The Biblical Illustrator
Psalms 146:10
The Lord shall reign for ever.
The eternal reign of Zion’s King
I. The King to be proclaimed--Jehovah, the Triune God.
1. The Three Persons of the Deity are included and pointed out as the joint-covenanters for Zion’s salvation.
2. He is the avenger of Zion, and the judge of their cause.
3. He is endeared to Zion by His signify.
4. The union is eternal. I want a Christianity that not only brings me to heaven at last, but that brings heaven down to my soul now, that I may gain the foretaste of eternal bliss even in a world of sorrows. Blessed be God, I know something about it.
II. The interests of His kingdom.
1. The safety of all His subjects, because they are His own peculiar care.
2. The undivided allegiance of His subjects.
3. The statutes and laws of His kingdom are inimitable and immutable.
III. Its never-ending duration. The King eternal, immortal, hatch spoiled death, and taken away his sting; and He has removed its terrors, and for ever put away the second death, so that none of His subjects can by any possibility enter upon it; for on such the second death hath no power. They are blessed and holy, having been made partakers of the first resurrection from the death of sin to a life of righteousness. And because our King is immortal, and dieth no more, and lives for ever--cannot grow old--without beginning of days, or end of years, so are all His subjects; for I hear Him thus proclaim for their encouragement, “Because I live, ye shall live also.”
IV. Hallelujah. Oh for more exalted strains! Oh for stronger language! Oh for a fuller vocabulary, and boundless ideas to be thrown forth as with a cataract, and without reserve, to glorify, and honour, and exalt the precious name of Jesus; for all the voices in heaven are thus employed. And how should this encourage the subjects of His grace on earth! (J. Irons.).