Sons of Korah #3: Lesson of Love: Psalms 45 — Stephen Kaung

Psalm 45: The Song of the Beloved

We are going to read one of the sweetest songs in the Bible, Psalm 45, Psalm 45, to the chief musician, a poem, Shoshanim, of the sons of Korah, an instruction, a song of the beloved. My heart is welling forth with a good manner.

I say what I have composed, touching the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips, therefore God has blessed thee forever. Good thy sword upon thy thigh, almighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendor.

And in thy splendor rise prosperously, because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness. And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp. Peoples fall under thee in the heart of the King's enemies.

Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore, thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Myrrh and alloys, cassia, are all thy garments. Out of ivory palaces, string instruments have made thee glad. King's daughters are among thine honorable women. Upon thy right hand does stand the Queen in gold of Ophir.

Hearken, daughter, and see. And incline thine ear, and forget thine own people and thy father's house. And the King shall desire thy beauty, for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him. And the daughter with a gift, the rich ones among the peoples, shall court thy favor.

All glorious is the King's daughter within. Her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought into the King in raiment of embroidery. The virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee.

With joy and gladness shall they be brought. They shall enter into the King's palaces. Instead of thy father shall be thy son. Princes shall thou make them in all the earth. I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations.

Therefore shall the peoples praise thee forever and ever. Shall we pray? Our Heavenly Father, how we praise and thank thee that thou hast gathered us together here this morning to worship thy Son and to hear thy voice.

Oh, we do say thy Son is adorable. Thy Son is above all. All men is above all things. He is the only one who is worthy to be loved, to be adored, and to be worshiped. And we do praise and thank thee for giving us such privilege to worship him.

It is thy grace, it is thy love, it is thy mercy that has brought us to this place where we can worship. Oh, we do thank thee. And now, Lord, we just lift our hearts to thee and say that we may hear thy voice.

Speak to us through thy word. Draw our hearts closer to thyself. See what great things thou hast done for us, that thou mayst receive all the praise and glory and honor which are thine in the name of our Lord Jesus.

Amen. Lately we have been sharing on the songs of the Sons of Korah. These are very special songs. These songs were sung by a group of very special people, the Sons of Korah. They were the sons of Korah.

As you may recall that the Sons of Korah were those who were spared from destruction by the mercy of God when Korah and his party were destroyed. And because they received such mercy out of the abundance of their hearts, they sang very special songs to God.

Faith, Hope, and Love in the Songs of the Sons of Korah

Now in Psalm 42 and Psalm 43, we say these two songs speak of hope. Our hope is in God. When we raise our eyes towards God, then we find hope there. If we look around us or if we look within ourselves, there is no hope.

But when we lift our eyes towards God, we find that there is always hope. So the psalmist said, hope thou in God. And then in Psalm 44 we find it is on faith. And now Psalm 45, it is on love. You remember the Apostle Paul says, there abide faith, hope and love.

These three things. And the greatest of these is love. So this is a song of love. We do not know actually who was instrumental in writing this song. But we do know one thing. That this song is not just a romantic song.

It is a song to celebrate the marriage of King Solomon with one of the foreign princesses. But we believe that it is more than that. It is inspired by the Spirit of God. It is put in the sacred pages.

Why? Because it speaks of the love of God. It speaks of the love and the marriage of Christ and his church. You know the song of songs, the song of Solomon, speaks of the love and the marriage union of Christ and an individual believer.

In other words, the song of Solomon, the song of songs, is the individual personal relationship. It is the relationship of a believer to Christ. And Christ's relationship to an individual believer. But Psalm 45 speaks of the corporate relationship.

It is the love, the union and the marriage of Christ with his church. It is not so much of the individual that we have in view, but it is more of the corporate that we see. It is called the song of the beloved.

Now in the original, it means the song of love. Love in the plural number. The song of love. Why? Because it is the love of the King towards the Queen and the love of the Queen towards the King. It is the love that is mutual.

It is a responsive love. So it is a song of love. How the King loves the Queen and how the Queen loves the King. It is a song of love. To the chief musician, this song is written and then put into music to be sung in the temple.

When God's people came to worship. So you find this is not an ordinary song. It is something to be sung in the temple, in the house of God. And it is an expression of worship. Upon Shoshenim. Now the word Shoshenim means lilies.

