The Gates of Jerusalem
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Neh. 3
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Automatisches Transkript:
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Hello, it's good to be with you. Thank you for your prayers. Perhaps we could begin
the meeting with hymn 179, Brightness of the Eternal Glory, Shall thy praise unuttered
lie, who would hush the heaven-sent story of the Lamb who came to die. 179.
Shall thy praise unuttered lie, who would hush the heaven-sent story of the Lamb who
came to die.
Sing in honoured Father's throne, sing till men and earth surprise Him,
in his holy name, amen. Now, my excise this afternoon is to
speak about the the gates of Jerusalem, the sequence of the gates, the order of
the gates and the names of the gates, but for context's sake, perhaps we could
begin in chapter 2 of Nehemiah, beginning at verse 11. Nehemiah is narrating here,
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days, and I rose in the night, I and
some few men with me. Neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to
do at Jerusalem, neither was there any beast with me save the beast that I rode
upon. And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which
were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. Then I went on
to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool, but there was no place for
the beast that was under me to pass. Then went I up in the night by the brook, and
viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so
returned. And the rulers knew not whither I went or what I did, neither had I as
yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the
rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. Then still I answer them, you see the
distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire. Come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem that we be no
more a reproach. Then I told them at the hand of my God which was good upon me, as
also the king's word that he had spoken unto me, and they said let us rise up and
build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. And if we could just
read down chapter 3, just pick out the verses where the names of the gates are
mentioned. Verse 1, Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the
priests, and they builded the sheep gate. They sanctified it and set up the doors
of it even unto the tower of Meir. They sanctified it unto the tower of Hananiel.
Verse 3, But the fish gate did the sons of Hassanah build, who also laid the beams
thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Then down to verse 6, Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Passia,
and Meshallam the son of Besodia. They laid the beams thereof, and set up the
doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. And then down to verse
13, The valley gate repaired Hanan and the inhabitants of Zenoa. They built it
and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. And a
thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. But the dung gate repaired
Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-Hasarim. He built it and set
up the doors thereof, and put the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. But the
gate of the fountain repaired Shallan the son of Col-Hosea, the
ruler of part of Mizpah. He built it and covered it, and set up the doors thereof,
the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. And if we drop down to verse 26,
Moreover the Nethanims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water
gate, toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. Verse 28, From above the horse
gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. Verse 29, And them
repaired Zadok the son of Emma, over against his house. After him repaired
also Shammiah the son of Shekiniah, the keeper of the east gate. And then verse
31, After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son, unto the place of the
Nethanims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the
going up of the corner. And then finally we are found back at the sheep gate.
And between the going up of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the
goldsmiths and the merchants.
In Revelation chapter 21 and the end of Ezekiel, we read of the gates of
Jerusalem, the earthly Jerusalem in Ezekiel. It's a millennial picture
because Ezekiel ends with the words, the Lord is there. And in Revelation chapter
21 again, we get the heavenly Jerusalem, 12 gates. And again a millennial picture
because it says that the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the lamp
thereof. And we read there are 12 gates because we have a perfect administration
under Christ. All is ordered after himself and 12 would speak of that
perfect administration, a complete administration, nothing lacking. If we
look up the number 12 in the scriptures, we can often see that 12 apostles on the
12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel. But here in this chapter we've
read, we only read of 10 gates because here it's more a matter of what is
required of man, what has been committed to man, man's responsibility in
maintaining the order that was given to him by God. And if we look at the number
10 in scripture, we can see often it is linked with the thought of responsibility,
10 commandments. They had to give a tenth of their possessions, didn't they, the
Israel, to the Levites. This was required of them, it was their responsibility. Ten
virgins, again responsibility. Ten lepers, the Lord could say, were not ten cleansed
but where are the nine? Only one had returned. What was required of man, what
his responsibility is often spoken of in the number 10. And so we have here the
administration viewed as it is under man's responsibility and all is broken
and in ruins. And perhaps we could liken that to our day. What began in power when
the church was first established on this earth and in unity, now we see in
weakness and brokenness. And perhaps we might look at what remains of that
testimony, that beautiful testimony of Christ, the glory of Christ seen in his
assembly here upon earth. And we might think to ourselves it is only stones and
dust. And like Nehemiah in chapter 1, we would have to confess that this is not
the fault of God but rather our fault. Collectively and individually
we'd have to confess that what has been committed to us has largely ended in
this way. But nevertheless we should be encouraged by the mercy of God and that
he will not leave himself without a testimony, however weak the day. And so
his servants in Psalm 102, by faith they look on to what he will do. In chapter
102 of Psalms verse 13, thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to
favor her, yea the set time is come. And then it says for thy servants take
pleasure in her stones and favor the dust thereof. Because even that which is
weakest, the stones and the dust, they still would bear testimony to the truth.
