DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- THE KING IN HIS GLORY

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DAD'S RAMBLINGS – THE KING IN HIS GLORY

" 'When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.' "  (Matthew 25:31)

I don't think we can even begin to imagine how glorious Jesus will be in His glorified position on the throne of His glory.  It is beyond comprehension.

The prophets who have caught a glimpse of this glory struggled to find words to express what they saw.  Consider Ezekiel's vision.  "The likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads….And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.  And from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.  Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it.  This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD" (Ezekiel 1:23; 26-28).  Notice the words, "like," and "in appearance" and "as it were."  What he saw was beyond what he could adequately describe.

Jesus prayed a prayer just before His passion, "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me" (John 17:24).  Someday, we will see the King in all of His glory.   

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him."  Heaven will be so far beyond what we experience here on earth, we cannot even imagine it.  What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see.

Love, Dad