There is no sound of hope like
the sound of God's grace. There is no peace except that peace that Almighty
God has wrought. Thank you, Carl. Let's take our Bibles and turn
to the nineteenth chapter of the book of Revelation. In our last study this morning,
heard a voice that came out of the throne saying,
Praise our God, all ye His servants, ye that fear Him, both small
and great. That was a voice of mercy because
it was from the throne of God. It came from the throne. It was a voice that proclaimed
the indescribable privilege of God's elect. Now you listen to
this. I want to listen to what I am
about to say. I pray to God, teach me this. This is an indescribable privilege
to be able to praise Him that sits on the throne. When we realize
that to praise Him means to say that which He has said concerning
His glory in our good and to believe in our heart that He
has given us a heart to say concerning ourselves what He has said concerning
us. How can a man have any hope whatsoever
concerning having found a part in God's mercy and grace? Well, Brother Carl just read
out of Romans chapter 4, He that worketh not, but believeth."
Do you know what Abraham believed? He believed that God would not
impute sin to him. He believed that Almighty God
had charged the Son with His guilt, and that the Lord Jesus
Christ died before God Almighty as Abraham. He was his substitute. Blessed is the man that God will
not impute sin. Someone says, Well, Abraham believed. But remember this. Here is the
vital question. Believed what? Men believe a
lot of stuff. Abraham believed God. What did
he believe? He believed that Almighty God
had imputed his guilt, charged his guilt to the Son and would
not impute sin to him. It was a voice that all the redeemed
of God agree with, for it was the voice of a great multitude. They say the same thing. They proclaim the honor of the
Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in salvation by the
grace of God. Without any works, this is the
good news. God has chosen to save a people. He dealt with their guilt and
sin in a substitute. and gave them a righteousness,
Gary, the righteousness of Christ. And they stand before Him spotless
and without blame. They have no guilt. And in the
person of their substitute, they are holy. Holy brethren. This was a voice that expressed
the heart of the heavenly Host, all of His servants, small and
great, tried and mighty, tried and proven by God's work of providence
and great, being found and considered in the person of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Oh, I think how much we see all
around us of God's people suffering. The suffering of God's elect. And do you know what Almighty
God is doing? He is proving His faithfulness. He said, I am not going to leave
you. I am not going to let you go. Consider it, James says,
all joy when you fall into these different kinds, divers, temptations. He works with perfect patience.
It expresses it. It shows it forth that Almighty
God has been pleased to express His faithfulness through the
trials of His people in them. Well, this evening I'd like to
consider the glorious exhibition, we'll just announce it tonight,
because through the rest of this book, we're in chapter 19. Can
you imagine that? Chapter 19 of the book of Revelation. It's been a marvelous study. But we're going to look this
evening at the declaration of the marriage of the Lord Jesus
Christ and His chosen bride. It says in verse 7, and rejoice and give honor to
him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath
made herself ready. And to her was granted that she
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white, for the fine
linen is the righteousness of the saints. And he said unto
me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are
the true sayings of God. And I fell at his feet to worship
him. And he said unto me, See thou
do it not, for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren
that have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony
of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." The anticipation of this glorious
truth is prefaced by verse 7, ìLet us be glad and rejoice and
give honor to Him.î All of the heavenly hosts are full of cheer
and rejoice, for they all have an interest in the triumph of
the Lord God Himself who is omnipotent. Be glad. 1 Peter 4.13 says, But
rejoice inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, that
when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding
joy. Give honor. Let us be glad and
rejoice and give honor to Him. This word honor is the same word
translated glory. To think that which seemeth the
thoughts. Give honor to the Lord Jesus
Christ. Why? As I said before, you know,
the Scripture when it tells us to praise Him, it always gives
