Psalm 45:16 Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you may make princes in all the earth. One generation shall come and go after another, but still, like an evergreen tree, which in spite of the constant decay of some of its leaves always preserves its verdant hue, so the Church shall exist till the latest ages, ever growing older, and yet never losing its youth; its members constantly dying, itself perpetually alive. Or, to vary the figure, as when upon the battlefield the brave soldier falls, another stands forward to fill his place, and the line closes in and rushes on anew to conflict; so the battle of the Church with the world ever goes on, "bequeathed from bleeding sire to son," and it shall never cease, until the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. Men may slay its members, but they cannot kill the Church; death may take them individually away, but he cannot destroy it, for it is like the Lord who found it, immortal and indestructible. (W. M. Taylor, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.WEB: Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth. |
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