When trouble comes, where do
you go for help? When you're being crushed with
an oppressive load of difficulty, trial, where do you find comfort
and peace? Where do you find strength? You
have a task before you. You seek to perform it the best
you can for the glory of God. for the good of his kingdom.
Where do you find strength and help? Open your Bible tonight,
if you will, to the book of Zechariah. The book of Zechariah. I believe
I've got something for you if God will give me grace to deliver
it. God's prophet Zechariah and the
faithful of Israel must have been what appeared to them, they
must have been in a time of terrible, terrible confusion. The nation
had been in Babylonian captivity for 70 years. And God sent them
back to Jerusalem and gave them the task of reestablishing the
worship of God, of building again the ancient city, and of building
again the temple of God. And as they began the work, it
soon wore off to nothing. There was no interest. Folks
just gave up, succeeded. And God gave Zechariah, his prophet,
a series of visions. In these first five chapters,
seven specific clear visions. visions by which he intended
to encourage Zachariah and you and me as we proceed through
this world serving his interest and his kingdom. With this assurance,
he gives comfort. Everything is going exactly according
to purpose. You need that tonight, don't
you? Oh, how I need that. Everything
is going exactly according to purpose, as God intended from
the beginning. And it shall fulfill his will
in the end, and his people shall be delighted. I called Shelby's
attention to this, sitting out in the parking lot, got here
before anybody else did tonight, and I was looking over my notes.
I asked her, I said, did you ever notice a statement at the
end of Revelation 14, when all things are finished, all God's
elect have been called, God's made all things new. Sin had
been wiped off the face of God's earth. He created all things
new. The slime of the serpent is gone. And when it's all finished,
this is how John describes it by the Spirit of God. He says,
this is the patience of the saints. This is what we've been waiting
for since the day God promised Eve back in the garden that Christ
would come and crush the serpent's head. This is the patience of
the saints. Now you and I had the same commission
that Zachariah and the children of Israel had in the day in which
they lived. God had set them in Jerusalem
after a long period of captivity with one task to perform. to build again his house, his
worship, his city, to build his church. And they gave up the
work to build themselves sealed houses and said, this is not
the right time to do God's work. We've got other things to do.
Matt Vincent, God Almighty, has left you here to build his kingdom. Understand that? God didn't leave
you here to make money and buy houses and cars and more property
to leave to your sons and daughters to make more money and buy more
houses and more property and finer cars. He left us here to
use us as instruments in his hands for whatever generations
are yet to come for the building of his kingdom, the preserving
of his gospel, of his worship, and the calling out of his elect.
We have this treasure, Paul said. the treasure of the gospel. We
as individual believers, we who are preachers of the gospel,
but we collectively as the church of God, we have the treasure
of the gospel in earthen vessels. God's given us the light of the
gospel to hold forth in the generation in which we live for the in gathering
of his elect and the glory of his name. Now, how do we proceed
in the midst of darkness? and chaos and difficulty. How do we continue? How do we
expect anyone to continue giving themselves zealously to this
business of proclaiming the gospel, zealously to this business of
seeking out God's elect, zealously to this business of making sinners
to know who God is as he's made himself known in Jesus Christ
in the midst of trial and difficulty and heartache? Well, we had these
visions given. In chapter one, verses seven
through 11, Zachariah saw a man riding a red horse, standing
in a grove of myrtle trees. The grove of myrtle trees represent
God's church. It's found in a piece of bottom
land, surrounded by oppressing high mountains, but all is well. because that man riding the red
horse is our Lord Jesus, and he's ever in the midst of his
church. He's ever in the midst of his people, ever in the midst
of his churches, riding forth, conquering, and to conquer. In
verses 18 through 22, Zechariah saw four horns, four horns representing
the political and ecclesiastical powers of the world. Animals
with horns are powerful animals. Animals with horns usually get
their way. If you see one running at you,
you ought to take cover. But then he saw four carpenters. Four carpenters, gospel preachers. And the carpenters, these gospel
preachers, are those by whom the horns are frayed. Those by whom the horns are overcome. Those by whom the horns are completely
destroyed as far as their influence is concerned. Then in chapter
two, the prophet saw Christ as a man with a measuring line in
his hand. one who measures and determines
the dimensions of his holy city, Jerusalem, the church, proclaiming
that she shall be complete. She shall be fully inhabited
by a great multitude that no man can number. In a word, all
is well. Christ still builds his house. We read in Acts 2, that the Lord
added daily to his church, such as should be saved. People don't
generally seem to understand this. So let me say it so you
understand it. He still adds to his church daily
such as should be saved. He still calls out his elect
exactly according to his purpose, exactly where and when he will
by the gospel of his grace. Zechariah then in chapter 3 sees
a picture of the accomplishments of redemption by Christ Jesus.