The stones of Jerusalem, they are of the character of the whole. And even in these
conditions we find ourselves in today, there is still that which testifies of
Christ and we are exalted to strengthen, to be watchful and strengthen the things
that remain and are ready to die. And as we go through the gates of Jerusalem
although they are ruined, yet we find in these gates a wonderful testimony to
what God has done, what he is doing to the glory of God, to the glory of Christ
and what he's brought in for the blessing of man. And so first of all we
turn to the Sheep Gate in verse 1. Now the Sheep Gate would speak of that which
is for the glory of God in heaven. In these first three gates we really have
the purpose of God, the eternal purpose of God, which can be traced back to the
Father. And so in the Sheep Gate we get that which is heavenly. And if we turn to
John chapter 10, verse 2 we read, he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of
the sheep. To him the porter openeth and the sheep hear his voice and he calleth
his own sheep by name and leadeth them out. So in the Sheep Gate we see how God
is calling a people, how the Lord is calling a people out from this earth for
himself. First of all, out of Israel. The sheep hear his voice, he calleth his own
sheep by name and he leadeth them out. His own sheep, Israel, and he would lead
them out of Judaism into something new, that which is heavenly. He would lead
them into the assembly, lead them to himself. And then as regard the nations,
we read later on in John, verse 14, I am the Good Shepherd and know my sheep and
have known of mine as the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father and I lay
down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold,
them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one
flock and one shepherd. So now we see how the Lord would take his sheep out from
the nations, from the Gentiles. Even as Simeon said in Acts 15, even as James
said in Acts 15, Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles
to take out of them a people for his name. So we have in the Sheep Gate the
thought of that which is taken out from the earth for Christ in heaven and that
heavenly hope associated with that company, the assembly of which we are all
part if we have trusted in him and received him as our Lord and Saviour.
The Lord said in my father's house are many mansions, if it were not so I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place
for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there
you may be also. So a heavenly company with a heavenly hope to be with the Lord
eternally in heaven. But the Fish Gate would speak of that which is for God's
glory upon earth. It really is associated with the kingdom and so the Lord would
call his disciples to him. In Mark chapter 1 verse 14 we read now after
that John was put in prison Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the
kingdom of God and saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at
hand. Repent ye and believe the gospel. Now as he walked by the Sea of Galilee
he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were
fishers and Jesus said unto them come ye after me and I will make you to
become fishers of men. So with the Fish Gate first of all we have the gospel of
the kingdom preached to Israel and out of Israel there will be as it were those
fish. First the Jew and then the Gentile and in Matthew chapter 13
the kingdom of heaven is likened in verse 47 unto a net that was cast into
the sea and gathered of every kind which when it was full they drew to shore and
sat down and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away. So the
kingdom is likened there to a net which is cast into the sea which speaks of the
nations and all kinds of fish are brought in but that which is good is
brought into the kingdom because nothing which offends or spoils or mars is
allowed into that kingdom which we set up on earth under Christ and the bad is
cast away. There's a judgment before the kingdom is set up and so in the Fish
Gate we get God's purpose as to that which is earthly and in the old gate we
are reminded that we are talking of eternal purpose. In Ephesians chapter 1
verse 9 having made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his
good pleasure which he has purposed in himself that in the dispensation of the
fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ
both which are in heaven and which are on earth even in him in whom also we
have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose
of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. And so the
eternal purpose is traced back in Ephesians to the father. But who will
bring about this purpose? Who indeed is central to this purpose? We read in
Ephesians chapter 3 verse 11 it's according to the eternal purpose which
he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. And if we turn to Micah chapter 5 verse 2 we
read again of that which is old that which is eternal. Micah chapter 5 verse
2 but thou Bethlehem Ephrata though thou be little among the thousands of
Judah yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in
Israel whose goings forth have been from of old from eternity. The one who would
come forth out of Bethlehem who would be born in Bethlehem of a woman who would
be born as a man. He is the one who we read of whose goings forth same word
same root word as come forth in the first part of the verse whose goings
forth or whose comings forth have been of old even from eternity. Because this
one born of a woman is none other than the eternally than the one who is
eternally the only begotten son of the father. And so he is the one who will
come forth in manhood to declare God. We read of him in John chapter 1 no man
hath seen God at any time the only begotten son who is in the bosom of the
father he hath declared him. He would come forth in time the one who is
central to the purpose and counsel of God and the one who will bring it about
who will bring it to fruition. And so we think of his incarnation and this brings
