Children of the King

When John had a vision of the enthroned King about sixty years after His ascension, such was the overpowering glory of Christ, as the sun when it shineth in its strength, that when he saw Him he fell at His feet as dead, till Christ laid His hand on him and said: “Fear not; I am the first and the last; I am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore.” (Revelation 1:17-18) When He appeared to Saul in the way to Damascus, it was in glory above the glory of the sun, which overpowered him also and laid him as one dead upon the ground.

Oh, that you did but know what a Glorious LORD you worship and serve, which makes the very place of His feet glorious wherever He comes. Surely He “...is greatly to be feared in the assembly of his saints, and to be had in reverence of all that are round about him.” (Psalm 89:7) There is indeed a boldness or liberty of speech allowed to the saints [Ephesians 3:12] but no rudeness or irreverence. We may indeed come as the children of a King coming to their Father, Who is both their Awful Sovereign and Tender Father, which double relation causes a due mixture of love and reverence in their hearts when they come before Him.