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Glory Indescribable, December 17
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name
which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11
.
The Father’s wisdom and glory shine forth in His [Christ’s] majesty.
He is exalted and precious to all who believe. But His own personal glory,
who can describe it? He comes with His divine nature plainly revealed—
He who was denied and rejected by man, who stood at the bar of Pilate as
a criminal....
Christ is now acknowledged as the King of Glory. “Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord” (
Matthew 21:9
). The question of His
divinity is forever settled. Where are those who held the Saviour bound at
Pilate’s bar, who smote Him in the face, who scourged Him, who drove
the nails through His hands and feet? those who mocked Him, saying,
“He saved others; himself he cannot save....” (
Matthew 27:42
)? Where is
the puny arm that will be lifted against Him now? The scene is changed.
At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess
that Jesus is Christ, Lord of heaven and earth....
The glory of Christ’s humanity did not appear when He was upon
the earth. He was regarded as a man of sorrows, and acquainted with
grief. We hid as it were our faces from Him. But He was pursuing the
path the plan of God had devised. That same humanity now appears as
He descends from heaven, robed in glory, triumphant, exalted.... His
believing people have made their calling and election sure. They come
forth at the first resurrection, and the song is sung by innumerable voices,
“Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them,
and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be
their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there
shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain: for the former things are passed away” (
Revelation 21:3,
4
).
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