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Chapter 65—The Coronation of Christ
Now Christ again appears to the view of His enemies. 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 fol-
lowed their Saviour with deep, intense devotion. Next are those who
perfected Christian characters in the midst of falsehood and infi-
delity, 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.”
Revelation 7:9
. Their warfare is ended,
their victory won. They have run the race and reached the prize. The
palm branch in their hands is a symbol of their triumph, the white
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robe an emblem of the spotless righteousness of Christ, which now
is theirs.
The redeemed raise a song of praise that echoes and re-echoes
through the vaults of heaven, “Salvation to our God which sitteth
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” And angel and seraph unite
their voices in adoration. As the redeemed have beheld the power
and malignity of Satan, they have seen, as never before, that no
power but that of Christ could have made them conquerors. In all
that shining throng there are none to ascribe salvation to themselves,
as if they had prevailed by their own power and goodness. Nothing
is said of what they have done or suffered; but the burden of every
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