Righteousness and peace have kissed.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven." vv.10-11
Read chapter 85
Beautiful personification here of four virtues: mercy and truth, righteousness and peace. It sounds like a marriage where the two become one. Seems very true in a lot of marriages of how the husband balances the wife and the wife balances the husband. It's a good balance to keep them both grounded. I think the same is true of what we need in ourselves, a healthy balance of each. Some of us are more easily merciful and may need God to to balance you with truth and others of us are more outright truthful and need to learn to have a bit more grace.
Righteousness can't help but give what is due and peace allows the for unity between us and God. When Christ came the Law was fulfilled and the gospel delivered what the law promised.
All four are needed to fulfill God's promises and to reflect His character. These pairs of characteristics were separated at the fall of mankind and joined and embraced again when Christ died and rose. Only Christ is the perfect balance of both mercy and truth, righteousness and peace.
Which characteristics do you need to spring forth and balance more in your life?
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