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Our chapter includes the verse: \u201cAnd a throne shall be established in Mercy, and on it shall sit in Truth, in the tent of David, a Ruler devoted to justice and zealous for equity\u201d (Isaiah 16:5).<\/span><\/p>\n

Midrash Psalms 110:4 states that it is the Holy One, Blessed be He, who makes all the wars, as indicated by what God says to the Messiah: \u201cSit at My right hand, while I make your enemies your footstool (Psalms 110:1)\u201d. God says to the Messiah: You shall sit, and I will make the wars, as it says: \u201c\u2026a throne shall be established in Mercy, and on it shall sit in Truth, in the tent of David, a Ruler\u2026\u201d. And what does this Messianic Ruler do while sitting on his Throne? He reads and studies Torah, which is called \u201cTruth\u201d, as it says: \u201cThe Laws of the Lord are Truth\u2026\u201d (Psalms 19:10) and further it is written: \u201cBuy Truth (i.e. Torah) and never sell it\u201d (Proverbs 23:23). And this is what is meant by our verse: \u201cAnd on it shall sit in Truth, in the tent of David, a Ruler\u2026\u201d (Isaiah 16:5).<\/span><\/p>\n

A different interpretation of our verse is found in the early mystical work, Massekhet Hekhalot (Otzar Midrashim published in 1915, Volume 1, page 108). Here it is stated that God\u2019s Throne is called \u201cTruth\u201d, as it says: \u201cAnd a Throne shall be established in Mercy…And on it [God] shall sit in Truth\u201d. This verse also teaches that God\u2019s Throne is a Throne of Mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The major work of medieval Jewish mysticism, the Zohar (II, page 220b) preserves the following esoteric interpretation of our verse: Rabbi Eleazar taught, \u201cAnd a throne shall be established in Mercy, and on it shall sit in Truth, in the tent of David, a Ruler devoted to justice and zealous for equity\u201d (Isaiah 16:5). When the joyful thought arose in God\u2019s mind to establish the earthly Throne of the Messiah, He established it \u201cin Mercy\u201d. This Throne bears the seal, which when stamped leaves the imprint of Truth. And the Holy One sits on that Throne only in virtue of that seal of Truth. And \u201cin the tent of David\u201d, is where the Messiah sits upon the Lower Throne.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Maimonides (Guide for the Perplexed, Chapter 9), God\u2019s throne is inseparable from God Himself, since both exist forever, as it says: \u201cBut You, O Lord, are enthroned forever. Your throne endures through the ages\u201d (Lamentations 5:19). Any other belief, according to Maimonides, would be heretical for it would deny the total incorporeality of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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