October 24

Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness.—Rev. i. 5.

Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.—MATT. xxvi. 64.

CHRIST spoke the truth with respect to his Messiahship and his divine sonship. The apostle Paul calls this "witnessing a good confession." He came into the world to bear witness to this truth. In his life also he was the Truth. His life manifests the eternal realities of the spiritual universe, and so he is essentially the king of men. As Christ's earthly life manifested God, so will every true, loving disciple of Christ manifest the same life, and so be a witness for Christ. As a new incarnation, Christ's life is to become the life of the world.

Besides his rule and kingship among men, he will be seen hereafter on the right hand of power, exalted in the heavens, as the judge of all men. He is now judged by a human tribunal; hereafter he will sit in judgment. In these perils and indignities of his trial and condemnation, Christ's consciousness of his own essential glory kept him true to his divine purpose.

After this divine pattern, every true, faithful life will be a perpetual witness to the truth,—serene and patient in the presence of perils; counting the sufferings of the present not worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us.

A. R. Benton

We shall see him in our nature

Seated on his lofty throne;

Loved, adored, by every creature,

Owned as God, and God alone!

There the hosts of shining spirits

Strike their harps and loudly sing

To the praise of Jesus' merits,

To the glory of their King.

M. PYPER