Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
(Psalm 45:6-9 ESV)
The throne of the Messiah is much more than a piece of furniture. It represents the very character of the One Who sits upon it: righteous and eternal. What vivid imagery we have here of what He will expereience. The One anointed by God to come "out of the ivory palaces" will also be anointed with myrrh at His death for our sins. But His throne is eternal. He cannot and will not be replaced by another. He will sit there and rule with righteousnesss. It'si only right.
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