us to the valley gate the low place. And in Philippians chapter 2
we read of that low place that was taken by the Lord Jesus. Let this mind be in
you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of God thought it not
robbery to be equal with God but made himself of no reputation and took upon
him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men. And being found
in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the
death of the cross. We read of him in the first line of this portion it says
of him being in the form of God. What does this mean? The form of God would
speak of all that which is true of God all that which belongs to God all that
which is due to God on account of what he is. On account of the fact that he is
in essence God and this is what belongs to him. And all that belong to God belong
to Christ because he subsisted in the form of God. The word subsisted it means
that which has no interruption. It was true of him before the incarnation and
it is true of him after the incarnation. It was there was never in any interruption
in this that he is in the form of God. He was always God and always that which
belonged to God on account of that belonged to him. There was no change there and yet we read
that he made himself of no reputation. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God but made
himself of no reputation. He took a place he took the form of a servant and in doing so took a
place infinitely less than the place that belongs to God than the place that belonged to him as
God. He became a servant coming in the likeness of men. He took man's nature he himself became a
man a true man. And none of the attributes of deity belong to that human nature because if they
had it wouldn't have been human it wouldn't have been truly human it would have been a deified
humanity. No the Lord took true humanity and in doing so he took a nature infinitely less than
the nature which belonged to him as God. He took a lowly place coming in the likeness of men a true
man and yet true God. This is the mystery isn't it that we cannot understand never will be able
to. How he could say in John chapter 14 verse 28 my father is greater than I. He's speaking
personally here my father is greater than I. He truly became a man and he could say this as man
my father is greater than I and yet at the same time John chapter 10 verse 30 he could say I and
my father are one. Again he could personally say this that he was equal with his father that he
was one with his father one in substance. This is a mystery that we can't understand but there are
not two eyes there are not two persons speaking here one person and yet he has two natures the
nature of deity the nature of manhood. He is both God and man but he is one person and in this is
the great mystery of the son and so he could say it could be said of him no man knoweth the son
save the father. This is a mystery ever inscrutable to us but which we accept by faith because the
word so clearly declares it and being found it says in fashion as a man he humbled himself
becoming obedient unto death even the death of the cross. What a low place he took as a bond
slave a slave and yet he would humble himself still further and he would suffer death he would
submit to death and a death of shame a death of dishonor and of reproach and that would bring us
to the next gate which is the Dungate which is the place where all that was corrupt all that was
unclean was taken out of that city the Dungate and the Lord Jesus upon that cross we read of
him in 1st Peter chapter 2 verse 24 who his own self bear our sins in his own body on the tree
that we being dead to sin should live unto righteousness by whose stripes you were healed.
Man would give him would number him with the transgressors in their unrighteousness in their
hatred against God the reproaches that they would reproach God with fell upon the Lord Jesus his
son and they cast him out they gave him a transgressors death and he submitted to that
death but there upon the cross he remained and he took our sins and he bore them he as it were
presented them to God and God poured out his judgment upon those sins and his judgment fell
upon the Lord Jesus Christ he was there in our place he bore the guilt of those sins as if they
were his own but we read of him again in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21 for he hath made
him that's God hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him the Lord Jesus took our place and yet it says of him Leviticus the
sin offering it says it is a thing most holy the Lord Jesus was never in any way defiled by our
sins he died for us he bore our sins he took the terrible punishment for them and the wrath
of God was poured out upon his head and that terrible load then was discharged before the
face of God never to be taken up again for his wrath has been exhausted the penalty has been
borne the Lord Jesus has borne it so now there is no no blame can be attached to those who belong
to Christ all has been done all has sins have been cleared away from before the face of God
and the Lord Jesus has been received up into heaven and is at the right hand of God there
in that is the declaration that God is satisfied he has been propitiated and he can reach out in
grace and now we have the next gate which is the fountain gate this glorious administration
of the Spirit which we can read of in John chapter 4 verse 14 the Lord says to the woman at the well
whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst but the water that
I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into eternal life so we have this
glorious administration ushered in before it was the administration of law and that could only speak
of death as we read in 2nd Corinthians 3 verse 6 the letter that's the law killeth but the spirit
giveth life an administration of liberty whereas the law in the law was an administration of bondage
because man could not fulfill the law all he was aware of under law was his sin and he could cry
out as it were who shall deliver me from this body of death there was only bondage under the law but
