Coronation Psalm 47
In this Psalm, the process is demonstrated.
- Ps 47:1-4 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. In verse 5 we have the shout and Shofar of Yom Teruah
- Ps 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
- Vs 6,7 the shouting & praising of the King
- Ps 47:6-7 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
- Vs 8 the ceremony of the taking of the throne
- Ps 47:8 God reigns over the heathen: God sits upon the throne of his holiness.
- Vs 9 The believers in Yeshua are gathered in His presence & pledge their allegiance
- Ps 47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Once crowned and seated He will call the earth to judgment : Ps 50:4-5 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
The Wedding of the Messiah/King
The Bible is a marriage covenant. God ordained man to have one wife and designed the institution of marriage. Let’s examine this closer. Adam was made after the likeness of Yeshua (Romans 5:14 and Philippians 2:8). Yeshua is called the last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45-47). In Genesis 2:21, God had a deep sleep fall upon Adam. Sleep is synonymous with death (Daniel 12:2; John 11:11-14; 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; Ephesians 5:14). The deep sleep that God caused to fall upon Adam is a picture of the crucifixion and death of Yeshua. God brought a deep sleep upon Adam so He could take a rib from the side of his flesh. This required the shedding of blood. This is a picture of Yeshua who was pierced in the side of His flesh, shedding His own blood when He hung on the tree (John 19:34).
From the rib of Adam, God made Eve. Likewise, by the death of Yeshua and faith in Him, God established the assembly of believers which we refer to as the Church but was known in the Hebrew as the Assembly or Congregation. The believers in the Messiah, His bride, become wedded to Him by faith.
This marriage can be seen in the Old Testament as well as in Jeremiah 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you… and Paul makes that clear. God gave the wedding customs, service, and ceremonies to the Jewish people (Romans 3:2; 9:4) to teach us about the Messiah Jesus (Colossians 2:16-17). In examining the weddings of Scripture we can see the process whereby God chose us as a Bride for His only Son. The ancient Jewish wedding ceremony God gave to the Jewish people to teach us about the wedding of the Messiah specific stages or steps.
The Bride is Chosen
The bride was usually chosen by the father of the bridegroom. The father would send his trusted servant, known as the agent of the father, to search out the bride. An excellent example of this can be seen in Genesis 24. In this chapter, Abraham (a type of God the Father) wishes to secure a bride for Isaac (a type of Messiah) and sends his servant Eliezer (a type of the Holy Spirit to do this task (Genesis 24:2-4; 15:2). Even Samson required his father to secure the girl he desired in judges 14 v 1-2.
Believers in the Messiah are chosen by God (John 15:16). In Genesis 24, Rebekah consented to marry Isaac even before she ever met him. Believers in the Messiah consent to become the bride of Messiah even though we have never seen Him.
A bride price was established.
A marriage is not merely an incidental transaction between the two families; it creates and cements a relationship of alliance between them.
One family gives a very precious possession, a daughter; the other, `to put things on an equal footing’ gives a valuable present. The (mohar) bride price thus establishes the prestige of the husband and his family, gives him authority over his wife, makes the contract binding on both parties, and creates and alliance between the two families.”
We see Jacob working 7 years for his Uncle Laban as the bride price of Rachel. Yeshua, being our bridegroom, paid a very high price for His bride, the body of believers. 1st Peter 1:18-19 says, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” In First Corinthians 6:20 it is written, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
Betrothal Process.
Betrothal is the first of two steps in the marriage process.
Jewish marriages were legally formalized by a written marriage contract, called a ketubah. Historically, God betrothed Himself to Israel at Mount Sinai (Jeremiah 3:14 and 20; Hosea 2:19-20).
The ketubah is the marriage contract that states the bride price, the promises of the groom, and the rights of the bride. The word ketubah means “that which is written.” The groom promised to work for her, to honor, support, and maintain her in truth, to provide food, clothing, and necessities, and to live together with her as husband and wife.
The bride must give her consent.
God betrothed Himself to Israel at Mount Sinai as stated in Jeremiah 2:2. Israel consented to the marriage proposal from G-d and said, “I do,” as it is written in Exodus 24:3.
Today, to become the bride of Messiah you must still say “I do” to Him. Rebecca’s consent was asked for, before she left her family to go to Isaac. (Gen. 24:58)
Love gifts and the cup of the covenant.
The rite of betrothal (erusin) is completed when the groom gives something of value to the bride and she accepts it. The gift most often given today is the ring. When the groom places the ring on the bride’s finger, the rite of betrothal is completed.
The gifts to the bride are symbols of love, commitment, and loyalty. In addition, at this time the cup of the covenant was shared and sealed between the bride and the groom with the drinking of wine. In doing so, the couple drinks from a common cup.
The bride had a water immersion (Mikvah)
Mikvah is a ceremonial act of purification by the immersion in water. It indicates a separation from a former way to a new way. In the case of marriage, it indicates leaving an old life for a new life with your spouse (Genesis 2:23-24; Ephesians 5:31). Immersing in the mikvah is considered spiritual rebirth. Concerning the marriage to Israel at Mount Sinai, God said in Ezekiel 16:8-9, as it is written, “…I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee… and thou became Mine. Then washed I thee with water….” The immersion, here refers to that of Israel before the people received the Torah when God betrothed Himself to Israel at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:14-15).
For the groom, the betrothal period was one of preparation. The groom would depart, returning to his father’s house to prepare the bridal chamber (the huppah). Sometimes this would require actually adding on a room to the father’s house. Families were tied to the family land in an agricultural economy and in Israel the land stayed in the family. The groom’s father was the one to decide when the bridal chamber was ready for the bride. “I go to prepare a place for you; if I go, I will return again unto you.” This is the same statement Yeshua made in John 14:1-3 before He went to His father’s house in Heaven, as it is written: Meanwhile, the bride was to wait eagerly for the return of the bridegroom. The betrothal was, for the bride, a time of purification and anticipation. The time of the betrothal was typically one year, adequate time to demonstrate the purity of the bride by showing that she was not pregnant.