Revelation 5:6-7 And I beheld, and, see, in the middle of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the elders… I. THERE WILL BE A GLORIOUS MANIFESTATION OF THE LORD JESUS IN THE HEAVENLY WORLD. 1. The manifestation of the Saviour's person. (1) In His exalted human nature. (2) In connection with His divinity. 2. The manifestation of the Saviour's offices. We speak here of a manifestation to the minds of the redeemed. (1) In this manner, for instance, they will be led to know and meditate upon His priesthood; a capacity in which He gave Himself as a sacrifice for us. And the redeemed, gazing upon Him thus, will dwell with enlarged comprehension upon the wonders of His dying love, in its source, in its process, and in its results. (2) In this manner, again, they will also know and meditate upon His royalty; a capacity in which He undertook the government of all beings and of all worlds, that their redemption and the purposes of the Godhead might be completed and performed. 3. In the heavenly world the manifestation of the Saviour's person and offices will be unchanging and eternal. Yes, there will be no shrouding of Him, there will be no withdrawal of Him, there will be no separation from Him. He is the Root of the tree; and that Root will never dry or fail to circulate its fertilising influences. He is the Shechinah of the temple; and that Shechinah will never be obscured or extinguished, He is the Sun of the firmament: and that Sun will never be clouded, or decline, or set, or cease from pouring out the beams of its "high, eternal noon." II. THE GLORIOUS MANIFESTATION OF THE LORD JESUS IN THE HEAVENLY WORLD WILL PRODUCE ANIMATING AND DELIGHTFUL INFLUENCES ON ALL TO WHOM IT IS REVEALED. 1. From the manifestation of the Lord Jesus there will be secured purity. The character of the Lord Jesus Himself is that of unsullied purity; and it is impossible but that there should be an assimilating influence exercised upon all those who are brought spiritually to commune with Him. Surely these who have been redeemed by His precious blood from our apostate race, will find, in their contemplation of Him, reasons for incessant and invariable conformity to His likeness. Besides this, we must remember the nature of those employments, in which He will engage them while they shall dwell before Him. And so it is, according to the conclusion of inspiration, that "we shall be like Him" because "we shall see Him as He is"; and we shall be like Him for ever, because we shall see Him for ever. 2. This manifestation will also be found to secure pleasure. 3. The manifestation of the Saviour's presence in the heavenly world also, we find, secures praise. (1) It is the praise of worship. (2) It is the praise of gratitude. (J. Parsons.) Parallel Verses KJV: And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. |
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