0111. The Followers of the Faith Shall Be Presented
The Followers of the Faith Shall Be Presented
"Now unto Him that is able to * * present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy" (Jdg_1:24).
1. He is able to present us. Who is there who did not rejoice in the day that he presented his bride to his earthly father? What joy will fill the heart of our Lord Jesus, the Heavenly Bridegroom, as He presents us, the Heavenly Bride, before His Father. There is a blessed day coming, and we are hastening toward it. It is the day that we love to sing about as "glad day." It is the day when we shall bid farewell to the world. It is the day when we shall receive our new bodies, being changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. It is the day when we shall be like Him, and when we shall see Him as He is. It is the day of our glorious presentation.
2. He is able to present us faultless. The word faultless carries our minds back to the Cross, because it was there that our sins were washed away, and we were made "the righteousness of God in Him". It is by virtue of that Cross, and the work finished for us, thereupon, that Christ will, by and by, be able to present us faultless before the presence of His glory.
When the Church is raptured Jesus Christ will present it without "spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing". Thank God, our garments will not be "spotted by the flesh"–we will be robed in raiments made white in the Blood of the Lamb.
We read that even in the sun there is a spot to mar its glory. There will be no spot in us.
3. He is able to present us before the presence of His glory. Christ prayed once: "I will that they * * may behold My glory". Blessed be God, we shall see this prayer fufilled. What glory His Coming will bring! I want to be there, don’t you?
4. He "is able to present us * * with * * joy". We will rejoice, the holy angels will rejoice, the Father will rejoice, the Lord Jesus will rejoice.
Hearken to the words! "Let us be glad and rejoice, * * for the marriage of the Lamb is come".
Hearken again! "Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross".
Yes, there will be joy.
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR