“His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.”
Cosmic permanence: "Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." The moon as faithful witness establishes a cosmic acknowledgment of the covenant's perpetuity. Creation itself bears witness to the covenant's endurance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:36
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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