CONCLUSION
I believe we have just begun to know some of our Lord`s glorious character. There is so much more to look at and meditate upon.
May we be encouraged to read God`s word in a different light, not just for events and special verses, but to really look at Christ, how He thought, spoke and acted.
It is His glorious character that thrills our hearts and encourages us to show forth His mercy to others and be faithful in what He has given us to do and be.
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RIGHTEOUS
Righteousness is that which is straight and accurate, wholly devoid of duplicity, double dealing, deviation or deceit.
`Gracious is the Lord, and righteous.` (Ps. 116: 5)
Christ is King of Righteousness.
` King of righteousness.` (Heb. 7: 2)
No one is qualified to be King of righteousness except He who is wholly and altogether Righteous. Therefore we know perfectly well that He will never be unfaithful, untruthful, unmerciful, or unreliable in anything H
FAITHFUL
`Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God...` (Deut. 7: 9)
Faithful, is to be loyal and trustworthy. And God has shown Himself in many ways to be faithful `who keeps covenant and mercy to a thousand generations.`
The Lord Jesus reveals His faithfulness as -
- the faithful High priest. (Heb. 2: 17)
- the faithful Son to the Father. (Heb. 3: 2)
- the faithful Head of the Body. (2 Thess. 3: 3)
- th
GOODNESS
`Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!` (Ps. 136: 1)
God`s goodness is the sincerity of His pure character that acts sacrificially in seeking and saving the lost. All His mercies and blessings, (physical and spiritual) emphasize the generosity of His great goodness.
The Good Shepherd`s care.
King David describes the Lord`s goodness like a Shepherd`s care over his flock. Having been a shepherd himself, David knows very well the care, oversight and protec
MERCY
`Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.` (Heb. 2: 17)
Mercy is what man needs most of all in his relationship with the Most High. The Hebrew word for mercy is derived from the root which means to bow, to bend, to stoop, and indicates the compassionate attitude which God has towards mankind.
The ark in the Holy of Holies
Agape - LOVE
Our word, `love` can mean many things, `I love chocolate, I love my cat, I love my children, etc.` However in Greek the word `love` has specific words for a variety of meanings.
- Phileo, love of a friend,
- Eros, romantic love.
- Agape, moral love.
`Agape` in relation to God`s Love is not of feelings but of the will. We see God`s love in the `giving of Himself` out to another.
`For God so loved the world that He gave His only
HOLINESS
`Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts.` (Isa. 6: 3)
Holiness - Heb. `qadosh,` meaning sacred, morally pure,
The thrice proclaimed `Holy, Holy, Holy, `by the angels over the throne of God reveal that Holiness is the over arching attribute of God`s character.
Worship in response to Holiness.
`Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool, For He is Holy.` (Ps. 99: 5)
And the only appropriate response is to worship and honour this Holy Go
The Divine Nature. (character)
Jesus is called the `Bread of God.`
`For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives His life to the world.` (John 6: 33)
`I am the bread of life.` (John 6: 48)
Now bread is bought to nourish those who are alive, but Christ the Bread of God imparts life eternal.
The physical bread we eat is from wheat grown in the ground from where our bodies are derived. The calcium, silicon, iodine, phosphates, etc in an organic for
The Glory of God.
`And 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)
Glory is the exclusive excellence of the divine character in its essence. Glory consists of all the attributes essential to Deity blended in harmony and perfect unity.
Each characteristic is of equal proportion whether it be -
Divine goodness, gracious, gentle, greatness, righteousness, re
The Godhead.
`God...who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see,...` (1 Tim. 6: 16)
The Godhead would be beyond our understanding except the Father sent His Son to be the true and faithful witness of Him. Christ alone reveals the Father for He is deity, and Christ alone can reveal His character as well as His purposes.
`For it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the kn
INTRODUCTION
How do you express the inexpressible?
It is only by God`s revelation of His Son in His word that we can ever comprehend in part the Father. The Son clearly reveals the heart of His Father by His own character. And we are privileged to not only read of Him but to know Him in our own hearts.