We have here a picture of Joshua. the high priest who had defiled
himself while he was in Babylon, and he now stands before the
Lord in his filthy garments. If you compare Jude verse 9,
you'll see that there was a passage referring to Michael the archangel
contending with Satan about the body of Moses, contending with
Satan who would raise up accusations against his elect. It's referring
to this passage here in Zechariah 3. Our Lord Jesus, our mighty
archangel, is he who contends with Satan on our behalf, ever
silencing every accusation against his own by his blood, by which
he removed the iniquity of all the land of Israel in one day,
by his one sacrifice, putting away our sins. And so he commands
that Joshua be clothed with new garments. a crown put on his
head, and shows us a picture of redemption accomplished by
him. All is well. God is yet saving his own. And
in chapter four, Zachariah sees the church of God portrayed as
a candlestick, a candlestick constantly supplied with oil,
the oil of grace by God the Holy Spirit. a candlestick that's
constantly being given fresh supplies of sufficient grace
by our Lord Jesus, by the Spirit of God. Look at it in verse six. He's telling us that all is well.
God's grace is unceasing. Our mighty Zerubbabel, the Lord
Jesus Christ will complete his house. Then he answered and spake
unto me saying, this is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel saying,
Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord
of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? Who art thou, O great mountain? Oh, what mountains stand in our
way. What obstacles we can't overcome. What great, great high fortresses
are built against us? And yet, who art thou, O great
mountain, before Zerubbabel, before our Lord Jesus? Thou shalt
become a plain. He levels the mountains. He levels
the mountains before us. I can't tell you how often I've
looked at situations and I thought, that just can't be done. That
just can't be done. And sure that God's in it, you
step forward and watch the mountain move. When was it that God parted the
Red Sea? When did he part the Red Sea?
When Moses put his rod in the sea. Not what he stood looking
at the sea. And so it is with all that God
calls us to do. He doesn't show us his way ahead
of time. He shows us what we must do. And as we proceed, God works
and he makes the mountain to be a plain before him. Read on. Who art thou, O great mountain,
before Zerubbabel? Thou shalt become a plain. He
shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying
grace, grace unto it. Moreover, the word of the Lord
came to me saying, the hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation
of this house. His hands shall also finish it.
And thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto
you. For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice and shall
see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven. They are the eyes of the Lord,
which run to and fro through the whole earth. Oh, God forgive me. How I have
despised the day of small things so many times. And yet the Lord
God says, you will see the plummet in Zerubbabel's hand. And he
measures his house. He measures his temple. It's
exactly finished as he purposed from the beginning. Then in chapter
five, Zechariah's six visions of a huge roll flying over the
earth. He sees a scroll flying over
the earth. pronouncing God's curse, God's
wrath upon guilty sinners scattered over all the earth. But still,
all is well, all is well. We live in a generation cursed
of God. There's no question about that.
There's no question about that. If you've got any question about
that, you or I, one, have very poor judgment about what God
does. We live in a generation under the curse of God, but still
all is well. For God's curse and the judgments
that follow God's curse are always in the pursuit of God's righteousness,
justice, and truth. God does everything well in mercy
and in judgment, in grace and in wrath, God does everything
well. Then his seventh vision in the
fifth chapter of Zechariah, verses five through 11, he sees a woman
sitting in a basket. This woman represents all the
wickedness, all the evil of the world, and throughout this book,
Wickedness, evil associated with this woman is wickedness and
evil that has an obvious, clear connection to false religion,
that great harlot. This woman has her influence
everywhere, everywhere. The evil, the wickedness of the
earth is but the reflection of this great harlot who seems to
control the minds and the thoughts of men everywhere. But still,
all is well. For our Savior is in absolute
control, even of all wickedness, even of all evil, so that even
the wrath of man shall praise him, and the remainder of wrath
he will restrain. Now remember, throughout these
visions, our Lord's purpose is to assure us that all is well.
