|
|
|
|
CHAPTER 128
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. |
||
|
|
||
|
1 BLESSED is every
one that feareth the LORDa; that
awalketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt aeat the blabour of thine hands: chappy shalt thou be, and it shall be dwell with thee. |
1a Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD This universal proclamation that 'every one' that feareth the LORD, meaning who lives righteously according to the mind and will of God and who comes unto Him, is 'blessed'. The prophet basis upon which this ancient hymn is based seems to understand that the LORD was the LORD of all mankind, 'every one'. And only from that universal perspective and an understanding of the covenant plan of redemption can this hymn be fully appreciated. | |
|
3 Thy awife shall be as a
fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants
round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. |
||
|
5 The LORD shall abless thee out
of bZiona: and
thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy
lifeb.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and apeace upon Israel. |
5a The LORD shall bless thee out of
Zion The future prophetic applicaton of this scripture indicates
that the blessings of the covenant promise of God from before the foundation
of the world, when the nations of the earth are blessed by the seed of
Abraham, that that blessing of the covenant 'shall' come out
of 'Zion'. And that would be the 'Zion' of the
latter days as we know it today with the gospel being restore and taken to all
the world by the hand of the administration of Ephraim, the son of the promise
to be fulfilled.
5b thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life To comprehend this phase in relation to its meaning to us to day, one must come to understand just what the name 'Jerusalem' does represent. It is more than just the city of ancient King David, the son of Jesse. The name Jerusalem is that city concept from before the foundation of the world which is applied to the 'city of God', the city of peace. It was used by Melchizedek when his Zion city of peace was so translated like unto the city of Enoch. Jerusalem is in the eternal perspective the 'City of God' or the 'Kingdom of God'. Thus when one comes to see the good of 'the City of God' all the days of there life, it speaks of that time upon earth when the Lord will rule and reign personally upon the earth, and when the 'City of the LORD' will persist continually all the days of one's life. This usage of the name 'Jerusalem' to be applied to the community of God can be understood from the more eternal perspectic when one comes to understand that in the councils of heaven before the foundation of the world, Jerusalem was use to indicate the hosts of heaven which comprised the followers of Jehovah who is the same as Jesus Christ. A particular scriptural vision of Zechariah does portary this imagery at that day when the Father pronounced his verdic upon Satan, judging between Lucifer and Jehovah before him after Lucifer persisted in his opposition to Jehovah being the selected and anointed Son of God. (See Commentary: Zechariah chapter 3) |
|