we read in 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 verse 17 where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty
and so we have life and liberty and we have joy Paul says to the Thessalonian believers you became
followers of us and of the Lord having received the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy
Spirit and so this glorious administration in that's been ushered in in Christ it is a one of
life and liberty and joy and it's compared to the spirit within us is compared to a fountain which
springeth up into eternal life that glorious response of the living to God the Father and
here we have worship under the law there was a form of worship but it took ceremonial forms and
it was a soul this worship the senses were evoked music for the ears incense for the smell glorious
vestments and garments for the sight all these things evoked in the soul a sense of worship but
that wasn't the true worship and we read here in John chapter 4 in verse 23 the Lord says the hour
cometh and now is when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit that's in our spirits
not soulish but spiritual and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him God is spirit
or God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth so we worship
God now in our spirits and we worship by the Holy Spirit as we read as the Apostle could say that so
we are the true circumcision who worship by the Spirit of God and to have no confidence in the
flesh so in this glorious administration the ministration of the Spirit we can worship God
in the way that he seeks and through the Spirit's work in our souls we are brought into that into
the character of true worshipers we worship in spirit and in truth and then we have the
Watergate in spirit and in truth because the Watergate would speak if the Fountain Gate
would speak of the heights then the Watergate would speak of depths the deep things of God
the Word of God and the Holy Spirit he would take of the things of Christ we read that don't we in
John chapter 16 the Lord says in verse 13 how be it when he the Spirit of truth is come he will
guide you into all truth for he will speak of him he will not speak of himself but whatsoever he
shall hear that shall he speak and he will show you things to come he shall glorify me for he
shall receive of mine and shall show it unto you and in 1st Corinthians chapter 2 verse 9 as it
written I hath not seen nor heard neither have entered into into the heart of man the things
which God hath prepared for them that love him but God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit
for the Spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God and so in the Watergate we get the
depths of revelation that God has given to us in Christ and it's a complete revelation there's
nothing more to be added we really don't be the beginning of Hebrews that God that in in former
times God spoke through the prophets but now hath he spoken in some in the Sun there is no more to
be said in him is the full revelation of God and so the Apostle Paul could say the Apostle of Christ
he could say in fingers in Colossians that it was given to him to complete or to fulfill or fill up
the Word of God there was nothing more to come although after Paul there would be other scriptures
written but no further revelation was to be brought out the Apostle John he would speak of
things already established already known but he would bring more detail out for our blessing for
our understanding for our joy but the whole revelation was brought out there's nothing more
to add we have the Word of God the complete Word of God and in Ezekiel we get don't we those waters
that river because these waters are living waters they're communicated to us from God himself it's
not just a book that we read dry words on a page the Holy Spirit would take those words
and he would he would minister them to our souls and so those two on the way on the road to Emmaus
they were being spoken to by the Lord himself and they could speak of their hearts how their
heart burned within them as he talked to us along the way and as he opened up these scriptures and
so Ezekiel in chapter 47 he would speak of these waters that flowed out from I think it's not for
he could say and the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward he measured a thousand
cubits and he brought me through the waters the waters were to the ankles again he measured a
thousand and brought me through the waters the waters were to the knees again he measured a
thousand and brought me through the waters the waters were to the loins afterward he measured a
thousand and it was a river that I could not pass over for the waters were risen waters to swim in
a river that could not be passed over the depths of the Word of God and we might just walk as it
were up to our ankles perhaps we haven't got much an appetite for the things of Christ but having
done that surely our appetite will be increased and we will go in up to the up to the knees and
then up to the loins and then waters to swim in and this is what the Lord would bring us into he
would have us to be occupied with him in his Word and then we have the horse gate we have
the ministration of the Spirit the revelation of God revealed in Christ and now we go on to the
end and in the horse in these gates that follow these next three gates we have the appearing of
Christ the horse gate and the East Gate they would give us two aspects of that appearing the
horse gate is judgment and the East Gate is blessing judgment for those who oppose God opposes
Christ in the East Gate blessing for those who receive him and so we read in Revelation chapter
19 I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse and he that sat upon him was called faithful and
true and in righteousness he doth judge and make war and there is an there is another work another
work going on because we read that Satan worketh also and associated with his work we read of that
mystery the mystery of lawlessness and we read the climax of that mystery in second Thessalonians