No matter how bad things appear, no matter how bitter things taste
in our mouths, no matter how dark the day seems to be, all
is well. Oh, hear me, children of God,
hear God, oh my heart, all is well. God's doing his will. God's building his church. God
is saving his people. God's building his kingdom. He
is glorifying his name. Whether we can see it or we can't,
God's doing his purpose. All right, now, let's look at
the eighth vision. Hold your Bibles open at Zechariah
chapter six, verses one through eight. When everything appears
to be out of control and our hearts are heavy, when our souls
are distressed, when our minds are confused, Our Lord here tells
us to fall back to the comfortable, stabilizing mountains of brass. Look at this. And I turned and
lifted up mine eyes, and I looked, and behold, there came four chariots
out from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains
of brass. Mountains of brass. That's my
subject tonight. Mountains of brass. In the first
chariot, were red horses and in the second black horses and
in the third chariot white horses and in the fourth chariot grizzled
and bay horses. Then I answered and said unto
the angel that talked with me, what are these my Lord? And the
angel answered and said unto me, these are the four spirits
of the heavens, the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth
from standing before the Lord of all the earth. The black horses,
which are therein, go forth into the north country, and the white
go forth after them, and the grizzle go forth toward the south
country. And the bay went forth and sought
to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth. And
he said, get ye hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So
they walked to and fro through the earth. Then cried he upon
me and spake unto me saying, Behold, these that go toward
the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. I turned and lifted up mine eyes
and looked. The prophet of God looks this
way. And he turns and looks that way,
as if to declare God and His work is to be seen everywhere
on all sides. He turns and looks, keenly desiring
to know more of God our Savior and His will and His way, never
presuming to have figured everything out, but always searching to
know the mind of God and the way of God. Teach me thy way,
O Lord. Oh God, day by day, teach me
your way and give me grace to walk in it. Now, we have four
things before us this evening. We'll look at them one at a time.
First, four chariots. Behold, there came four chariots
out from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains
of brass. I know that Many folks think
these refer to the four succeeding monarchies that were to come
after this time and they figure out calendars and dates and all
that stuff and it's very ingenious to look at. But I'm fully convinced, I'm
fully convinced, let that be as it may, I'm fully convinced,
I hope you are, that the whole purpose of God in raising up
any nation or kingdom in causing that nation or kingdom to grow
and progress in the world. And in tearing down that nation
and kingdom is for the benefit of his church. That's God's purpose. He raises up nations and it treads
down nations to call out his elect, to save his people from
their sins according to his will. He has always done so, he continues
to do so. Ham is ever servant unto Shem
and Japheth, ever servant to God's elect scattered through
all the earth so that all the cursed of the earth are instruments
by which God does good for his elect. He said, I gave Ethiopia
for you, Saba for you, men for you, people for your life. There's
nothing God won't sacrifice for you. He sacrificed his son for you. Now what do you think he won't
give you? What mountain do you think he won't remove from in
front of you? What trouble do you think he won't see you through?
What do you suppose he'll withhold from you? There's nothing God
won't sacrifice for you who are the objects of his everlasting
love, his church and his kingdom. These chariots, we don't have
to guess what they are. They represent the angels of
God. You remember when Elijah was
called up to heaven, he was taken to heaven in chariot of fire. Elisha, his successor, said to
his servants, said, more are they that are with us than they
that are with our enemies. And he said, where are they?
And Elisha said, Lord, open his eyes that he might see. And God
opened his eyes and he saw that the mountain was full of horses
and chariots of fire rounded about Elijah. Just everywhere. Horses and chariots of fire.
Seen only when God would make them known. But there they were.