More and more, I believe we need to meditate upon Christ`s glorious character as shown in His word. Then we will see ourselves changed `from glory to glory,` and the old slipping aw
CONCLUSION
What has been highlighted to me doing this study is the initial part the Father has in bringing about His great purpose through His Son and through the empowering of the Holy Spirit. The Godhead working together for the Father`s great purpose.
God the Father `...having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposes in Himself, that in the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in
King of Kings.
`Out of the `ivory palaces` into a world of woe,
Only His great eternal love, made my Saviour go.`
(chorus of Hymn by H. Barraclough 1915)
`Out of the ivory palaces` where myriads of angelic beings worshipped and adored Him, where celestial music played enchanting symphonies, and the Father anointed Him with the oil of gladness, the
King of the Nations.
God the Father will give His Son, as His inheritance, the nations.
`Ask of me and I will give you the nations for your inheritance.` (Ps. 2: 8)
In the Tribulation - the Great Multitude of the Nations.
During the tribulation when God`s judgments are poured He still has His hand of mercy outstretched to those who repent. A great multitude, that no one can count of the nations, died of hunger, heat and thirst but `washed their robes in the blood of th
KingPriest.
Jesus Christ was appointed Priest by the Father.
`The LORD (Father) has sworn...:You (Lord Jesus) are a Priest forever...` (Ps. 110: 4)
It was a new order of priest different than the Aaronic priesthood. There were many High priests under the Aaronic order but there is only one great High Priest. Each High priest in Israel succeeded the other, with many weaknesses, but we have a High Priest, `Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever.` (Heb. 13: 8)
The A
King of Israel.
`Nathaniel answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel.” (John 1: 49)
The law of kingship under the Old Testament Covenant is very explicit. According to the divine law no stranger or foreigner was to be selected as King, but a brother of like nationality. Likewise no self-indulgent person or seeker of riches was permitted to reign.
The king was to be required to be familiar with the Scriptures and a seeker and follower of the t
King of the Jews. (Judah)
”Where is He, who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” (Matt. 2: 2)
The word `Jews` means the people from the tribe of Judah. They were one of the twelve tribes of Israel named after the twelve sons of Jacob, Abraham`s grandson.
So how did Jesus come to have the title `King of the Jews?`
When Jacob gave his Patriarchal blessing and prophetic word to his twelve sons, Reuben the first-born
King of the Ages.
`Now unto the King eternal (of the ages), immortal (incorruptible), invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever (unto the ages of the ages) and ever.` (1 Tim. 1: 17 Newberry margin).
The apostle Paul penned these words, for he relates to the One who stopped Him as it were in his tracks. And then the revolutionary change that took place in his life as God saved this `chief of sinners.` Paul realised that this One was none other than the King of the centu
King of Heaven.
`I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honour the King of Heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
I praised and honoured Him that lives forever, for His dominion is an everlasting dominion.` (Dan. 4: 37, 34)
The immensity of this King`s dignity and the range of His dominion dim into insignificance the dominions of this world. His dominion will never suffer from disaster, defeat or destruction as
King of Glory.
Glory - Gk. `doxa,` dignity, glory, honour and worship.
Glory is the crowning diadem of all the attributes of deity.
God`s word reveals that - holiness, righteousness, faithfulness, goodness, graciousness, loving-kindness and all such virtues are glory crowned.
`The Lord of Hosts He is the King of glory.` (Ps. 24: 10)
`the Lord of glory..` (James 2: 1)
`to the praise of the glory of His grace.` (Eph. 1: 6)
`you crowned Him with glory and honour.
THE GODHEAD
The title, the Son of God, denotes identity with deity, which means infinity of being. This reveals the Son`s status in the Godhead. The terms Father, Son in relation to God were not borrowed from their usage in parenthood of this world. Such relationships existed in the celestial before the world began.
These terms in our human sphere relate to a senior and a minor, however in relation to the Godhead there is no such subordination. Father and Son in Godhead connote the e
INTRODUCTION
God`s word is an unfolding revelation of the Son of God. He is the commencement, center and consummation of the entire record. Without Him there would be no structure, plan or purpose for the scriptures.
At the beginning of the Bible, the book of Genesis traces everything to its primal source and moral commencement; at the end, in the book of the Revelation, everything is seen directing to final consummation and moral conclusion.
Mosaic - Foreshadow. (Gen. - De
