"The Lamb is the light thereof."
Revelation 21:23
Revelation 21:23
Quietly
contemplate the Lamb as the light of heaven. Light in Scripture is the emblem
of joy. The joy of the saints in heaven is
comprised in this: Jesus chose us, loved us, bought us, cleansed us, robed us,
kept us, glorified us: we are here entirely through the Lord Jesus. Each one of
these thoughts shall be to them like a cluster of the grapes of Eshol.
Light
is also the cause of beauty. Naught of beauty is left when light is gone.
Without light no radiance flashes from the sapphire, no peaceful ray proceed
from the pearl; and thus all the beauty of the saints above comes from Jesus.
As planets, they reflect the light of the Sun of Righteousness; they live as
beams proceeding from the central orb. If He withdrew, they must die; if His
glory were veiled, their glory must expire. Light is also the emblem of knowledge. In heaven our knowledge will be
perfect, but the Lord Jesus Himself will be the fountain of it.
Dark Providences, never understood before, will then be clearly seen, and all that
puzzles us now will become plain to us in the light of the Lamb. Oh; what unfolding
there will be and what glorifying of the God of love! Light also means; manifestation.
Light manifests. In this world it does not yet appear what we shall
be. God's people are a hidden people, but when Christ receives His people into
heaven, He will touch them with the wand of His own love, and change them into
the image of His manifested glory.
They
were poor and wretched, but what a transformation! They were stained with sin,
but one touch of His finger, and they are bright as the sun, and clear as
crystal. Oh; what a manifestation! All this proceeds from the exalted Lamb.
Whatever there may be of effulgent splendor, Jesus shall be the center and soul
of it all. Oh; to be present and to see Him in His own light, the King of
kings, and Lord of lords!
God
bless,
David
L. Wynn, Pastor
Pauline
B. Grant CME Church
“This
is the Potter’s House”
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