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December 13th Evening
“I will make thy windows of agates.” — Isaiah 54:12
The church is most instructively symbolized by a building erected by
heavenly power, and designed by divine skill. Such a spiritual house must
not be dark, for the Israelites had light in their dwellings; there must
therefore be windows to let the light in and to allow the inhabitants to gaze
abroad. These windows are precious as agates: the ways in which the
church beholds her Lord and heaven, and spiritual truth in general, are to be
had in the highest esteem. Agates are not the most transparent of gems,
they are but semi-pellucid at the best:
“Our knowledge of that life is small,
Our eye of faith is dim.”
Faith is one of these precious agate windows, but alas! it is often so misty and beclouded, that we see but darkly, and mistake much that we do see. Yet if we cannot…
gaze through windows of diamonds and know even as we
are known, it is a glorious thing to behold the altogether lovely One, even
though the glass be hazy as the agate. Experience is another of these dim
but precious windows, yielding to us a subdued religious light, in which we
see the sufferings of the Man of Sorrows, through our own afflictions. Our
weak eyes could not endure windows of transparent glass to let in the
Master’s glory, but when they are dimmed with weeping, the beams of the
Sun of Righteousness are tempered, and shine through the windows of
agate with a soft radiance inexpressibly soothing to tempted souls.
Sanctification, as it conforms us to our Lord, is another agate window.
Only as we become heavenly can we comprehend heavenly things. The
pure in heart see a pure God. Those who are like Jesus see Him as He is.
Because we are so little like Him, the window is but agate; because we are
somewhat like Him, it is agate. We thank God for what we have, and long
for more. When shall we see God and Jesus, and heaven and truth, face to
face?
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“I will make thy windows of agates.” — Isaiah 54:12
The church is most instructively symbolized by a building erected by
heavenly power, and designed by divine skill. Such a spiritual house must
not be dark, for the Israelites had light in their dwellings; there must
therefore be windows to let the light in and to allow the inhabitants to gaze
abroad. These windows are precious as agates: the ways in which the
church beholds her Lord and heaven, and spiritual truth in general, are to be
had in the highest esteem. Agates are not the most transparent of gems,
they are but semi-pellucid at the best:
“Our knowledge of that life is small,
Our eye of faith is dim.”
Faith is one of these precious agate windows, but alas! it is often so misty and beclouded, that we see but darkly, and mistake much that we do see. Yet if we cannot…
gaze through windows of diamonds and know even as we
are known, it is a glorious thing to behold the altogether lovely One, even
though the glass be hazy as the agate. Experience is another of these dim
but precious windows, yielding to us a subdued religious light, in which we
see the sufferings of the Man of Sorrows, through our own afflictions. Our
weak eyes could not endure windows of transparent glass to let in the
Master’s glory, but when they are dimmed with weeping, the beams of the
Sun of Righteousness are tempered, and shine through the windows of
agate with a soft radiance inexpressibly soothing to tempted souls.
Sanctification, as it conforms us to our Lord, is another agate window.
Only as we become heavenly can we comprehend heavenly things. The
pure in heart see a pure God. Those who are like Jesus see Him as He is.
Because we are so little like Him, the window is but agate; because we are
somewhat like Him, it is agate. We thank God for what we have, and long
for more. When shall we see God and Jesus, and heaven and truth, face to
face?
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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