“Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity,” so explains the great chapter of Psalms 45. These subjects have not been discussed in previous writings. Now, we discuss something that is of utmost importance. The anointed of God have an enviable position higher than any man! Declared by inspiration, be real careful how you deal with the Lord’s anointed!! “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity (wickedness): therefore God, thy God, has anointed Thee with an oil of gladness above thy fellows.” Psalms 45:7 It is God the Father, that says to the Son here, “Thy throne, O God! Is forever and ever,”as it appears in Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9, where this is quoted to prove that Christ is God and has a more excellent name than the Angels (messengers of the preceding dispensations). Our mediator is God, else He neither would have been able to do the mediator’s work nor fit to wear the mediator’s crown. Observe the eternity of this promise; it is forever and ever. It would continue on through ages of timelessness, in despite of all opposition of the gates of hell; and in the blessed fruits and consequences of it, it shall last as long as the days of heaven, and run parallel with the line of eternity itself! Perhaps even then the glory of the Redeemer, and the blessedness of the redeemed, shall be in a continual infinite progression; for it is promised “that not only of His government, but of the increase of His government and peace, there shall be no end” (Isaiah 9:7), when the kingdom shall be delivered up to God even the Father. 1 Corinthians 15:24
Whatever Christ does in His kingdom, He does to redress His subjects of any wrong: He hates wickedness. Because He loves righteousness and hates iniquity; He loves us who do righteousness and hates those that do wickedness. By the holiness of His life, the married Kingdom shows the great design of His counsel in what is called “the gospel.” He has made it conspicuously clear, that the sufferings of Christ and those who are in Christ have been established above man! In the commission of His new position as mediator, and the “head” of those that are taken into covenant with Him, He (as well as we), are anointed with the “oil of gladness.” This oil of gladness is the Spirit of God, that divine unction that qualifies us for this undertaking. Isaiah 61:1: “the Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because He has anointed Me.” Called the “oil of gladness,” there is delight that fills Christ in carrying out mediation. In recompense of what Christ did and how He suffers for the advancement of righteousness, He advocates for the righteous in the destruction of sin. He brings divine protection to we who have the joy of being in that exalted estate. So Christ takes it upon himself in His position as mediator, to defend the honor of we who wear His name! As the psalmist David declares, “the Lord’s anointed!!”
This anointing which proceeded from the Father, called “the oil of gladness,” denotes a joy that was Christ. Christ is said “to be above all of His brethren,” We receive of the Spirit by measure, John 3:34, but our position and pre-immanence is above the Angels. The robes of His estate are even declared to smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia which were typical of the unction of the Spirit which Christ, the great high priest of our profession, received. In His royal palace, and the right hand of the Father, described as Ivory Palaces, we, the brethren of Christ, are again made perfect; who are invited into “the joy of their (our) Lord!” In particular, the appearance of we who have been anointed with the Spirit of God is compared to the splendor of the ladies, which is alluded to here, Psalms 45:9, richly dressed in honor that excel all others. We who have been born from above, who are the children of the King of Kings, who attend the throne of the Lord are Christ daily with prayers and praises, honor Him who is blessed forever more. Our attending this Court of Honor speaks of the church as the Queen herself, His consort, pre-determined by an everlasting covenant, for she was betrothed to Him of old. This church, assembly, our government called the Lamb’s Bride, who is graced with ornaments, called “fine linen, clean and white” (Revelation 19:8), is allowed to enter into the Father’s throne room, covered in the richest array. As we owe our adorning to “the precious blood of the Son of God!” Here, He champions our cause!!