Constantly surrounding his servant, his prophet. Turn to Psalm 68
for a moment. Psalm 68. Hold your hands here
in Zechariah, we'll be right back. Psalm 68. Habakkuk says concerning our
God, thou didst ride upon thine horses, thy chariots of salvation. God rides through the earth on
his horses, his chariots of salvation. Now watch this, Psalm 68. This
Psalm, if you care to look at it later, is that which Paul
quotes by divine inspiration in Ephesians chapter four, where
he describes the gifts of God to his church. Prophets and pastors
and teachers and evangelists and so on. Look what it says,
Psalm 68 verse 17. The chariots of God are 20,000,
even thousands of angels. The Lord is among them as at
Sinai in the holy place. Thou hast ascended on high. Thou
hast led captivity captive. Thou hast received gifts from
men. Yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might
dwell among them. And he speaks of these gifts
with regard to these angels, the chariots of God, these messengers
of God. The angels of God are described
by the apostle in Hebrews chapter 1 as being those that are sent
forth to minister to them who shall be the heirs of salvation. I don't pretend to know much
about angels. I don't pretend to know much about them. But
there are preachers of God made to be guardians of God's elect,
to serve his people, to watch over those whom he will save
by his grace. So that they are guardians of
those who shall be heirs of salvation. how God sends his angels to protect his elect and keep
them under the day of their calling. Couldn't God do that without
the angels? Of course he could, of course he could. But he created
a whole, how do I speak of angels? A whole race of angels, of spirit
beings, whose sole purpose, their sole purpose of existence is
to serve, to protect, and care for God's elect who shall be
heirs of eternal life. Somebody think you believe you
have guardian angel? No, I believe about a whole pastor
level. Watching over us all the time, all the time. I recall
once, I was driving back home from preaching for Brother Mahan
in Ashland late at night, and I was about like this, only worse
up in West Virginia. I was driving back to look out
West Virginia. I got down to around Montgomery. Shelby was sitting over beside
me, and Faith was laying in the backseat sleeping, just snow
and slush and cold soot all over the place, and I was behind the
tractor and trailer. And I knew a spot where I could
get around them. Man, I'm smart, I'm a good driver.
I knew I, just wait a little bit, right here, I buzz around
it. And I did. I got to that spot
and I kicked it. And you get, you've been behind
those trucks, you're throwing the stuff all over, you can't
see anything. And I got almost up to the tab of the truck and
I saw another truck coming. And there wasn't anything I could
do except head to the ditch. And so I swerved out to the left
and got stopped right before hitting an embankment in that
mountain. And I stopped and thought, well,
that was pretty good. I did all right that time. And
Shelby put me in my place. She said, aren't we thankful
for those angels that ride with us? All the time, all the time,
watching over his own, caring for his own secretly. But that's
not the only angels there are. More often than not, when you
read in this book about the mission of angels, it's referring to
men. Our Lord Jesus appeared in the
form of a man before his incarnation as the angel of the Lord. The
pastors of the churches in Revelation chapters 1, 2, and 3 are described
as angels of the churches. Look up here. You want to see
what an angel looks like? Here he is. That's right. That's exactly right. I'm not
being the least bit facetious. God's servants are God's messengers
to his people, by whom he constantly, through his word, calls out his
elect. guides his elect, protects his
elect, provides for his elect, nourishes his elect, and walks
with his elect in this world. So gospel preachers are men who
have a commission from Christ. They're like chariots of war
sent forth of God to defend his kingdom, to promote his gospel,
to fight the good fight of faith on the constant onslaught against
the gates of hell. Our Lord Jesus said concerning
his church, the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Gates. What kind of weapons are those?
Did you ever see any picture of a battle where soldiers picked
up gates and went to face the enemy? What's he talking about? Oh, no, no. We constantly assault
the gates of hell. That's our business. by the gospel,
not by protesting in the streets, not by joining clubs and not
by joining organizations, by preaching the gospel of God's
grace, by every means God gives us, assaulting the gates of hell,
and wait now, hang on, they're fixing to fall. They're fixing
to fall. I promise you, the gates of hell
shall fall before our Redeemer. And then he speaks of these mountains.
