1 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)
16 Beyond all question, the mystery from which
true godliness springs is great:
He appeared in the flesh,
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory.
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory.
We have seen the Lord Jesus in the days of His flesh,
humiliated and scorned: "He was despised and rejected by men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief." He whose brightness is as the
morning wore the sackcloth of sorrow as His daily dress: Shame was His belt,
and reproach was His cloak. Yet now that He has triumphed over all the powers
of darkness upon the bloody tree, our faith sees Him returning, robed in the
splendor of victory.
How glorious He must have been in the eyes of seraphs, when
a cloud received Him out of sight and He ascended to heaven! Now He wears the
glory that He had with God before creation, and yet another glory above
all—that which He has earned in the fight against sin, death, and hell. As
victor He wears the illustrious crown. Listen to the swelling song! It is a new
and sweeter song: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, for by Your blood You
ransomed people for God!" He wears the glory of an Intercessor who can
never fail, of a Prince who can never be defeated, of a Conqueror who has
defeated every foe, of a Lord who has the allegiance of every subject.
Jesus wears all the glory that heaven can bestow upon Him,
all that ten thousand times ten thousand angels can minister to Him. You cannot
with the utmost stretch of imagination conceive of His exceeding greatness; yet
there will be a further revelation of it when He shall descend from heaven in
great power, with all the holy angels—"Then he will sit on his glorious
throne." The splendor of that glory seen will ravish the hearts of
His people. This isn't the end, for eternity will sound His praise. "Your
throne, O God, is forever and ever!" Reader, if you would rejoice in
Christ's glory then, He must be glorious in your sight now. So, is He?
Though for today:
Do I give God all the praise He is due?
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