a reason. It doesn't just say praise, though
he's worthy of praise, but the Scripture always gives us reason
to praise Him, reason to give honor and glory unto Him. Give honor. Be glad and rejoice
and give honor to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come. The relationship of the Lord
Jesus Christ to His church is often represented in the Scripture
as a marriage, I want you to turn to Isaiah chapter 54, verse
4 and 5. Isaiah 54, verse 4, Fear not, for thou shalt
not be ashamed, neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not
be put to shame, for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth,
and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. For thy Maker is thine husband,
the Lord of hosts is His name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One
of Israel, the God of the whole earth, shall He be called. Every mercy Every grace to the
people of God comes from this source. The Lord Jesus Christ
is their Husband. Their Husband. One with Him in
the eternal covenant is always been their surety. In that eternal
covenant, He has always been the Head. Here we are told that
our Maker, that word is our Accomplisher, our Advancer, is our Husband. And the word Husband there means
the Master, the Husband. Thy Maker, And maker here means
more than to create, though God Almighty has created all things. But this word maker, in the case
of God's elect, it means to appoint or to consider. You know, I've
told you this before, but it bears us looking at it again. God says, let us make man in
our image. And you know that the Lord Jesus
Christ is the express image of God. Therefore, when God said,
let us make man, let us appoint man, let us consider man in the
relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now we could go and I
could show you Scripture after Scripture after Scripture concerning
God's appointment. But let me tell you what God
has said concerning His elect. 1 Thessalonians 5, 9, For God
hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ. Well, I thought, I'm going to
look up that word appoint. God hath not appointed us to
wrath. Guess what the word appointed
means? Make. To make. God has not made us. Now, there are some that God
has left to themselves, appointed to wrath, but not His people. He said, ìYour Maker, be glad
and rejoice and give honor to Him, for the marriage of the
Lamb is come.î Isaiah says, ìYour Maker, your appointer, your advancer,
is your husband.î and Redeemer. That's what Isaiah said. He assumed
our nature that He might take our place at Calvary. He became one of us. The Word was made flesh that
He would be the substitute of all that the Father had given
Him before the foundation of the world. in their place, in
their stead, putting away their guilt under the wrath of God
Almighty. All that He had loved from the
foundation of the world, He is their Husband. Hosea 2.19 says
this, And I will betroth thee unto Me forever. The word there, forever, means
the hidden, the vanishing point. And the only way I could perceive
what it was talking about is looking at a railroad track.
Standing at a railroad track and looking both ways. Eternity. Now, I've heard people
say eternity past and eternity future, and I understand that.
It's just eternity, the vanishing point. I will betroth thee unto
Me forever." The vanishing point. Where's the beginning of that
track? I don't know. I can't see it. How far does
it go this way? I don't know. I can't see it.
It's forever. There's no end to it. How far
is that? Forever. Eternal. Yea, I will betroth thee unto
Me in righteousness. In judgment, in loving kindness,
in mercies, I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness,
and thou shalt know the Lord. I will betroth thee. Now from
these verses in Hosea, we learn these blessed truths. We learn
that the betrothal, and I'm going to tell you just a little bit
that I found out about being betrothed. But the betrothal,
the Lord said, I will betroth thee. The betrothal is on the
part of God. He said, I will betroth thee. A man asks a woman to be his
wife. That's the man's part. It is
the initiative of the man. Now, I understand, you know,
It's supposed to be all this women's lib and stuff like that,
but let me tell you something. A man asks a woman to be his
wife. The betrothal is on the part
of Almighty God. In the betrothal, and this is
just from the history of betrothal, the terms of the betrothal were
actually announced and accepted in the presence of witnesses,
and they were finalized at that time, praying for God's blessing
upon the betrothed. The terms, all of the terms were
taken care of in the beginning. Here are the boundaries. Here
are the lines of this. And from that time, The groom
and the bride were considered husband and wife. This is more.