Upon lilies. Now we do not know whether this means a musical tune or a musical instrument. But we do know what lilies speak to us. You remember our Lord Jesus said, observe the lilies of the valley. They do not sprung.

They do not weave. And yet the Heavenly Father clothed them with such beauty that even the glory of Solomon cannot be compared with what the lilies have. So lilies in the scriptures speak of the heavenly care of our Father.

The care of our Heavenly Father towards the lowest, the smallest, the nothing. And yet the lilies of the valley. And yet His care is so much that He can clothe the lilies with such beauty even Solomon in all his glory cannot be compared with them.

And of course lilies speak of purity. How pure. Under the care of the Heavenly Father. How pure. How beautiful it can be. So we know that this is such a song of love. And it is an instruction. In other words there is a lesson for us to learn.

So dear brothers and sisters we come to one of the sweetest songs in the Bible. It is a song of love. Now this song can be divided into several parts. Verse one serves as an introduction. My heart is whirling forth with a good matter.

I say what I have composed touching the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Here the psalmist said my heart is whirling forth with a good matter. Now what is that good matter? Is there any matter better than the love of Christ and the Church?

Christ and the Church as the Bible's Central Revelation

As a matter of fact this is the whole revelation of the whole Bible. If anyone is able to see this the whole Bible is an open book to him. You know the whole revelation that you find in the Bible is centered upon the union of Christ and the Church.

This is the great thing that goes through the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation. I believe it was our brother Watchman Lee who once said, if you receive the revelation of Christ and the Church then you receive the whole revelation of the Bible.

If you do not see Christ, if you do not see the Church, if you do not see the union of Christ and the Church then you will find the whole Bible is a closed book. You may glean a little bit here, a little bit there.

You may glean a little bit there. The whole Bible is a closed book. But once you see Christ and the Church and the love and the union of Christ and the Church, the whole Bible is an open book. There will be no end for you to tell what is in the Bible.

Therefore you will find the psalmist, as his heart is so full with the good matter, as his heart is just bubbling full with the love, the union of Christ and the Church, he cannot help but find that his tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.

In other words, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth, it is not something that is mechanical. You know sometimes when we try to write a poem. I remember when I was in college, we were required to write poems, not English poems, Chinese poems.

And I remember how I labored over that poem, trying to make it rhyme, and oh how I labored over it. It is mechanical. It does not come from the abundance of my heart. But here you will find it is a psalm that the psalmist does not need to labor over it.

Why? Because his heart is so occupied with this good matter. You know the word I have composed. I say what I have composed. The word composed in the original language means my occupation. In other words, I am so occupied with the good thing that my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

In other words, it just flows. It just flows. It just comes out. It overflows. And that is the way that the psalmist feels about the king and the queen. And dear brothers and sisters, is not this way that we should feel about Christ and his church?

Can we speak of Christ without any feeling within us? Can we speak of the church without our heart being overflowing with the feeling of Christ? Can we speak with the love of God? Can we think of the union of Christ and his church without being deeply touched and moved in our spirit?

Oh dear brothers and sisters, this is not a theme. This is not something that we can talk without any feeling, that we can mention as if it is a mechanical thing. But you find it is something that occupies our whole heart.

In other words, this is the matter. This is the good matter that occupies our whole being all the time. And it shall come forth so naturally, so spontaneously, with such feeling, with such love. Our tongue shall be as the pen of a ready writer.

Christ's Earthly Life and Grace

And now you find the second part. The second part begins with verse two, through verse nine. And this second part touches the king. Of course, first of all, we have to mention the king. It is Christ. Thou art fairer than the sons of men.

Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever. This verse speaks of the life of our Lord Jesus on earth. It does seem that the psalmist begins quite abruptly. He says, Thou art fairer than the sons of men.

Out of the fullness of his heart, he thinks of Christ as the son of man. God is the son of man. God came to be a man. But he says, Thou art fairer than the sons of men. You are fairer than the sons of men.

You become a son of man. And yet, you are fairer than all the sons of men. You are different. You are unique. You are special. One Samuel Rutherford, I don't know if you've ever heard the name of Samuel Rutherford.