Two mountains, twin mountains, mountains of brass. The chariots,
these angels of God, come forth between two mountains of brass. And they work, these angels of
God, between these mountains so that their work runs through
these two mountains, one on each side. And the two mountains are
mountains of brass. They're twin mountains. They're
identical. Identical. Two mountains in a
deep valley. These two mountains of brass
portray beautifully two things we need constantly to have in
our hearts. Two things we need constantly
to roll over in our minds. Two things we need constantly
to take refuge in. The purpose of God and the providence
of God. The valley through which the
work is done are all the ages of time in this world. Everything
according to that which God has purposed and God brings to pass. You see, God's providence, God's
providence is just the unfolding of his purpose. That's all it
is. It is just the unfolding of his
purpose. He turns the pages of time and
unfolds his purpose. Isn't that a beautiful picture
of our Redeemer? The angel of the Lord standing with one foot
on the earth and one foot on the sea, and God's book in his
hand, and he turns the page. Wonder what God's gonna do tomorrow.
Oh, I wish I could wake up every day that way. Just, oh, Lord,
what's your purpose today? What will you accomplish today?
What will you perform today? That's what's going to take place.
exactly what he purposed. Let me show you this. Turn to
Romans chapter eight. Very, very familiar text of scripture.
On the one side, Zacharias saw a mountain of brass, God's purpose,
his eternal purpose of grace and predestination. Romans eight,
verse 28. We know that all things work
together for good to them that love God. to them who are thee
called according to his purpose. Now, we often use this text of
Scripture to refer to effectual calling, and I have done so many
times myself, that's a mistake. The word called here is not the
word that we would use if we were calling someone to supper.
It's not the word we would use if you stepped outside and called
your son to come in, it's getting dark. That's not the word you'd
use. This is the word you'd use, Luke, when that baby gets close
to the time of that baby, and you decide on a name. That's
the word. It's named. He says, all things
work together for good to them that love God, to them who are
thee named. Behold what manner of love the
Father has bestowed on us that we should be called. named the
sons of God. That's it. That's it. They work
together according to God's purpose to them who are the named according
to his purpose. Now watch this. For whom he did
foreknow, he also did predestinate. Everything in providence is working
according to his purpose, because whom he loved from eternity,
he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his son, that
his son might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover,
whom he did predestinate, them he also called, and whom he called,
them he also justified, and whom he justified, them he also glorified. So that God, from eternity, and
His purpose named us His sons, loved us with an everlasting
love, predestinated us ultimately to be conformed to the image
of His Son in the final analysis and our final experience of grace
and resurrection glory. But He's already named us His
sons, justified us and glorified us in Christ Jesus the Lord from
eternity. All this was done in eternity
and now is being brought to pass in time. Now being brought to
pass in time so that He preserved us through Adam's fall. and preserved
us all the ages of time, the dispersing of the races, where
he scattered his elect to the four corners of the earth, preserved
us a seed for himself through wars and famines and pestilence,
through the raising of nations and the falling of nations, preserved
us under the time of our birth. and preserved us in the days
of our rebellion and preserved us under the time when he called
us by his grace. Jude writes to them that are
sanctified by God the Father. Preserved in Christ Jesus and
called. God works in providence according
to his purpose of grace in eternity. So the decrees and purposes of
God are like a mountain. They're ancient, more ancient
than the everlasting hills. They're high and deep. That is
to say they're dark and obscure. You can't possibly know them
until God unveils them. You can't know what God's purposed
until God does it. You can't know who God's elect
are until he calls them. You can't know what God's will
for your life is until it's done. You can't know what tomorrow
brings until tomorrow's done. These things are high and deep,
but understand this, they're mountains, firm and strong, unalterable,
immovable, mountains of brass, enduring, strong metal, metal
that stands the test of time, and God's purpose is sure. It
will not be altered. It will not be changed by anyone
or anything in earth or in hell. Surrounded by the wickedness
and curse of the earth. Enduring with his brethren the
trials and troubles that God's saints in this world must face
in every generation. Zechariah saw this mountain of
brass, God's purpose, steadfast and sure. And then he saw another
mountain of brass, just like it. God's providence. Our God, oh, children of God,
God help you to learn this. God help me to keep this fixed
in my soul, in the depth of my soul constantly. What God does
in time is what God purposed in eternity. And nothing comes
to pass in time but what God does. Yeah, but, Brother Don,
you can't ascribe to God the works of the devil. I never dreamed
of such a thing. I never dreamed of such a thing.
But don't you ever imagine that the devil is out of God's control.
He's God's devil. He only roars when God says roar.