We talk about an engagement. We're engaged. A man gives a
wife an engagement ring and they're engaged. That's just kind of
like a sort of a promise. You know, they're not really
married. You know, they're just kind of a promise. And what we
talk of as an engagement, a betrothal was more Turn over to Matthew
1. Let me show you something. The
Scriptures bear this out. Matthew chapter 1, verse 18 and 19. Matthew 1.18, Now the birth of
Jesus Christ was on this wise, when as His mother, Mary, was
espoused. The word there, espoused, David
is betrothed. That's what it means. It says,
When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together,
she was found with child of the Holy Ghost, then Joseph her husband. Being a just man and not willing
to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately. This betrothal, the terms were
established set forth, and from that time they were considered
man and wife." This is why the Lord has betrothed us unto Himself
forever. That's what He said. He said,
I will betroth thee unto Me forever. Here's the terms. that we should
be holy and without blame before Him in love. Those are the terms.
In that betrothal, there was an interval between the announcement
of the betrothal and of the wedding feast. There was a time of separation. We're in it. We're in this time
of separation. I'll tell you when I think the
time the separation of the parting has been. I think it's been since
the creation of man until the second return of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Since man was created, this announcement
has been eternal. The wedding feast that we read
of this evening is yet to come, so we're in the interval of the
betrothal considered married. to him. During this interval,
a dowry was paid by the groom to the bride's father for the
honor of receiving her hand, the honor of having her to be
his bride, the honor, the privilege to have her as his bride. Well, we can just go back and
read some in the book of Song of Solomon and see how the Lord
speaks concerning His bride. And I understand. We look at
ourselves and think of ourselves and we think and realize, oh,
how little I am. I see myself. and to hear the
Lord Jesus Christ speak of His Bride being considered in Himself,
being found in Himself and by His righteousness. I go back
to that one Scripture that comes to my mind over and over and
over when He said of His Bride, You have ravished me with one
of Your eyes. You have made me heartless. You've
stolen my heart. I have no heart. I'm just to
look upon you and to behold you in the beauty that He put on
her. You've stolen my heart. There's
a Scripture in Genesis 34, 11 and 12. I'll read this to you.
Shechem. There was a man that desired Dinah. And it says, And
Shechem said unto her father, and unto her brethren, let me
find grace in your eyes in what you shall say unto me I will
give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according
as you say unto me, but give me the damsel to wife." Having
betrothed Himself to us before the foundation of the world,
our blessed Husband assumed our nature. He's been our Husband forever. He's always been our Husband.
Go back to that which I told you brothers, God said, if you
ever insinuate that God has ever changed in any wise, therein
you err. What is He now? He's always been
that. What shall He be? He's always
been that. What is He to His people in eternity? That's what He's always been
to His people. He said, I change not. How long
has He been our Husband? He's always been our Husband.
How long has He been our surety? He's always been our surety.
How long has He been our Redeemer? He was slain from the foundation
of the world. He doesn't change. He came into
this earth. He obeyed God as a man, earning
a righteousness as a man that is imputed to all that God has
given Him, paid their debt. Oh, to the law, that law that
we broke, He being made a curse for us, suffered under the judgment
and the justice of God Almighty. All things are ready. The marriage
or the open declaration of that which is eternal. It is openly
declared. Who are the members of God's
Bride? Well, I'll be honest with you.
