Read Psalm 93.
Earthly royalty, sitting on their thrones, are truly awe inspiring. Their
robes and crowns, their positional honor and power, cause everyone to cease
what they are doing in order to hear what the monarch has to say. The
unnamed psalmist envisioned the comparisons and contrasts of the King of Glory
as the ultimate ruler of all things and everyone.
1. His robe.
He is not clothed in expensive furs, but with majesty itself.
2. His belt.
He is not girded with gold, but what surrounds His personage is omnipotence.
3. His rule.
There are no shouts of "long live the king" because He has eternally
been in control and always will be.
4. His power.
It is not merely the forces of an army and the exercise of might against
opposing nations that He controls but the very forces of nature are under His
command.
5. His word.
The rulers of this world may declare their edicts. Sometimes those
decisions prove to be false promises or simply wrong. God's word is
totally reliable, sure and faithful.
6. His habitation.
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton wrote in part, "Absolute power corrupts
absolutely." The kings of this world have been notorious for their
immorality, greed and/or abuse of their position. But the overarching
characteristic of the presence of the LORD is His holiness.
Isaiah was allowed to see firsthand what this psalmist penned.
"In the year King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high
and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him
stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and
with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to the
another and said: 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is
full of his glory!'" (Isaiah 6:1-3)
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