Psalms 132:14. This is my rest for ever:
Is it not wonderful that God, Jehovah, should say of his people, "This is my rest for ever"? Now, if he rests, I am sure that we may. It is very remarkable that, when God was making the world, he never rested till he had fitted it up for his child, and everything was ready for Adam. God never stopped his work till there was everything that Adam could desire; and when it was all complete, then he rested the seventh day. So, when he has done everything for his Church, when his work for her is all completed, then Christ rests, but not till then. He says, by the mouth of Isaiah, "For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth;" but that being once accomplished, he says, "This is my rest for ever." God does not rest in the work of his hands as a Creator, he rests in the work of Christ as the Redeemer.
Psalms 132:14. Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
God dwells in his Church, and will dwell in it. He has desired to do so, and his desire will certainly be realized; who can cause him to be disappointed?
Psalms 132:14. This is my rest for ever:
Is it not wonderful that God, Jehovah, should say of his people, "This is my rest for ever"? Now, if he rests, I am sure that we may. It is very remarkable that, when God was making the world, he never rested till he had fitted it up for his child, and everything was ready for Adam. God never stopped his work till there was everything that Adam could desire; and when it was all complete, then he rested the seventh day. So, when he has done everything for his Church, when his work for her is all completed, then Christ rests, but not till then. He says, by the mouth of Isaiah, "For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth;" but that being once accomplished, he says, "This is my rest for ever." God does not rest in the work of his hands as a Creator, he rests in the work of Christ as the Redeemer.
Psalms 132:14. Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
God dwells in his Church, and will dwell in it. He has desired to do so, and his desire will certainly be realized; who can cause him to be disappointed?