As I work on the blog, catching up on emails and posts, I’m listening to the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky. *sigh* Now that’s music. Funny, this stuff used to be called “longhair.” The “longhair” stuff today is a little different – all noise and percussion. But then, I’m old. What do I know?
I especially love the finale. Always brings tears to my eyes. All that joy and victory.
Triumph!
This time, I got to thinking about the return of Christ – the finale of present history.
I wonder what it will be like when the Lord comes back in honor, glory and VICTORY to this world which has done, and is doing, everything it can to get rid of Him. When He ascends the throne of David in Jerusalem as KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS! What rejoicing there will surely be among His people. What a festive time that will be!
I know there are some who pooh-pooh the idea of “an earthly, carnal kingdom” of our Lord. They’re quite content with the “spiritual kingdom” they envision in the Church, most of which doesn’t pay a lot of attention to Him, either. I simply cannot understand how they can insult the Lord by calling ANY kingdom which He is over as “carnal,” regardless of where it is.
I’m sorry. In my reading and study of the Bible, I do not see anything other than such a kingdom as has Jesus as its King, sitting of David’s throne in Jerusalem. While it is certainly true that the Lord “rules” His people – He is, after all, LORD – that is just a dim foreshadowing of the time foretold by both Testaments when He will rule over all nations, not just in some unseen “providential” sense, but really and personally.
As the finale wound its way to its glorious end, my heart almost burst with longing for that time.
“EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS!’
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