[24]_Seven_ is a symbol of perfection; horn a symbol of power; and eyes a symbol of wisdom.  Therefore this One is pictured as having perfect power and perfect wisdom to perform this wonderful privilege and duty.  This is the first time that the great mystery of Jehovah, his great plan or program, was made known to any one; and since then, from time to time, he has been pleased to reveal portions of his plan to men who have honestly and faithfully sought to understand it.  He has promised to reward those that diligently seek him and who seek a knowledge of him.  Therefore we can come to the study of his plan, confidently expecting that he will grant us from time to time such a vision and understanding of it as pleases him and as would be for our good and happiness.

[25]The harp is used to symbolize the grandeur and beauty, the exquisite harmony and majestic sweetness of the divine arrangement or plan.  The record of this great program or plan is found in the Old and the New Testaments.  This record reveals the purpose of God concerning man, gives a record of his fall, a prophetic vision of his redemption and deliverance, and ultimately the blessing of all obedient ones of mankind with life everlasting.  The great fundamental doctrines or truths stated in the Bible and which constitute the fundamentals of his plan concerning man would, therefore, constitute the strings upon the harp of God.  These fundamental truths were spoken by Jehovah through the prophets, through Jesus, and through his disciples.  God’s law is his expressed will.  Law means a rule of action, directing that which is right and prohibiting that which is wrong.  The Bible contains the law of Jehovah for the governing of mankind.

[26]The name David means beloved one.  The beloved One of Jehovah is his Son, Jesus, the Christ.  David was therefore used by Jehovah to picture or to make a type of Christ, including Jesus and his faithful followers.  David used the harp of ten strings and was an expert performer upon it.  This would seem to picture how that the antitype of David, Jesus and the members of his body, his faithful followers, would have an understanding of this harp of God and that God would use them to make it plain to others who would want to understand it.  The ten strings of the harp, therefore, very fitly represent the ten great fundamental truths or doctrines of the divine plan.  These ten fundamental doctrines appear in the order named, as follows: 

   (1) Creation
   (2) justice manifested
   (3) Abrahamic promise
   (4) birth of Jesus
   (5) ransom
   (6) resurrection
   (7) mystery revealed
   (8) the lord’s presence
   (9) glorification
  (10) restoration

[27]When one understands these ten fundamental truths and can appreciate the beauty and harmony by them expressed, he is thereby enabled to use the harp of God, and the use of it brings joy to his heart and fills his soul with sweet music.  Without doubt the great plan of God pictured by the harp was all made and arranged at one time, but we will here consider each one of these fundamental truths, represented by a string, separately and in the order above named.