"When the Son of God shall thus save all the meek of the earth, he
1. When the meek are beautified with salvation, it will be by the change to immortality.
They will bear the image of the second Adam, as in this life they bear that of the first.
1Cor.15:47-49. Compare also Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: Isa.33:17 with Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.1John 3:2.
2. This beautifying of the saints, and exalting them to glory, precede their participation in the judgment, mentioned in verses 7-9 of Psalm 149 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
3. The two-edged sword in their hand is doubtless the same as that which proceeded out of the mouth of him whose name is called the Word of God. Rev.19:11-15.
4. And if we consider this Psalm from verse 6 to verse 9 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;, we shall see that the work of the immortal saints in the judgment of the wicked is effected by the examination of the book of God, the sharp sword which they hold in their hands(and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Eph.6:17; For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, Heb.4:12), and the written record of their evil deeds; so that the record of their lives will be compared with the rule given them to govern their conduct, and the measure of their guilt thus determined."
J.N.Andrews