"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
"—PSALM 72:8PSA 72:8
WE have in this passage a twofold exhibition of the universality of the kingdom of Christ; He is to have "dominion from sea to sea"—dominion also "from the river unto the ends of the earth." If we wish to understand the first of these thoughts, we may do so, by taking a map of the world, and fixing on any given spot on whatever shore we may choose, and from thence drawing a straight line across the land to any neighboring sea, from the Mediterranean to the Euxine for instance, and in this way we may realize what is meant by the expression "from sea to sea." Then again, if we seek for an illustration of the extent of Christ's kingdom, we may by repeating the above process, till the whole map is covered, till thousands of lines are drawn in every direction, apprehend what it is to have dominion from sea to sea throughout the whole earth.
Then again,, as to the river, let us in imagination follow its course from where it springs up in the temple, as far as the Holy City, into which it first flows, and from thence, eastward and westward, into the sea, namely, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, and we perceive how from the river, that is its source, unto the ends, of the earth, His dominion will reach, as the author has shown in his chart on the living waters of Ezek. 47 (Joel 3:18; Zech. 14:8; Psa. 46:4; 55:9; Isa. 35:6, 7.)