Right now, I can't tell you all of them. I've got an idea on
some, but in that day, The marriage, the Scripture says, of the Lamb
is come. That word come there means it
appears. That's what it means. The marriage
of the Lamb now appears, and His wife hath made herself ready
at the close of the interval. The bride in that betrothal would
array herself in garments fit and proper for the wedding ceremony. as to his wife making herself
ready." And don't think for one second that she's done anything
to make herself ready. The next verse gives the way
that she was made ready. It says in verse 8, "...and to
her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean
and white, for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. To her it was granted, or it
was bestowed, that she should be arrayed in the fine linen,
the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Turn over to Matthew
22. Matthew 22, verse 11. To her it was granted, it was
given, bestowed, Matthew 22. In verse 11, the Scripture says,
When the king came in to see the guest, he saw there a man
which had not on a wedding garment. And he saith unto him, Friend,
how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And
he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants,
bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer
darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth, for many are called, but fewer chosen." I looked up
the history of the wedding garment that it was talking about right
there. In the Eastern religions, or
the Eastern customs, I'm sorry, The wedding garment was a rich
vest that was provided for all the guests by the father of the
groom. Rich and poor, everybody was
given by the master, the king of the house, was given a wedding
garment to wear. No expense was spared. It was given to everyone for
the honor of the son that was being wedded. Now, one found
in that wedding party, in that procedure, in that wedding ceremony,
that didn't have the wedding garment that was provided by
the father, insulted the king. the father of the groom, by refusing
to wear what the king had provided. Those who refuse to wear the
robe of Christ's righteousness. This king came in, looked at
him and said, Friend, how is it that you have not on a wedding
garment that which was provided by the king? You bind him hand
and foot. and cast him out. All that come
before Almighty God robed in their own self-righteousness,
filthy rags, shall be cast out. But to all those everlastingly
loved by Almighty God, He provides. To her, verse 8, it was granted,
it was given that she should be arrayed. in fine linen. The granting is by the Lord God
Himself. What God demands, God supplies. What God demands, God gives. No man, no woman will ever stand
before God Almighty any other way in that which God has provided. The righteousness of His blessed
Son. Isaiah 61.10 says, ìI will greatly
Rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God, for
He hath clothed me." He hath clothed me with the garments
of salvation. He hath covered me with the robe
of righteousness as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. The jewels of
the bride is the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ given
He covered me. He covered me. This fine linen,
clean and white. That's how she was arrayed. Arrayed
in fine linen, clean and bright is the marginal there. You remember
when Aaron, the high priest, when he would go in and minister
unto the Lord, There was a garment, an inner garment of fine linen. That inner garment pictured,
set forth the essential character of the great High Priest Himself,
the Lord Jesus Christ, His purity, His sinlessness, His holiness. And the bride is said here to
have been granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen. Righteousness makes the bride
beautiful. His righteousness is the wedding
garment. How else could she be arrayed
and be beautiful in the sight of God Almighty, arrayed in His
righteousness, His obedience? There she is. She is obedient.
Look at her. She is holy. Look at her. She
is dressed in the robe of the blessed Son. She is gorgeous
in the sight of Him because God Almighty sees her in the person
of His Son. In verse 9, He saith unto me,
Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb. And He saith unto me, These are
the true sayings of God. Blessed, fortunate, well-off,
Are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb?"
We read a while ago that many are called. Few are chosen. In a sense, there is a calling. As the gospel is preached, we
declare. You think about what we are doing. We are declaring what Almighty
God has said Himself. We're saying what He says. I'm
not doing anything else, Bob, but this is what God says. God
Almighty has said, I have a people. I've everlastingly loved them.
I will call them out. All that I call, I keep. All
that I call, I've justified. I've glorified all of them. I'm
not asking men to do anything. If Almighty God is pleased to
give them a heart to believe that, to believe it. They believe. We preach the gospel. Blessed
here, though, are those that are called. This is more. This
calling right here is a word that means to summon with a personal
object. Now, if I say, you know, I'd
like Jared. Jared, I'd like you to come up
here and stand up here with me. Now, how many people did I call? If I say, all y'all come on up
here, well, that just means all, everybody. But this word means
to summon with a personal object. Romans 8.30 says, moreover, whom
He did predestinate. Them He also called. Same word. Called with a personal
object. And whom He called, them also
He justified." Now, let me ask you this. If that word there
means just a general call, that just means a call that goes out. And some men, because God leaves
them to themselves, refuses to bow because God left them alone. They heard the gospel. Many of
them heard when the Lord was here preaching. How many people
heard Him preach, Carl? Bunches, bunches of them. Did
they all come? No. Why? Because there wasn't an effectual
calling to all of them. But I'll tell you this, all that
the Father gives me, they'll come. They'll come. I call them
out by name. That's a personal object. If
God Almighty says whom He did predestinate them, He also called
and whom He called, He justified, does that mean that God justifies
everybody that ever hears just with this ear? No, it doesn't
mean that. But those that He affectionately calls, God Almighty
has justified them apart from any works of righteousness that
they've done. This wedding feast was a lavish
banquet provided by the groom and by His Father. Turn over
to Luke 14. Luke 14. I mean, this wedding
is so wonderful. This is the introduction tonight. Luke 14, verse 16. Then He said unto him, A certain
man made a great supper and bade many and sent his servant suppertime
to say unto them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now
ready. And they all with one consent
began to make excuse. First said unto him, I bought
a piece of ground. I must needs go and see it. I
pray thee, have me excused. Another said, I've bought five
yoke of oxen. I go to prove them. I pray thee,
have me excused. Another said, I've married a
wife, and therefore I can't come. That servant came and showed
his lord these things. Then the master of the house,
being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly unto the streets
and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the maimed
and the haught and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it
is done, as thou hast commanded, yet there is room. And the lord
said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges,
and compel compel them to come in that my house may be filled.
