"The Splendor of THE KING"

"All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made Thee glad." (Psalms 45:8) When I think of "garments", I think of coverings, and when I think of coverings, I think of what is seen, as in the majesty and splendor of "All" that Jesus represents to "they", meaning us, His church. You want peace like no other peace that you can know? then Jesus can provide you that peace, for He is the Prince of Peace. You want joy that can stay in the midst of the fiercest storms? then Jesus can provide you that joy, for He is the Joy of our salvation. You want love that loves unconditionally and uncontrollably? then Jesus can provide that love in our hearts, for He is the Love of God manifested without restraint and measure. All these things are His pleasure to give us, as much as we need and more, because as we shine as "ivory palaces" so He shines also, whereby we make Him glad. Besides that, He sees us much more different than we see ourselves; He sees us as His bride, adorned in pureness and in white, as a virgin would be prepared for her marriage. He sees us as He is, holy and pure; we cannot see ourselves in such a way, but we know that as He is, we shall be also (1 John 3:2), for we will see Him as He is, the Head of the church, His bride. Peace, joy and love are the fruits of the Holy Spirit, of which we are a temple, as God's Spirit tabernacles within us; therefore, if we need more peace, joy and love in our lives, then we need more of the Holy Spirit; more of Him and less of us! We really can not produce peace, joy and love on our own; it's not within us of ourselves, nor is it something that we can do outside of Jesus Christ. We might pretend that we can have peace, until something presses against us; we might pretend that we have joy, until something robs us of that joy; and we might pretend that we have the love of God, until someone makes us mad, and we are offended. Which brings me to another matter that is tucked with in this verse, which is "smell"; because the smell of a garment is smelt because something has made it smell, and it will smell regardless of the garment, but because of that which has tainted it... "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all that believe; for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus." (Romans 3:21-26)