist is writing about.

Sidenote:
Some beauty that is beyond the physical look of a person
The author describes Jesus as the most handsome of the sons of man, despite (well I'm not sure if this is Biblically correct) most people claiming Jesus was not impressive in appearance.
I think lately God has been revealing to me what beauty is. It goes way beyond what we see or what we appreciate, but more of how God treasures it. We know God treasures each individual believer. That's beauty in itself. Beyond that, one of the things I've lately found to be truly beautiful is the way someone loves God. I see it in the hearts of the people when we worship and sing praises (recently at a Cru event), and I see it in the people I meet who just strive so hard to do God's will in their lives. Okay I don't really know how to express it but it's really the most amazing thing I've ever seen.
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