For I say unto you that none of those men which were bidden
shall taste of my supper." Compel, it means by persuasion. Force by persuasion. Thy people shall be willing in
the day of thy power. Almighty God powerfully gives
His people a heart to come to Him. And He calls them and compels
them by force, by His power. Not against their will, though
I can see some sense in that. God makes them willing. Almighty
God gives them a heart to come willingly." How? Powerfully. Blessed are they
which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. This feast, it was expedient,
the Lord said, it's expedient that I go away. Where was He
going away to? Someone says, well, He was going
away to heaven. But where did He go first? To
the cross. It is expedient that I go, that
where I am in heaven, there you may be also. I have gone to prepare
a place for you. He has received us unto Himself. These are the true sayings, the
truthful sayings of God. Here in the midst of trial and
tribulation is the comfort. of His Word. This shall be over
so quickly. Right now it is just tough. There
are times that are hard, but do you know what God is doing?
One of the things that He is doing. He is weaning us away
from this world. There will be in that day no
more tears, no more No more heartache. No more sin. No more presence
of sin. And the Scripture says, John,
in verse 10, I fell at his feet to worship him, and he said unto
me, See thou do it not. I am thy fellow servant and of
thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. was here forbidden to worship
the One that was doing the speaking. Now, I looked a long time at
this verse of Scripture, at this particular passage, because it
intrigued me. And I wondered who was doing
the speaking. I will be the first one to tell
you that I cannot with absolute certainty tell you who it was. And the reason that I cannot
is because He doesn't say with absolute certainty who it was. But I can give you some thoughts
to think upon, and then I pray the Spirit of God teach us all
who was doing the speaking. I know, first of all, that it
wasn't the Lord Jesus Christ that was speaking. It wasn't
Him who had spoken to John in chapter 1, whom John fell down
and worshiped before. It wasn't because I know that
He says, Do it not, I am thy fellow servant. Worship God. Had it been the Lord Jesus Christ
Himself, He would have accepted the worship of John because it
would have been dutiful, the right thing. He said this, He
said, I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren that have
the testimony of Jesus. The testimony of Jesus is the
spirit of prophecy. Now there was one other time,
turn over to Revelation 22, verse 6 to verse 9, that something
very similar happens. Revelation 22, verse 6, He said
unto me, These sayings are faithful and true. And the Lord God of
the holy prophets sent His angel to show unto His servants the
things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the
sayings of the prophecy of this book. And I, John, saw these
things and heard them. And when I heard them and seen,
I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed
me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou
do it not? For I am thy fellow servant of
thy brethren, the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings
of this book. Worship God." And those like him, this one
that spoke to him, said, I am thy fellow servant and of thy
brethren, meaning I am the fellow servant of your brethren, those
like you, John, that have the testimony, the evidence, the
narrative of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Though we are not told
specifically who this speaker is. He is either one of God's elect
angels, because it says in Revelation 22, I spoke unto the angel, or
the messenger, the one delivering the message. You know, God's
preachers are called angels. And unto the angel of the church
of Ephesus, Thyatira, write, The angel, the messenger. Scripture
says we've entertained angels unaware, messengers of God Himself. It could be one of the elect
angels that didn't fall. But I'll tell you who I think
it is. And though I do not, and I preface
this, I do not speak expressly, for I'm wondering. But I wonder
if it is not, because it said over in Revelation 22, in verse
6, he says, These things are faithful and true, and the Lord
God of the holy prophets sent His angels to show unto His servants
the things which must shortly be done. Based on that, I think
that possibly, can I say that any more indirectly? Possibly. It is the cherubim that back
in Revelation 6 was going to speak and going to show John.
