the dead and in glory "many shall see it and fear and shall trust in
the Lord." But this wonderful resurrection song the Lord sings not
alone. We, who have trusted in Him and know Him have part in this
song. Believing in Him we are taken out, yea forever, from the
terrible pit and the miry clay. There is no more death and no more
wrath for us. We are also risen with Him, our feet are planted upon
the rock, our goings are established. We belong to the heavenlies
where He is. We sing praises in His name unto our God, His God and
our God, His Father and our Father, the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Oh! that our hearts may enter deeper into this song of
accomplished redemption "praise unto our God;" the loving God who
spared not His only Begotten.
And indeed "many shall see and fear and trust in the Lord." This
reaches into the future. Israel too will be taken from the place of
spiritual and national death, and raised to life to join the new
song. Nations will see it and fear and trust Jehovah. At last the
great new song of resurrection and the new creation will swell in
its divinely revealed length and breadth, heighth and depth. Now He
sings the song, and His co-heirs sing it too in feebleness, yet by
His Grace and through His Spirit. Ere long in His presence all the
Redeemed will praise in Glory with glorified lips. Heavenly beings
will utter their praise and in a wider circle down on earth, every
creature will join in.
"And they sung a _new song_ saying, Thou art worthy to take the book
and to open the seals thereof; for thou was slain, and hast redeemed
us to God by thy blood, out of every kindred and tongue, and people,
and nation. And hast made us unto _our_ God, Kings and priests, and
we shall reign over the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice
of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and
the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten
thousand, and thousands of thousands. Saying with a loud voice,
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and
wisdom, and strength and honor, and glory and blessing. And every
creature which is in heaven, and on the earth and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I
saying, blessing, and honor, and glory and power, be unto Him that
sitteth on the throne, and unto the lamb forever and ever" (Revel.
v:9-13). That song will never end. Oh may we learn to sing it now,
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