Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Psalm 45 is Messianic prophecy pointing to the Messiah, namely Christ and His church. Its royal court belongs to Christ's kingdom, with the king's daughters among the honored women as believers of His flock and the queen in gold of Ophir at His right hand as the Bride, the Lamb's wife, the church. The right hand is the highest place of honor in the presence of one greater, exalting those there to sit with Him on His throne as joint rulers cooperating with Him in the judgment, while those on the left are rejected to shame and final ruin. Her presence belongs to the picture of Christ's triumphant coming and reign and the millennial marriage celebration when He is enthroned forever, a promise of His literal personal coming before the millennium to reign, with the Bridegroom being Christ Himself, the second person of the Trinity, not the Holy Spirit. The queen in a vestment of gold is the church after it has been purged and freed from the chains imposed by its persecutors, when God will honor it with a golden covering and place it as queen at the right hand of its divine founder.
Royal Language and Setting
The psalm belongs to Israel's hymn book of praises, a song set to music and arranged for use in temple service, and it is counted among the most precious psalms as prophetic of Christ. Abyssinian Jews and Christians held that the psalm, including this verse, foretold the queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem. The gold of Ophir is an island on the western coast newly found by Christopher Columbus, from which the finest gold was then brought. The royal scene sets forth the king's daughters and the queen, and daughters means believers, who are also Christ's flock.
The queen standing at the king's right hand shows that the right hand is the highest place of honor in the presence of one greater. That standing illustrates the right hand as a position of honor and authority, and the saints' place at Christ's right hand likewise signifies honor and joint rule with Him. Being set at Christ's right hand does not mean standing on His literal right side but being exalted in His presence to sit with Him on His throne as joint rulers cooperating with Him in the judgment. Just so, Christ at the Father's right hand was joint ruler with the Father on His throne, while those set on the left are rejected to shame and final ruin.
The queen in gold of Ophir at the king's right hand displays that highest place of honor, and so it declares that Christ as intercessor and high priest sits at the right hand of His Father's throne with the highest place of honor in the presence of one greater, the Father. There He pleads for sinful men and oversees the preparing of a place for them until His priesthood ends and He takes His own kingly throne. The queen standing at the king's right hand further illustrates the right hand as the high place of honor given to one beloved by the king and serving as his vicegerent.
Prophecy of Christ and Church
Psalm 45 is Messianic prophecy pointing to the Messiah, namely Christ, and is prophetic of Christ and His church. It explicitly describes the Saviour's work of redemption and His wonderful work and triumph, with its royal imagery showing Christ going forth in the Gospel to win the world to Himself. Within it is foretold that Messiah would be a righteous King and emphatically the Prince of peace, with a righteous reign and royal honor, which Jesus Christ fulfilled as one eminently distinguished as a righteous person and as the great peacemaker both on earth and in heaven. The Lord addressed in the psalm is Christ, the Son of God and Maker, and the passage commands worship of Christ alongside the Father.
The queen in gold of Ophir standing at His right hand is the Bride, the Lamb's wife, the church, with kings' daughters among the honored women. Her presence belongs to the picture of Christ's triumphant coming and reign and the millennial marriage celebration when He is enthroned forever. That is the millennial era when He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth, at His personal return before the millennium to reign. The Bridegroom is Christ Himself, the second person of the Trinity, not the Holy Spirit, and the triumphal procession and marriage cannot be spiritualized as the outpouring of the Holy Spirit but is a promise of His literal personal coming to reign.
The depiction of the king's court, with kings' daughters among his honored women and the queen at his right hand wearing gold from Ophir, belongs to Christ's kingdom. The queen in a vestment of gold standing at the king's right hand is the church after it has been purged and freed from the chains imposed by its persecutors. Then God will honor it with a golden covering and place it as queen at the right hand of its divine founder.
Psalm 45 is Messianic prophecy pointing to the Messiah, namely Christ and His church. Its royal court belongs to Christ's kingdom, with the king's daughters among the honored women as believers of His flock and the queen in gold of Ophir at His right hand as the Bride, the Lamb's wife, the church. The right hand is the highest place of honor in the presence of one greater, exalting those there to sit with Him on His throne as joint rulers cooperating with Him in the judgment, while those on the left are rejected to shame and final ruin. Her presence belongs to the picture of Christ's triumphant coming and reign and the millennial marriage celebration when He is enthroned forever, a promise of His literal personal coming before the millennium to reign, with the Bridegroom being Christ Himself, the second person of the Trinity, not the Holy Spirit. The queen in a vestment of gold is the church after it has been purged and freed from the chains imposed by its persecutors, when God will honor it with a golden covering and place it as queen at the right hand of its divine founder.
Royal Language and Setting
The psalm belongs to Israel's hymn book of praises, a song set to music and arranged for use in temple service, and it is counted among the most precious psalms as prophetic of Christ. Abyssinian Jews and Christians held that the psalm, including this verse, foretold the queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem. The gold of Ophir is an island on the western coast newly found by Christopher Columbus, from which the finest gold was then brought. The royal scene sets forth the king's daughters and the queen, and daughters means believers, who are also Christ's flock.
The queen standing at the king's right hand shows that the right hand is the highest place of honor in the presence of one greater. That standing illustrates the right hand as a position of honor and authority, and the saints' place at Christ's right hand likewise signifies honor and joint rule with Him. Being set at Christ's right hand does not mean standing on His literal right side but being exalted in His presence to sit with Him on His throne as joint rulers cooperating with Him in the judgment. Just so, Christ at the Father's right hand was joint ruler with the Father on His throne, while those set on the left are rejected to shame and final ruin.
The queen in gold of Ophir at the king's right hand displays that highest place of honor, and so it declares that Christ as intercessor and high priest sits at the right hand of His Father's throne with the highest place of honor in the presence of one greater, the Father. There He pleads for sinful men and oversees the preparing of a place for them until His priesthood ends and He takes His own kingly throne. The queen standing at the king's right hand further illustrates the right hand as the high place of honor given to one beloved by the king and serving as his vicegerent.
Prophecy of Christ and Church
Psalm 45 is Messianic prophecy pointing to the Messiah, namely Christ, and is prophetic of Christ and His church. It explicitly describes the Saviour's work of redemption and His wonderful work and triumph, with its royal imagery showing Christ going forth in the Gospel to win the world to Himself. Within it is foretold that Messiah would be a righteous King and emphatically the Prince of peace, with a righteous reign and royal honor, which Jesus Christ fulfilled as one eminently distinguished as a righteous person and as the great peacemaker both on earth and in heaven. The Lord addressed in the psalm is Christ, the Son of God and Maker, and the passage commands worship of Christ alongside the Father.
The queen in gold of Ophir standing at His right hand is the Bride, the Lamb's wife, the church, with kings' daughters among the honored women. Her presence belongs to the picture of Christ's triumphant coming and reign and the millennial marriage celebration when He is enthroned forever. That is the millennial era when He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth, at His personal return before the millennium to reign. The Bridegroom is Christ Himself, the second person of the Trinity, not the Holy Spirit, and the triumphal procession and marriage cannot be spiritualized as the outpouring of the Holy Spirit but is a promise of His literal personal coming to reign.
The depiction of the king's court, with kings' daughters among his honored women and the queen at his right hand wearing gold from Ophir, belongs to Christ's kingdom. The queen in a vestment of gold standing at the king's right hand is the church after it has been purged and freed from the chains imposed by its persecutors. Then God will honor it with a golden covering and place it as queen at the right hand of its divine founder.