Look at Revelation 6. When John began to see the revelation,
some things that were shown him. Revelation 6, verse 1, And I
saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as
it were, the noise of thunder, and one of the four beasts saying,
Come and see. Look at verse 3, And when he
had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and
see. Verse 5, When he had opened the
third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And
beheld in low a black horse, and he that sat on him had a
pair of balances in his hand. And verse 7, And when he had
opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast
saying, Come and see. These four beasts We said this
morning and previously, the cherubim, the divine manifestations of
the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, the face of an eagle, a man,
a bear, a lion. It says that of these four beasts,
the cherubim, that the throne, going back, I'm just going back
and reminding you of some things that were said concerning these
four beasts, the cherubim, that the throne of God rested upon
these four beasts. You think of the honor, the declaration,
how God Almighty has been pleased to declare Himself through the
four beasts. But also remember, these four
beasts are heavenly pictures of Christ set forth in God's
wisdom to declare Himself. And even then, this messenger,
and this is why I speak with as much respect as I know to
say, but based on what was being shown John, what was being told
John of the certainty that Almighty God had declared, these are the
truthful sayings of Almighty God, even then the type. the
picture, the cherubim, did not receive worship from John. He
said, I am your fellow servant and of your brethren. He said,
worship God. As I said this morning, it would
be idolatry to worship a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
worship that brazen serpent that was being worshipped, that it
was a picture of Christ and set forth His glory. But they took
that brazen serpent, as I said this morning, they ground it
up. They destroyed it. It was a picture of Christ. There
was the ark. Can you imagine if we had the
ark that Noah was in? The actual ark. It had to sit
right out here in the parking lot. People would come back.
That's the actual ark. There's a picture of Christ.
We'd preach the gospel and show that picture, that type of Christ
Himself in that ark. Are we to worship that ark? No. You worship God. You set forth
Him. These manifestations of the glory
of the Lord Jesus Christ, they give honor unto Him. They give praise unto Him. I
sit and wonder how Almighty God would set forth Himself in such
a way Whenever Isaiah said, I saw the Lord in the day that King
Uzziah died. I saw the Lord. He said, and
there was the throne, and above the throne were the seraphim,
the cherubim, the four beasts. How we described and set back
and showed how those cherubim was the way that the Lord in
His infinite wisdom declared Himself to be. And with two wings
they flew, and with two wings they covered their face, and
with two wings they covered their feet, saying, No one has seen
the face of God at any time. They covered their feet and they
said, No man knows the walk of God at any time. He's declared. And they cried, Holy, Holy, Holy,
without ceasing. Who was this One speaking to
John were not told expressly. We can wonder, but we can truthfully
say that God was pleased to manifest Himself through the means that
God saw fit. And the messenger himself, that
voice that John heard, told John, don't worship me. Don't worship
the type. You worship God. Sit forth. Praise and honor. We hear of
these things and it causes our heart to realize this one thing. Who is He that deserves our blessing,
praise, and honor? He is Almighty God who manifests
Himself in the way that He is pleased to do so. And we bow
before Him and we say, Lord, as You say it is. Though I may
not be able to understand the depth of that last verse or any
of them fully, I can say, Lord, it pleased You to set forth Your
messenger in that way. And for that, we're thankful.
We're thankful that You spoke. We're thankful that there was
a voice that we heard teach us through that voice, through that
messenger. for our good and for the glory
of Almighty God. Amen.