There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
The threescore queens and fourscore concubines and unnumbered virgins belong to a poetic picture of Christ and His church. That picture displays the wonderful love of Christ toward His people. It displays also the answering love of the church, which can lack faithfulness and constancy. The mention of royal women and queens links with Psalm 45:9, where a queen and honorable women stand in a setting concerning Christ's kingdom.
The same queens and concubines and virgins belong to the portrayal of the church as fair and glorious. That fair and glorious company is God's people as they will appear in the final conflict.
The threescore queens and fourscore concubines and unnumbered virgins belong to a poetic picture of Christ and His church. That picture displays the wonderful love of Christ toward His people. It displays also the answering love of the church, which can lack faithfulness and constancy. The mention of royal women and queens links with Psalm 45:9, where a queen and honorable women stand in a setting concerning Christ's kingdom.
The same queens and concubines and virgins belong to the portrayal of the church as fair and glorious. That fair and glorious company is God's people as they will appear in the final conflict.