Part 480

a shall give up the dead which are in it, and death and hell shall deliver up the dead which are in them. All that sleep in the grave shall awake and come forth, and all shall be judged according to their works. (Revelation of John 20:13; Daniel 12:2)

And where will Christ be then?

Christ Himself will be the Judge. "The Father hath committed all judgment unto the Son." -- "When the Son of man shall come in His glory, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats." -- "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ: that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." (John 5:22; Matthew 25:32; 2 Corinthians 5:10)

Now if any reader of this paper thinks little of Christ, let him know this day that he is very unlike God! You are of one mind, and God is of another. You think it enough to give Christ a little honour -- a little reverence -- a little respect. But in all the eternal counsels of God the Father, in creation, redemption, restitution, and judgment -- in all these, Christ is "all."

Surely we shall do well to consider these things. Surely it is not written in vain, "He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him." (John 5:23)

II. In the second place, let us understand that "Christ is all" in the inspired books which make up the Bible.

In every part of both Testaments, Christ is to be found -- dimly and indistinctly at the beginning -- more clearly and plainly in the middle -- fully and completely at the end -- but really and substantially everywhere.

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