In this wonderful setting, every facet breathing out true power and magnificence, the psalmist brings in the bride (v9). After the king has been pictured in his majestic appearance and actual character, the actual moments of the wedding are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There are still greater beauties in this eternal King (Hebrews 1:8) that should be the heart-desire of every child of God. We have already said that He loves righteousness and hates wickedness. It is because He loves righteousness and hates...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This king was marked by a deep appreciation for justice and hatred for evil. So much so that it resembled that same appreciation and hatred in God. How rare this is today, to see a genuine love for true justice and an intense hatred for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What is spoken of this King is truly resplendent. With His excellent character and attractive words, he enjoys the blessing of God upon His magnificent campaigns. We see Him with His sword upon His side, having the power to use it to drive Him to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Eternal Pleasures don’t end with the glorified state in which God will raise His people. God has revealed yet another way in which His astonishing intentions toward His people are fanned out across eternity. A verse of a well-worded hymn...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
He is not content for His dear people to remain under the deadening effects of sin. He will not permit them to go on in that horrible state one moment longer than is absolutely necessary for His wise purposes. His heart is filled with compassion...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Paul exclaims in Romans 7:24, “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” These words could have come from a person trapped in their attempt to gas himself, as discussed previously. Paul, like the masses of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We have already spoken about the thrill of our bodies being raised in power. The fact that our new bodies will be driven by a new, pure, wonderful, motivating energy, how wonderful that not only will we have the power to do what we desire to do in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In our contrast between the natural bodies we have in this fallen world and the spiritual bodies we will receive when God glorifies His people, we are tapping into something that should appeal to every believer in his longing to be free from sin....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As if all of these immense blessings were not enough, God’s intentions in the glorification of His people extend even further. Paul continues in the passage (1 Corinthians 15:44) to contrast our old natural bodies to our new spiritual...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
