Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty (Psalms 47:2), God has shined - in contrast to Deuteronomy 33:2, "The Lord came from Sinai (not the perfection of beauty, but rugged and gloomy); He shined forth from Mount Paran." The Lord at His second advent shall not come with the "fiery law," speaking terror to His saints, but to be " glorified" and " admired" in them (2 Thessalonians 1:10). Zion shall be the place of His throne, whence He shall judge and reign (Psalms 2:6). The theocracy on earth shall then be realized with a glory of which its temporary continuance in the Holy Land was but a faint shadow (Ezekiel 43:7).