And all he can do is roar. Our Lord Jesus came down as a
mighty angel from heaven and bound him with a mighty chain.
And he controls him. He is God's creature for God's
purpose. And when God gets done with him,
God will cast him into hell. God rules everything absolutely. It is as though the Lord God
had said to his prophets and to you and me, his people, There's
no cause for alarm or fear. And I know just how easy that
is to stand here and say when there's no cause for alarm or
fear. I know how easy that is. And I know how difficult that
is to understand and believe when you're in the midst of heavy
trials. I do understand. But I'm here
to tell you, no matter how you feel, no matter what you think,
there's no cause for alarm or fear. Everything you have seen
and experienced, everything you are right now seeing and experiencing,
and I mean everything. I mean everything, everything.
and everything you shall see and experience. The good and
the bad, the painful and the pleasant, the prosperous and
the adverse, that which you desire and that which you would never
desire is brought to pass according to God's eternal purpose of grace. And God says concerning the righteous,
in every state and circumstance, it shall be well with the righteous. If I had my choice, I'd never take the choice away
from Joe. I wouldn't do it. But he who loves you infinitely
better than I can imagine, Did so for you. For you. For you. If I had my choice,
I'd never allow your pastor's wife to go through what she's
going through. I wouldn't see your mama suffer the things she's
suffering. Not if I could prevent it. I
wouldn't allow it. I wouldn't allow it. I love her. I wouldn't
allow it. But he who loves her infinitely
better than you can has done this for her. You understand
that? This is God's way. God moves in a mysterious way,
his wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the
sea and he rides upon the storm. God rules everything well. Now, then he speaks of these
horses, these horses that he sends forth, a white horse, black
horse, these horses he sends forth, the speckled or the grizzled
in bay horse. He sends a horse out in judgment
and he sends a horse out in mercy. He sends a horse out in judgment
and in mercy. He causes his servants, his messengers
to carry the gospel that he makes them triumphant always in Christ
Jesus. But these chariots, that are
coming between these mountains of brass are pulled by these
four horses, which are called the spirit of the heavens. These four spirits of heaven.
Well, I thought there's just one spirit of heaven. There is,
but he's sometimes referred to as seven, and sometimes as four,
because the spirit of God works in all the four corners of the
earth. And he calls out his elect from the north, south, east,
and west, and says, give up, hold not back, bring my sons
from afar. And he works graciously, always
triumphantly by the gospel. These four horses, then, are
the spirit of God by which the work is accomplished. I remember
when I was a boy seeing the movie Ben-Hur. Y'all old enough to
remember that movie? Man alive. The chariots, those
chariots, they had special weapons on the wheels. I can see them
right now cutting a fellow's leg off, just running by. Wow. But chariots can't do anything. Chariots can't do anything. I
don't remember where I saw one when I was a kid, but someplace
where they had this chariot on display. It's just sitting there.
No danger of anything happening with it. It's just sitting there.
It can't do anything until there's a horse harnessed to it. And
the power of the chariot is in the horse that pulls the chariot.
These horses are the spirit of God. And we, God's church, God's
servants, God's messengers, We're utterly empty, meaningless and
useless except God give his spirit and grant power from on high
to make his word and our work effectual for his glory and the
saving of his people. And then the Lord Jesus tells
us in the eighth verse, look at it. Okay. Our great savior, the angel who
spoke to Zachariah, declares that when all the purpose of
God has been accomplished by his providence, he shall see
of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. Then cried
he upon me and spake unto me saying, behold, these that go
toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north
country. Our dear savior shall be quieted
in his spirit forever, completely content, thoroughly satisfied
and glorified when he has at last made restitution of all
things and saved all his people by the power of his grace. And
then his rest shall be glorious. Turn to Zephaniah. Zephaniah
chapter three. Look at this. Zephaniah chapter
three, verse 17. Here's how it's all gonna end.
The patience of the saints finally accomplished. And the Lord thy
God in the midst of thee is mighty. He will save. He will rejoice
over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. You reckon this is really so? He will rejoice over you with
singing. He will rejoice over you, his
people, His crown jewels, the objects of His love and delight,
forever with singing. And His rest, Isaiah said, shall
be glorious. Actually, the word might better
be translated, His rest shall be His glory. Amen.