Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-20

l2:D. But man
y Se--l was made for cor
poreity" and will not reach perfection
until clothed with a glorified body. The
text exhibits some privileges of the
finally redeemed who will dwell in
the holy city, new Jerusalem"
Service.
His servants shall serve him" The
common idea of heaven is as a place
of rest, and 1t will be SO. Earth is
full Of weary ones, and the millions
who follow Buddhism, with its teach
ing of humiliation as the final blessed
ness, are evidence of the craving for
rest. But heaven may be a place of
rest and of service too. Says Mac
laren: Work at its intensest, which
is pleasurable work and level to the
capacity of.the doer, is the truest form
Of rest. In vacuity there are stings
and torments; 1t is only in joyous &C.
tivity which Is not pushed to the ex-
tent of strain and unwholesome effort
that the true rest of man is to be
found"
What will the service be? Those
who are faithful over a few things
will be made rulers over many. In
the regeneration" the apostles will
sit on thrones, judging the IL tribes
Of Israel (Matt. 1929; and we hear
CT saints who will rule over five cities
or ten duke 49,: this seems to point
to millennial times, when the glori-
fed will share the government of
earth. Again, Ephesians 2:7 shows
We have been saved that in the ages
to come he might show the exceeding
riches of his grace in his kindness to-
ward us through Christ Jesus" Won
dering angels will magnify the grace
of God in us. One of large vision
says, I'VE know not what new worlds
may be created, what new spheres
may be opened for the exercise of the
powers Of those who shall reign in
life"
His servants shall do him priestiy
service" Is the literal meaning of the
phrase before us. While it will be all
work, it will be all worship. 1t will
be the happy estate of Mary and
Martha combined. Work will be wor-
ship and worship will be work, yet in
both we shall rest, sitting at Jesus
feet.
Vision.
"They shall see his face" This
seems to contradict some scriptures
which tell us man will never see God.
True, in a sense we can never see
God. God is a spirit and cannot be
seen corporeally: We may never be-
hold more than a symbol of him. as
Stephen saw 'the glory of God" yet
this would not preclude our knowing
him, for spirit with spirit can meet"
Moreover. we shall not see God in
the sense Of finding him out to per-
fiction; he is infinite and we shall
have always before us the Joy of dis
covery.
But while this is true, we shall see
Jesus, who said. HE that hath seen
me hath seen the Father" He is the
word by whom God is revealed. We
see now through a glass darkly, but
then, face to face. We would not min
imize the work of the Holy Ghost in
US, revealing Christ. but the early
Christians longed to behold the face
of their Lord: their cry was. Even so.
come, Lord Jesus"
Knowing as am known,
How shall love that word.
And oft repeat before the throne
Forever with the Lord"
Likeness.
"His name shall be in their fore.
heads" This speaks of ownership. |
But Il suggests likeness. too. for In |
Scripture the name stands for mani
tested character; we shall have Gods |
image stamped upon us. We seek to |
be holy now, but there we shall have |
attained. I'VE shall be like him."
There is no sin In heaven:
Behold that happy throng.
All glorious In their spotless robes,
All holy in their song
"Our light affiiction, which is but for
a moment. worketh for us a far more /
exceeding and eternal weight of glory, |
while We look not at the things which
are seen. but at the things which are
not seen: for the things which are
seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal For
We know that II our earthly house OF
this tabernacle were dissolved. We
nave a building Of God, house not
rate with hands. eternal In the heav-
ma IN Gar A.lTK.fA