Samuel Rutherford was a great man of God. And because of his faith, he suffered a great deal. And probably you remember the hymn that he wrote when the king summoned him to the court to judge him because of his faith.

And he was on his deathbed already. So he wrote a hymn. He said, There is a higher calling. One has called me already. The call of the king comes too late. And he said, You will find me in Emmanuel's land.

Now one Samuel Rutherford says, O fair sun, fair moon, fair stars, fair flowers, fair roses, fair lilies, but O ten thousand, ten thousand times fairer Lord Jesus. Alas, I have done you wrong in making such comparison.

O black sun, black moon, black stars, black flowers, black lilies, but O fair sun, fair moon, fair flowers, fair lilies, but O ten thousand, ten thousand times fairer Lord Jesus. Black heavens, black angels, but O how much fairer is the Lord Jesus.

Dear brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus is so fair, he cannot be compared. You know, when we try to compare, it means that it is still comparable. But our Lord Jesus is fairer than the sons of man. He is so different, you just cannot compare him with anybody else.

He is the only one who is seamless, perfect. No comparison. And as a promising of the fairness of our Lord Jesus, he thinks especially of one thing. You know, we cannot exhaust to tell of the fairness of our Lord Jesus, how fair he is.

But there is one thing that strikes the heart of the psalmist especially, and that is, grace is poured into thy lips. When he thinks of the Lord Jesus, the fairness of the Lord Jesus, he thinks especially of the grace that is poured upon his lips.

The apostle John said, the word became flesh and tabernacle among men full of grace and truth. You know, the sons of man, we are sons of man. But to the sons of man, with us, we demand, we require of others.

But here you find our Lord Jesus is fairer than the sons of man instead of demanding and requiring. And he has every right to demand and to require. We demand and require with what we are not qualified with.

But he certainly is qualified to demand and to require everything. And yet you find he does not demand, neither does he require anything, but you find he gives all the time. That is grace. What is grace?

Grace is undeserved favor. Undeserved favor. And yet this is what our Lord Jesus dispenses all the time. Think of that woman caught in adultery and how the Jewish people led into the Lord Jesus, accused her before the crowd.

Say, what do you think of this woman? What shall we do? According to the law of Moses, she shall be stoned because she was caught in the act of adultery. Now what do you think? Oh, how these people demanded death to that woman.

But dear brothers and sisters, probably what was behind their minds were not just to demand death for that woman. Probably they were demanding death for Christ Jesus. What will you say? If our Lord Jesus said, let her be stoned, then they will say, where is your love?

You profess to love, where is your love? You keep the law of Moses, but you violate the law of Caesar. Because the Roman government took away the power of sentencing people to death from the Jews. If the Lord Jesus said, set her free, then our Lord Jesus will violate the law of Moses.

And those who violate the law of Moses deserve to die. Through this, they tried to trap our Lord Jesus. They demanded the death of our Lord Jesus. But look at our Lord Jesus. He was so ashamed to look at that woman.

He was so ashamed to look at the crowd. So the crowd disappeared one by one, from the oldest to the youngest. They were convicted. And then our Lord Jesus got up and asked the woman, is there no one to condemn you?

And she said, no one but you. And the Lord said, I do not condemn you. Go and sing no more. Grace. This is grace. And dear brothers and sisters, haven't you heard this word from the lips of our Lord Jesus?

Yes, we all have heard. The Lord said, your sins are forgiven. Oh, when we first came to the Lord Jesus, loaded down with sins, under the curse of the law, and there was no hope. And then we hear that word of grace from the lips of our Lord Jesus.

Your sins are forgiven. Go in peace. Oftentimes we hear the word of the Lord said, I'm with you. Fear not. I'm with you. Dear brothers and sisters, think of the grace of our Lord Jesus. Oh, how he dispenses grace to us.

To us who are so unworthy to and undeserved. Therefore God has blessed us forever. Because of what our Lord Jesus is, therefore God blessed us forever. Three times you remember how the heavens opened and the word said, this is my beloved son.

In whom I have found my delight. No wonder about that. Think of our King. Think of our Lord Jesus. His life on earth. How full of grace and truth he is. Then in verses three, four, and five, these three verses speak of his work.

When our Lord Jesus was on earth and he walked among man, he was such a humble person. You'll find that how he walked from Jerusalem, how he walked to Galilee, how he passed through Samaria. And as he walked upon this earth, he did many things.

