THE GLORY OF JESUS
“Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God." - Isaiah 62:3 [KJV] It is very easy to conceive how the Lord of Hosts in the day of salvation becomes for a crown of glory and for a diadem of beauty unto His people, as a prophet hath said, Isaiah 28:5 . But that the church, and every individual redeemed of the church, shall be the Lord's crown and diadem. Oh, the wonders of grace! Pause, my soul, over the sweet scripture, and take to thyself the blessedness of it. What a variety of images and similitudes thy God hath made use of to manifest how highly He prizeth His redeemed. "Yea, He loveth the people," said one of old; "all His saints are in Thy hand." He calleth them jewels, precious stones, His treasure, His chosen, His inheritance, His portion, His crown, His diadem. And what a thought is it for thee, my soul, to meditate upon, that though in thyself thou art nothing, yet considered in Je...