Revelation 5 records how John saw the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven. He said, “And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as having just been slain” (v. 6). This is a picture of the future. When John saw the Lord in heaven, it was many years after Golgotha. Yet the Lord was like One who had just been slain. The words “having just been slain” can also be translated as “having been freshly slain.” In heaven at the time of the ushering in of eternity, the Lord will still be the One who is freshly slain! Oh, the eternal freshness of the cross! Truly the cross passes through all ages and remains fresh! If the cross will be fresh in heaven in that day, how can we consider it as being old today? In the future when the heavenly glory breaks forth, the glory of the cross will prove unfading! When God’s redeemed ascend to heaven, they will find the redemption of the cross still as fresh as before!
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:15:41 +0000
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