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build the temple of the Lord; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit
and rule upon His [the Father’s] throne; and He shall be a priest upon
His throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between Them both.”
Zechariah 6:12, 13.
“He shall build the temple of the Lord.” By His sacrifice and
mediation Christ is both the foundation and the builder of the church
of God. The apostle Paul points to Him as “the chief Cornerstone; in
who m all the building fitly framed together groweth into an holy temple
in the Lord: in whom ye also,” he says, “are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.” Ephesians 2:20-22.
“He shall bear the glory.” To Christ belongs the glory of redemption
for the fallen race. Through the eternal ages, the song of the ransomed
ones will be: “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in
His own blood, ... to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.”
Revelation 1:5, 6.
He “shall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a priest upon
His throne.” Not now “upon the throne of His glory;” the kingdom of
glory has not yet been ushered in. Not until His work as a mediator
shall be ended will God “give unto Him the throne of His father David,”
a kingdom of which “there shall be no end.” Luke 1:32, 33. As a
priest, Christ is now set down with the Father in His throne. Revelation
3:21. Upon the throne with the eternal, self-existent One is He who
“hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows,” who “was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet without sin,” that He might be “able to succor
them that are tempted.” “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the
Father.” Isaiah 53:4; Hebrews 4:15; 2:18; 1 John 2:1. His intercession
is that of a pierced and broken body, of a spotless life. The wounded
hands, the pierced side, the marred feet, plead for fallen man, whose
redemption was purchased at such infinite cost.
“And the counsel of peace shall be between Them both.” The love
of the Father, no less than of the Son, is the fountain of salvation for the
lost race. Said Jesus to His disciples before
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