Majesty is just a fancy word for greatness or grandeur. It
comes from Latin. We use it to talk about Her Majesty, the Queen when we talk
about the Queen of England. We are saying that the Queen is great and grand.
Other synonyms for majesty include illustriousness and stateliness. It also has
a sense of nobility about it.
However, it is often found in the Bible in describing God.
He is the ultimate in greatness, grandeur, and stateliness. He is the highest
nobility there is. So using majesty to describe God makes sense. Some of my
favorite praise passages in Scripture use majesty as part of the description of
God. A few of those passages are below.
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Chronicles 29:11: “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory
and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and
the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over
all.”
Psalm
45:3: “Gird Your sword on Your thigh,
O Mighty One, In Your splendor and
Your majesty! And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of
truth and meekness and righteousness;
Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.”
Psalm
93:1: “The Lord reigns, He is clothed with
majesty; The Lord has clothed and girded Himself
with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.”
Micah
5:4: “And He will arise and shepherd His
flock In the strength of the Lord, In the majesty
of the name of the Lord His God. And they will
remain, Because at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth.”
Hebrews 8:1: “Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who
has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,”
2 Peter 1:16: “For we did not follow cleverly devised tales
when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we
were eyewitnesses of His majesty.”
Whether the Scriptures are talking about the God of the Old
Testament or about the Lord Jesus Christ of the New Testament, His majesty is
noted. That’s because God is great in every way and majesty is the one word
that can describe that greatness. Praise Him for His majesty.
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