Enjoying the Sonshine
Aug. 3, 2005 - The Light of Heaven
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The Lamb is the light thereof.
- 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 Eshcol.
Light is also the cause of beauty. Nought of beauty is left when light
is gone. Without light no radiance flashes from the sapphire, no
peaceful ray proceedeth 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 unfoldings there will be and what
glorifying of the God of love! Light also means manifestation. Light
manifests. In this world it doth not yet appear what we shall be. Gods
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 splendour, Jesus shall be the
centre 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!"
(taken from the August 3rd morning entry of Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional....)
Lord Jesus, You are IT for me. You are the light of heaven.
You are joy! You chose me, loved me, bought me, cleansed me,
robed me, kept me, glorified me. Anything beautiful in me is
clearly rooted in You Jesus. Thank you for your great
salvation. You are the exalted Lamb of God and I give you glory!
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Aug. 20, 2005 - what beautiful thought Danielle.
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Gena Suarez, Publisher
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