DECEMBER 24, 2024
Psalm 72:17
His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. and men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed.
Solomon, the son of David and the king for who David composed this prayer said, “A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches” (Proverbs 22:1). theLong after silver and gold have been spent and properties sold off to highest bidder, a good name will endure through the generations. Case in point: three thousand years after he died, we still speak of Solomon and his renowned wisdom. True, he didn't finish as well as he started but, nevertheless, his name has endured through the ages.
That being said, there is some interesting commentary regarding this particular verse as it relates to the King Messiah. Specifically the Hebrew wording literally says, “may his name be perpetual.” Even more specifically, the word translated as “perpetual” –ינון yinon — is related to flourishing and increasing as fish who multiply in the sea. Some commentators go so far as to say that, along with a few other monikers like Shiloh, Menachem and Chaninah, Yinon is an actual name for the Messiah. In fact, the first Hebrew letter in each of these words just listed form the word mashiach — Messiah.