Good things. And yet in the eyes of the world, they accuse him. They put him to death. And he died on Calvary's cross. But with the eyes of those who see. In the eyes of the psalmist. What did the psalmist see of the works of our Lord Jesus?

It is a different picture. Instead of a humble man, forsaken, despised, persecuted, crucified, as if it ended in nothing. In the eyes of the psalmist, he saw a great warrior. As our Lord Jesus walked through this earth, he was like a great warrior, girded.

Gird his sword upon his thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and in thy splendor. And in thy splendor, rise prosperously. In other words, here he depicts our Lord Jesus as a great warrior. A great conqueror.

He rise forth to conquer all his enemies. He rise forth to conquer the world. And how does he conquer? Because of truth and meekness and righteousness. Our Lord Jesus comes to conquer with truth. You know, this world is full of lies.

The ruler of this world is the greatest liar. Satan is the greatest liar. The whole world system is under a lie. You know, lie is more than just telling something untrue. You know, sometimes some people tell something which are not true.

They are false. We say it's a lie. Or sometimes we even try to defend ourselves. Well, it is a white lie, not a black lie. In other words, it doesn't do much wrong, but oh yes, just for fun, you know.

But it's a lie. But dear brothers and sisters, lie is more than just telling something untrue. Lie in the scripture is a deception. The whole world is a lie. Everything in this world system is a deception.

It deceives people. You do not need to say something, but it is a deception. It is a lie. It is not real. It is not true. And people are being deceived. Think that they are real, they are true. For instance, the richest of this world is a lie.

People think that having the richest of the world, then you have security. But that's a lie. The whole world is a lie. But here our Lord Jesus comes with truth. He said, I am the truth. I am the reality.

And whatever is of me and in me will last forever. They are the realities. And if you know the truth, the truth shall set you free. Oh dear brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus comes to conquer the world with truth.

He overcomes lie with truth. And then he overcomes with meekness. Meekness is the opposite of selfishness. Meekness means selflessness. Oh how the world is full of selves. How we are selfish. How we are self-centered.

How we think of ourselves all the time. How we try to benefit ourselves. Self-possessiveness. Self-interest. Everything is self. Self is at the very center of this world. Self is very center of each of our lives.

And yet our Lord Jesus comes to conquer this with meekness. He said, I am meek and lowly in heart. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. For I am meek and lowly in heart and you shall find rest in your soul.

You know why is it that we are restless in our soul? Because we are selfish. Because we think of ourselves. If we are selfless, we will have rest in our soul. Our Lord Jesus thinks only of doing the Father's will.

Not my will but thy will be done. That is his meekness. And he conquers the world with his meekness. And he conquers the world with righteousness. The world is full of evil. Full of wickedness. Things that are not right in the sight of God.

Yes we do have self-righteousness sometimes. But in the sight of God you find everything is wrong. Not right. It is evil. It is wicked. But our Lord Jesus comes. Conquers the world with righteousness.

He brings righteousness to us. We have no righteousness of our own. Our righteousness is all as filthy rags. But Christ is our righteousness. God has closed us with Christ, our righteousness, and gave us a standing before God.

And because the life of Christ is within us, therefore we can practice righteousness in our daily life. As the Apostle John said, he who practices righteousness is a child of God. Thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Thine arrows are sharp. Peoples fall under thee in the heart of the king's enemy. And dear brothers and sisters, is it not true? When the word of God comes to us, they are as arrows. They are aimed at our hearts.

God's word never aims at our mind. Man's words aim at our mind. But God's word always aims at our heart. You do not shoot an arrow at random. When you shoot an arrow, you mark it as a target. So here you find the word of our Lord Jesus comes like arrows.

And these arrows pierce our heart. And we are smitten and fallen. Oh dear brothers and sisters, how we praise and thank God. How he overcomes us. How he convicts us. How he brings us to our knees. And how he conquers us with his truth and meekness and righteousness.

That speaks of the work of our Lord Jesus, the King. His kingdom is not of this world. He said, I'm born a king, but my kingdom is not of this world. I come to bear witness of the truth. His kingdom is the kingdom of truth and of meekness and of righteousness.

