BEHOLD CHRIST'S GLORY!

"The word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth." —John 1:14 [KJV] 

When the Lord gave Lamech a son, he called his name Noah, which signifies repose or consolation; and he said, "This same shall comfort us concerning the work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed" Genesis 5:29. Noah was an eminent type of Jesus. Every sinner, who is poor, and made low (as Lamech signifies) has infinite reason so to conclude of Jesus, the Son of God. This same shall comfort us, though the work and toil of hands have been evil, and we are cursed for sin.  

To be poor and made low in self, and to be struck with the display of the glory of the Lord Jesus, is the work of the Spirit, by the word of truth, and is peculiar to believers in all ages. "Abraham rejoiced to see Christ's day of incarnation; he saw it and was glad." And all the children of Abraham's faith now, as well as the apostles, see the glory of Jesus by the same Spirit, whose office is to glorify Christ. To know Jesus as man, the anointed Saviour, brings life and peace to our hearts. To see His glory as God-man, fills our souls with the triumphs of salvation. Thus we are satisfied with Him as our Lord and our God. We look to no other God, but the God in our flesh, Who dwelt among us. He is full of grace and truth to us. All wrath and terror ceaseth against us. "For God was in Christ reconciling the world, not imputing sin." So God hath drawn nigh to us, so He hath embraced and loved us, so by faith we draw nigh to, embrace and love Him. When Jesus is embraced in the arms of faith, the enraptured heart cries out, with Simeon, "Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation;" "We run with patience the heavenly race, looking to Jesus." With this view, we meditate on our hastening dissolution with composure; expect the sure messenger with peace; look forward to approaching judgment with joy, being assured of the joyful sight of the glorified man, Jesus, the Judge, Who shall then appear as the great God and our Saviour; "...Whom, having not seen in the flesh, we love; in Whom, though we now see Him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory"—I Peter 1:8. "For yet a little while and He shall certainly come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe in that day."—II Thessalonians 1:10.  

And did my God in human flesh And blood appear below? Was He beheld as full of truth, That grace from Him might flow?  

The faith of this attracts my soul, To Christ in union sweet; More of Thy fulness, Lord, bestow, In Thee I am complete. 

-William Mason (1724-1797 A.D.) 

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