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Psalm 133

18th December 2003, hej

This Article: (2 Pages)

1. Psalm 133 is poetry
2. Meaning of Psalm 133

2) Meaning of Psalm 133

To those who have read Phanerosis by John Thomas, the idea of a the blessing of eternal life being in people unified in Deity, immediately makes sense. Yahweh, the Name, means ‘He who will be’ or He who will show His character in his servants (John 17:21). So in the psalm the idea of ‘brethren also-together’ is related to the meaning of the Name. The psalm, therefore, says that the blessing ordained (or planned) in the ‘He-who-will-be’ is the ‘good’, worthy of praise, of the brethren ‘also-together’.

The similes in lines 2-4 above are thoughts relating to the ‘good’ that is worthy of praise. This ‘good’ is like three things:

the oil that anoints
the beard of Aaron
and the dew of Hermon that is to come down on Zion.

These form three pictures:

We have someone being anointed,
a priest in robes and dew on Mt Zion,
the dew Hermon coming down at Jerusalem.

The third picture is puzzling. Consider this: How can the dew of Mt Hermon literally come down some 160km south at Jerusalem? One solution that is possible is that ‘Hermon’ is not Mount Hermon. A reference in Deuternomy 4:48, that David would have known well, calls Mt Zion ‘Hermon’. Another solution is that ‘Hermon’ means ‘abrupt’.

It should be pointed out, however, that focusing on the meaning of Hermon misses the point of the simile. Have a look at the repetition in lines 2, 3 and 4. We see that in all cases something is ‘coming down’. The Hebrew word ‘yored’, used three times, means ‘go down, come down, descend or drop’. The focus is on the action. We miss the point if we focus on the characteristics of the oil and the dew. The ‘good’ blessing is not like the oil or the dew at all! In fact the word ‘oil’ is not used at all! Instead it is like something refreshing that comes down. Psalm 72 explains this idea in verse six where the blessing of right judgement is described as being like rain coming down on mown grass.

Here what good and what pleasant praise brethren as-one

Just AS the-good on the head comes down the beard-

Aaron’s beard -that comes down on facing of Robe

AS Zion’sdew that comes down on mountains Zion

For there ordained He-who-will-be the blessing of life forever

Where was the good blessing of life-forever ordained? Yes, it is to be on the Mountains of Zion. And it will be the saints like dew coming down. It will be in the spirit coming down anointing the king-priest. But all this is located where? Surely, if we are becoming brethren-as-one, it is ‘Here’!

From this analysis it is evident this psalm is not so much about here and now, but is about the blessing in the future of life eternal. This blessing will come down on the brethren when they become as one body.

This blessing will be complete in the future at the coming down of Yeshua, the ‘head’.