Christ's Glory and Eternal Throne

Then in verses 6 and 7, these very two verses speak of his glory. Our Lord Jesus came into this world. He was born a king. And yet he lived a humble life. He did a tremendous work conquering by truth and meekness and righteousness.

And after he had completed his work, he ascended up on high. And he was given a throne. And his throne is the kingdom of God. And his throne is forever and forever. A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of his kingdom.

This verse is quoted in Hebrews. In the book of Hebrews, the writer of the Hebrews quoted this verse to prove that our Lord Jesus is far superior than the angels. The angels were ministering servants.

But our Lord Jesus is the master, the Lord. And his throne is an eternal throne. And his scepter is the scepter of righteousness. Our Lord Jesus ascended up to heaven after he has finished his work of redemption.

And he received from his Father glory and honor, kingdom and dominion. The writer of Hebrews says, but we see Jesus made a little lower than angels and suffered for the sins of man. But we also see him crowned with glory and honor above all things.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated weakness therefore thy God has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. Now his pain and sorrows and sufferings are over. Now he in heaven is anointed with the oil of gladness.

He shall see the seed of his travail. And his soul shall be satisfied. O dear brothers and sisters, as our Lord Jesus looked down upon us, those who are the result of his travail, how his heart is gladdened.

The King's Marriage and the Fragrance of His Suffering

Then verses 8 and 9 speak of his marriage. First his life, then his work, then his glory, and now his marriage. And now you'll find he is ready for that marriage. Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments.

In other words he has put on his wedding garment. And it is full of fragrance. You know, myrrh and aloes, these are the ingredients that made up the wedding garment. And it is full of holy ointment. And cassia is also something mixed in an ointment, as you'll find Nicodemus prepared lots of ointment and cassia to anoint the body of our Lord Jesus.

In other words here you'll find our Lord Jesus is clothed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. In other words full of fragrance. Our Lord Jesus full of fragrance. The fragrance of our Lord. It comes from within and it diffuses around him.

Out of ivory palaces, string instruments have made thee glad. He is now in his palace. And his palace is ivory palace. You know, if you want to build an ivory palace, you know where ivories come from.

How many elephants had to suffer death. And out of suffering comes forth that beautiful ivory palace. In other words he built his palace with his suffering. Out of his suffering he has found his dwelling place.

And of course there will be musical instruments. In other words in his palace there will be appreciation. We who are his ivory palace. And we are the people who should play these musical instruments to satisfy his heart.

King's daughters among thine honorable women, upon thine right hand doth stand a queen in gold or opium. And here you'll find these honorable women. Individually and collectively the queen in gold or opium.

We know opium. Gold or opium is pure gold. The finest of gold. Now these verses speak of the king. It speaks of the life of the king, the work of the king, the glory of the king, and the marriage of the king.

The Queen's Call to Abandonment and Worship

Then from verse ten through verse seventeen speak of the queen. The first two verses, verses ten and eleven are exhortation. Hearken daughter and see, and incline thine ear, and forget thine own people and thy father's house, and the king will desire thy beauty, for he is thy lord, and worship thou him.

Here is an exhortation to the queen. Hearken daughter and see, and incline thine ear. What is it? Forget thine own people and thy father's house, and the king will desire thy beauty. Dear brothers and sisters, here is a calling.

A calling to those who are to compose that queen. A calling to be part of that queen. To forget your father's house and your own people. Now are these words pretty familiar? You remember when God called Abraham, when Abraham was on the earth of Chaldea, the Lord of Glory appeared to him.

And God called him and said, Come out, come out of your land, out of your kindred, and out of your father's house, and go to the place of my choice. And Abraham obeyed God by faith. He obeyed God. He came out of the land of his kindred and of his father's house and go to Canaan, the place of God's choice.

And you remember the story of Ruth? How Ruth told Naomi, her mother-in-law, and said, Your people are my people. Your God are my God. And she was willing to leave her own native land, her own people, her own house, in order that she may go with Naomi into the land of Israel.

And you remember Rebekah, when the bride of Isaac, and the next morning, early in the morning, the steward said, We must go now. And the family said, Oh no. Let the maiden stay for eight or ten days, at least.

But the steward said, Don't delay me. Don't delay what God has already prospered. So they said, Let's ask the maiden. So they asked Rebekah, and Rebekah said, I go. Dear brothers and sisters, have you not heard?