chapter 2 verse 7 for the mystery of iniquity doth already work only who he who now letteth
will let until he be taken out of the way and then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming
even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders
because Satan has an object he will have the place for himself that belongs to Christ a complete
contrast to the mind which is central to another mystery the mystery of godliness is the mind that
we find in this mystery the mystery of lawlessness because the Lord Jesus he would in obedience to
God he would take a lower place Satan in rebelling against God he would desire a higher place than
that that which belonged to him he would desire the place that belongs to God the Lord Jesus had
that place it belonged to him yet he took a lower place and so Satan we've seen this in this scripture
he will have his man upon the throne that belongs to Christ the Antichrist the usurper of Christ but
the Lord in the brightness of his coming he would destroy the Antichrist so we read don't we in
Revelation again verse 19 chapter 19 verse 19 and I saw the beast and the kings of the earth
and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse and against
his army and the beast was taken and with him the fourth prophet that's the Antichrist that
miracles before him with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and then
that worshipped his image these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone
and so the Lord upon that white horse he shall judge and make war but the East Gate speaks of
another aspect a lovely aspect of the Lord's coming his glorious appearing the Sun because
the East speaks of the rising of the Sun and in Malachi chapter 4 verse 2 we read but unto you
that fear my name shall the son of righteousness arise with healing in his wings healing for his
people Israel that remnant nation they will look upon him we read don't we in Zechariah look upon
him whom they pierced and they will mourn because of him and all the kindred of the earth shall
wail because of him even so amen Israel will be healed Israel we brought near to him and also the
nations too we read of a tree the leaves of that tree they are for the healing of the nations
revelations 22 verse 1 and he showed me a pure river of water of life clear as crystal proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the midst of the street of it and on either side of
the river was there the tree of life which bear 12 manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every
month and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations and there shall be no
more curse and finally the gate Mithcad Mithcad is a word meaning the appointed place we read
of the word is used in Ezekiel Ezekiel chapter 43 verse 21 thou shalt take the Bullock also of the
sin offering and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house outside the sanctuary there we
have the appointed place of suffering that the Lord Jesus willingly took for himself but in
Mithcad in in this gate Mithcad we get the appointed place of glory the Lord Jesus he would say to his
not Christ to suffer these things and to enter into his glory first the sufferings and then the
glory and again in Ezekiel we read God saying I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall
be no more until he come who's right it is and I will give it to him the appointed place the place
that God has appointed for him the place that he would not take himself but which he would only
receive from the hand of his God and now on account of his faithfulness on account of the cleanness of
his heart on account of the fact that God delights in him that he is his son as it says in Psalm 2
yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion I will declare the decree the Lord hath said unto
me thou art my son this day have I begotten thee and then finally we come back to the sheep gate
and perhaps that would remind us of those words the Lord spoke to that those who were identified
with him in his sufferings who were his who belong to him who believed on his name in a world that
rejected him he would say fear not little flock it is the father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom and so beside the Lord Jesus upon his throne is that assembly that the bride we read
of in Revelation chapter 21 just as Joseph ruling over Egypt beside him was a Gentile a Gentile wife
Asenath who had come from that idolatrous background she was the daughter of the priest
taken out from Egypt for Joseph to be with him as he reigned over Egypt and so beside the Lord
Jesus reigning with him over the earth is his bride his wife that which the spirit could speak
of when he said to John come up I will show thee come hither I will show thee the bride the lamb's
wife and he showed him that glorious city that glorious administration so we have that which
is in earth which is for the glory of Christ and that which is in heaven united in glory to him
perhaps we could finish our meeting by singing hymn number 365 Oh the brightness of the glory
shining in the Savior's face telling all the blessed story of the ways of God in grace lowly
hated and rejected in the world he came to save by the glory of the Father raised triumphant
from the grave 365
of the ways of God in grace lowly hated and rejected in the world he came to save
by the glory of the Father raised triumphant from the grave
center of the Father's council people who of Israel
of the Father's pleasure who of the Father's name displayed
O'er the Father's river come with tea today a meek and trod
Now in highest glory seated center of the throne of God
There we see thee crowned with glory glory in His humble face
And in peace and rest before Him in that holy land of grace
Glory shineth in the visit of the one who for us died
For us sins and all their judgment Jesus Christ their Crucified
All to share the Father's pleasure in His well beloved Son
Seated on His throne in heaven O'er the world on earth well done
We adore Him and are waiting to behold Him face to face
In His presence praise the glory and the riches of His grace …