Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org
Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org
eprobated, any more than from the influences of the natural sun. In both cases, only those who wilfully shut their eyes, and hide themselves in darkness, are deprived of the gracious benefit. It is no objection to this view of the subject, that all nations have not yet received this divine light. When the earth and the sun were created, every part of the globe did not come immediately into the light; to effect this purpose fully there must be a complete revolution, as has been marked above, and this could not be effected till the earth had not only revolved on its own axis, but passed successively through all the signs of the zodiac. When its year was completed, and not till then, every part had its due proportion of light and heat. God may, in his infinite wisdom, have determined the times and the seasons for the full manifestation of the gospel to the nations of the world, as he has done in reference to the solar light; and when the Jews are brought in with the fulness of the Gentiles, then, and not till then, can we say that the grand revolution of the important year of the Sun of righteousness is completed: But, in the meantime, the unenlightened parts of the earth are not left in total darkness; as there was light "————————ere the infant sun Was roll'd together, or had tried his beams Athwart the gloom profound." Light being created, and in a certain measure dispersed, at least three whole days before the sun was formed; (for his creation was a part of the fourth day's work;) so, previously to the incarnation of Christ, there was spiritual light in the world; for he diffused his beams while his orb was yet unseen. And even now, where, by the preaching of his gospel, he is not yet manifested, he is that true Light which enlightens every man coming into the world; so that the moral world is no more left in absolute darkness where the gospel is not yet preached, than the earth was the four days which preceded the creation of the sun, or those parts of the world are where the gospel has not yet been preached. The great year is rolling on, and all the parts of the earth are coming successively, and now rapidly, into the light. The vast revolution seems to be nearly completed,
and the whole world is about to be filled with the light and glory of God. Hasten the time, thou God of ages! Even so. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. "His disciples came by night." This was as absurd as it was false. On the one hand, the terror of the disciples, the smallness of their number, (only eleven,) and their almost total want of faith; on the other, the great danger of such a bold enterprise, the number of armed men who guarded the tomb, the authority of Pilate and of the sanhedrim, must render such an imposture as this utterly devoid of credit. "Stole him away while we slept." Here is a whole heap of absurdities. 1. Is it likely that so many men would all fall asleep, in the open air, at once? 2. Is it at all probable that a Roman guard should be found off their watch, much less asleep, when it was instant death, according to the Roman military laws, to be found in this state? 3. Could they be so sound asleep as not to awake with all the noise which must be necessarily made by removing the great stone, and taking away the body? 4. Is it at all likely that these disciples could have had time sufficient to do all this, and to come and return without being perceived by any person? And, 5. If they were asleep, how could they possibly know that it was the disciples that stole him, or indeed that any person or persons stole him?—for, being asleep, they could see no person. From their own testimony, therefore, the resurrection may be as fully proved as the theft. The resurrection of Christ is a subject of terror to the servants of sin, and a subject of consolation to the sons of God; because it is a proof of the resurrection of both, the one to shame and everlasting contempt, the other to eternal glory and joy. Christ, having made an atonement for the sin of the world, has ascended to the right hand of the Father, and there he appears in the presence of God for us. In approaching the throne of grace, we keep Jesus, as our sacrificial victim, continually in view; our prayers should be directed through him to the Father; and under the conviction that his passion and death have purchased every possible blessing for us, we should, with humble confidence, ask the blessings we need; and, as in
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eprobated, any more than from the influences of the natural sun. In both<br />
cases, only those who wilfully shut their eyes, and hide themselves in<br />
darkness, are deprived of the gracious benefit. It is no objection to this<br />
view of the subject, that all nations have not yet received this divine light.<br />
When the earth and the sun were created, every part of the globe did not<br />
come immediately into the light; to effect this purpose fully there must be<br />
a complete revolution, as has been marked above, and this could not be<br />
effected till the earth had not only revolved on its own axis, but passed<br />
successively through all the signs of the zodiac. When its year was<br />
completed, and not till then, every part had its due proportion of light and<br />
heat. God may, in his infinite wisdom, have determined the times and the<br />
seasons for the full manifestation of the gospel to the nations of the<br />
world, as he has done in reference to the solar light; and when the Jews<br />
are brought in with the fulness of the Gentiles, then, and not till then, can<br />
we say that the grand revolution of the important year of the Sun of<br />
righteousness is completed: But, in the meantime, the unenlightened parts<br />
of the earth are not left in total darkness; as there was light<br />
"————————ere the infant sun<br />
Was roll'd together, or had tried his beams<br />
Athwart the gloom profound."<br />
Light being created, and in a certain measure dispersed, at least three<br />
whole days before the sun was formed; (for his creation was a part of the<br />
fourth day's work;) so, previously to the incarnation of Christ, there was<br />
spiritual light in the world; for he diffused his beams while his orb was<br />
yet unseen. And even now, where, by the preaching of his gospel, he is<br />
not yet manifested, he is that true Light which enlightens every man<br />
coming into the world; so that the moral world is no more left in absolute<br />
darkness where the gospel is not yet preached, than the earth was the four<br />
days which preceded the creation of the sun, or those parts of the world<br />
are where the gospel has not yet been preached. The great year is rolling<br />
on, and all the parts of the earth are coming successively, and now<br />
rapidly, into the light. The vast revolution seems to be nearly completed,
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