The Lord Jesus said, Come and follow me. And when that call comes, how will you respond? You'll find when the Lord was walking by the seashore of Galilee, he saw Peter and Angel, they were casting the net, and the Lord said, Come and follow me.

They left the net and followed the Lord. And he went a little further, and he saw the two sons of Zebedee, with their father and higher people, they were men in the net, and the call come, Come and follow me.

They left the net, their father, the boat, and the high people, and followed the Lord. And the Lord saw Matthew, Levi, at the table custom office, and the Lord said, Follow me. He left it and followed the Lord.

Dear brothers and sisters, do you want to be queen to the king? If you want to be a part of that queen, here is the exhortation, forget your own people and your father's house. In other words, we have to abandon ourselves to the Lord.

If we still hold on to the old tithes, if we still hold on to the earthly tithes, if we still hold on to what we consider as our own, then dear brothers and sisters, he who does not deny himself, take up his cross and follow the Lord, is not fit to be his disciple.

In order to be part of the queen, dear brothers and sisters, we must lay down everything. Lay down everything that we consider as ours. Lay down everything that speaks of the old relationship. Lay down everything that speaks of the old possession.

Lay down everything of the past. And be abandoned to God. Abandoned to Christ. Oh God demands that abandonment. Think of that. How the king, in order to save us, to come to us, he abandoned everything.

He emptied himself. He came to this earth. He took upon himself the likeness of a man, the form of a slave, and he further humbled himself and be obedient to the Father even unto death and the death of the cross.

How he abandoned everything for love's sake. And love asks for similar abandonment. Are we abandoned to Christ? Are we still holding on to something else of the past that we will not let go? Where is the beauty of the queen?

The beauty of the queen is her utter devotedness to the king whom she loves. That's her beauty. Her beauty is in her abandonment. And it says if you forget your own people and your father's house, then the king will desire thy beauty.

What does the king desire? Is he desiring that you do something for him? Yes, we must do something for him. But that is not what he desires. What he desires is your beauty. Where is your beauty? Your beauty is your utter abandonment.

He is thy Lord and worship thou him. Remember he is thy Lord. Remember he has bought you with a price. He has purchased you with his precious blood. You are his. You have no right to remember your own people, to remember your father's house.

You have no right to be your own. You are his. It is but right for you to abandon yourself unto him. He is your Lord. And if you know he is your Lord, then you will worship him. Dear brothers and sisters, how do we worship Christ?

Sometimes, when we come together to worship, we find ourselves unable to worship. How do we worship? Is it worship just in singing some hymns? Is it worship just in saying some words of praises? Is it?

That is all what worship is? No. True worship is a life abandoned to God. Worship is a life. Worship is not something you do for an hour. Worship is not something you try to do. Not at all. Worship is a life dedicated, devoted, abandoned.

The Lord appreciates that kind of worship more than people come and just say a few words of praise. Now I do not mean that we should not say it. We should. He wants us to express it. Oh, I do hope many brothers and sisters will feel free to express your thanks and appreciation to the Lord in praises, in song, in song.

Oh, the Lord appreciates all this. But remember, at the back of all this, behind and beyond all this, beyond time and space, there is a life that really sees Jesus as his Lord or her Lord. And if you know he is your Lord, then you worship him.

You worship him with your life. That is the worship that he looks for. The Heavenly Father is looking for true worshipers, those who worship him in spirit and in truth. Now who are the true worshipers?

Who worship him in spirit and truth? Those whose life are abandoned to the Lord. And see how beautiful the Queen is. Well, verse 12 said, and the daughters of Pius with a gift, the rich ones among the people shall call thy favor.

Now this verse should be connected with 10 and 11. In other words, when you abandon yourself as the church ought to be, then you find even the richest in the world. Represented by the daughter of Pius.

Pius is a commercial city, seafaring city, rich city. But even the richest of the world cannot be compared with the richest that the Queen is now in possession. Everybody will come and ask for her favor.

The Bride's Garments and the Glory of the Church

In other words, she is able to dispense the grace of God to many. And this is what a church ought to be. Then in verses 13 and 14 and 15 speaks of the wedding garments, the wedding of the Queen to the King.