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Christ’s Coronation Day, December 8
Christ Redeems Me Unto Eternal Life
Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and
true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Revelation 15:3
In that day the redeemed will shine forth in the glory of the Father
and His Son. The angels of heaven, touching their golden harps, will
welcome the King, and those who are the trophies of His victory—those
who have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. A
song of triumph will peal forth, filling all heaven. Christ has conquered.
He enters the heavenly courts accompanied by His redeemed ones, the
witnesses that His mission of suffering and sacrifice has not been in vain.
Far above the city, upon a foundation of burnished gold, is a throne,
high and lifted up. Upon this throne sits the Son of God, and around Him
are the subjects of His kingdom. The power and majesty of Christ no
language can describe, no pen portray. The glory of the Eternal Father
is enshrouding His Son. The brightness of His presence fills the city of
God and flows out beyond the gates, flooding the whole earth with its
radiance.
Nearest the throne are those who were once zealous in the cause
of Satan, but who, plucked as brands from the burning, have followed
their Saviour with deep, intense devotion. Next are those who perfected
Christian characters in the midst of falsehood and infidelity, those who
honored the law of God when the Christian world declared it void, and
the millions of all ages who were martyred for their faith. And beyond
is the “great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues, ... before the throne, and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” Their warfare
is ended, their victory won. They have run the race and reached the
prize....
In the presence of the assembled inhabitants of earth and heaven the
final coronation of the Son of God takes place.
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