“Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar” (Isa. 33:17). “Of the Son (Jesus) he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.. God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.” (Heb. 1:8–9).
Lord Jesus, hallelujah for the blessed certainty gifted to us in this passage—the sure hope of seeing you, our King, in your unfiltered beauty. reigning in the expansive world of the new heaven and new earth. How soon, Lord? When on the calendar of sovereign grace will our deepest hope be realized?
On that blessed Day, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that you are King of kings and Lord of lords (Phil. 2:10-11; Rev. 19:11). The government of the cosmos already rests on your shoulders, and you are currently ruler of every king on the earth’s surface (Rev. 1:5). All things in creation and history, in heaven and on earth, exist by you and for you, Jesus (Col. 1:15-20).
And wonder of wonders—astonishment of all astonishments, you died to make us your beloved Bride. The delight you have in us equals the love you have for your Father, and the love he has for you. Your joy is perpetual, your beauty is unparalleled, and your care for us is nonstop. Hallelujah, and thank you.
Lord Jesus, there’s so much good theology crammed into this prayer, but we ask you to make it an explosive wonder in our souls. We don’t just want to settle for being “Biblically right,” we want to be “whole-person-undone”—filled with inexpressible joy, saturated with your transcendent peace, overflowing with the hope of the Gospel… so much so we can only think of living and loving to your glory. So Very Amen.
