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昨天，我们的注意力放在诗篇45篇的上半部，诗人在君王婚礼那天颂赞祂的美德。今天，当我们研读下半部时，让我们来看看君王的新妇吧。这一天对她有什么重大意义呢？

她的美貌受到称赞和尊崇，因着这段婚盟，她的名声和影响力将会历代历世在列国中传扬。谁是这位配得起这篇诗篇上半部形容的君王的新妇？谁能成为这个代表世界的盼望的另一半呢？

新约圣经说明，世上真正的君王的新妇就是教会。耶稣基督是世上真正的君王，祂的工作是招聚一个群体成为祂的新妇，这是一个因祂的慈爱和牺牲成为荣美的群体。基督与教会这个荣美的皇室婚礼，是世界的盼望，而我们也可以有份参与这个婚礼。

怎样才可以有份参与这个婚礼呢？诗篇45篇解释说：新妇必须放下所有昔日所爱戴的，改而去爱和忠心归向君王。当我们舍弃自己的私欲，放下我们喜爱但却令我们分心的（假神）的事物并委身于基督时，我们便在祂里面得到喜乐，而祂也同样在我们里面得到喜乐。

这是世界真正的故事的快照，也是世界真正的盼望的快照。

Yesterday we focused on the first half of Psalms 45, which praises the virtues of the king on his wedding day.Today,as we look at the second half, we consider the king's bride. What does this day mean for her?

She is praised and honored for her beauty. Her reputation and influence through this marriage will spread through the nations and down through the ages. Who is the bride who is worthy of the king described in the first half of the psalms? Who is the bride who can serve as the other half of this image of the world's hope?

The New Testament reveals that the bride of the world's true King is the church.Jesus Christ is the world's true King, and his work is to gather a community of people to be his bride. It is a community，made beautifully by his love and sacrifice. The glorious royal wedding of Christ and the church is the hope of the world.And it is something we get to participate in.

How? Psalms 45 explains that the bride must leave behind old allegiances and give her love and loyalty to the king. When we turn away from our selfish desires and our loyalties to other things that can distract us (false gods) and we give ourselves to Christ,then our joy is in him,and his joy is ours.

This is a snapshot of the world's true story and the world's true hope.