Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-06-25


Crowned with the piercing thorns.
the emblem of the cursed ground
/ from which the first Adam must OBJ
tain his living. How strikingly sig
/ niticant that He who was to bear
the sin of the world in His body on
the tree should have as His crow
/ that which sprang from the soil as
the direct consequence of sin, Man.
/ in his hellish rage. is only fulfilling
/ the will of God and making beauti-
/ fully complete the marvellous plan OF
! redemption.
! What a contrast. The browning of
the earthly potentate is marked by
! the bringing of gifts. the paying of
| tribute. the showering of the best
of the nation upon his kingly head,
but in the dark picture before us we
see the sins of the world being rolled
upon the Lamb of God, the sin bear
er. Man is doing his worst in order
! that God may do His best. and be-
/ yond that agonized. thorn-crowned
head. we see the vision of the risen
and assembled Lord. awaiting at the
right hand of God for the fullnes
of time when He shall come again
in power and great glory to rule
over the earth.
Man may delay. but he cannot
! thwart Gods plans. Disobe dience
and unbelief delayed the possession
of the promised land by the children
OF Israel, and il was not until after
! 40 years wandering in the wilderness
and the death of every soul but Caleb
and Joshua, who lacked not faith to
60 in and possess the land, that Joshua
! led the hosts of Israel across the drv
bed OF Jordan and encamped against
Jericho. The plating of the crown
OF thorns upon the Saviour's brow
marked but another step in the re-
lection of Jesus as the promised
| Messiah of the Jews For 300 wears
II has delayed the fulfllment of
much of the prophecy relating 10 the
great prosperity and blessing Of the
Jewish nation. During the interim.
the time of the Gentiles is being full
filled, and the church, the mystical
body Of Christ, of which He is the
head. Is being made complete. The
millennial dawn is drawing nigh and
the supreme coronation of the ages
will be enacted with the hosts OF
| Heaven as the attendants of the tri-
umphant King. and the peoples of
the earth. the glad and obedient sub
iects Of the Heaven-sent and earth
bought King. But of that day and
that hour knoweth no man. no. not
the angels which arc in Heaven.
neither the Son, but the Father"
Watch, therefore, lest coming sud
denly, He find you sleeping. And
what | say unto you ! say unto all,
| watch
understand that at the corona
ton of King Edward all the mobiles
of his state, following the placing Of
the crown upon his head. will crown
themselves by placing upon their
own heads their coronets What n
sight this will be. As the magnifi-
cent creations Of the jewelers. art
catch the glinting light and throw
IL back in myriad CLEANS and flashes.
the brilliancy OF the scene will he
heightened and intensified Fortu-
nate indeed will be the one whose
lot il is to behold the magnificent
spectacle, but away beyond anything
which man could devise will be that
coronation scene in Heaven TO which
we are all invited, and which we NAV
attend If we only will. Preceding
the description of this scene in the
| fourth chapter Of Revelation is given
| this blessed, all-inclusive invitation:
| behold, l stand at the door and
knock: IT any man hear NY voice
| and open the door, ] will come TO
him and will sup with him and he
| with Me. To him that Overcometh
will ] grant to sit with Me in NV
throne, even as ] also overcame. and
am set down with My Father in His
throne" And we who have invited
| the Master in to he our guest here
Will he His guest over there. and
then. Behold. a throne was set in
Heaven, and One sat on the throne.
| And He that sat was TO look upon
like jasper and a sardine stone:
| and there was rainbow round
about the throne. in sight like unto
an emerald. And round about the
throne were four and twenty seats.
and upon the seats / saw four and
twenty elders sitting. clothed in
white raiment; and they had on their
heads crowns o. gold. And out Of
the throne proceeded lightnings and
| thunderings and voices; and there
were seven lamps Of fire burning be-
| tore the throne. which are the seven
| Spirits Of God. And before the
throne there was a sea Of glass like
unto crystal; and in the midst OF The
throne. and round about the throne.
were four beasts full Of eyes before
and behind. And when those
beasts give glory and honor and
thanks to Him that sat ON the
throne, who liveth forever and ever.
the four and twenty elders fall down
before Hin that sat ON the throne
and worship Him that liveth forever
and ever, and cast their crown he
! fore the throne saying: Thou art
/ worthy. O Lnrl- IL renni.n ..I..r.- .....L