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From Here to Forever
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But
whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my
Father which is in heaven.”
Isaiah 43:25
;
Revelation 3:5
;
Matthew
10:32, 33
.
The divine Intercessor presents the plea that all who have over-
come through faith in His blood be restored to their Eden home and
crowned as joint heirs with Himself to “the first dominion.”
Micah
4:8
. Christ now asks that the divine plan in man’s creation be carried
into effect as if man had never fallen. He asks for His people not
only pardon and justification, but a share in His glory and a seat
upon His throne.
While Jesus is pleading for the subjects of His grace, Satan
accuses them before God. He points to the record of their lives, the
defects of character, the unlikeness to Christ, to all the sins he has
tempted them to commit. Because of these he claims them as his
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subjects.
Jesus does not excuse their sins, but shows their penitence and
faith. Claiming for them forgiveness, He lifts His wounded hands
before the Father, saying: I have graven them on the palms of My
hands. “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a
contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”
Psalm 51:17
.
The Lord Rebukes Satan
And to the accuser He declares: “The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan;
even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a
brand plucked out of the fire?”
Zechariah 3:2
. Christ will clothe His
faithful ones with His own righteousness, that He may present them
to His Father “a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any
such thing.”
Ephesians 5:27
.
Thus will be realized the complete fulfillment of the new-
covenant promise: “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.” “In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord,
the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and
the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found.” “And it shall come to
pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem,
shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living
in Jerusalem.”
Jeremiah 31:34
;
50:20
;
Isaiah 4:3
.