Morning By Morning #216

The Lamb is its lamp.

Revelation 21:23

From the pen of Charles Spurgeon:

Quietly contemplate the Lamb as the light of heaven. Light in the Scriptures is the symbol of joy. And the joy of the saints in heaven is comprised of the following: Jesus chose us, loved us, bought us, cleansed us, robed us, kept us, and glorified us. Thus, saints are there entirely because of the Lord Jesus, and each of these works of His should be like a “cluster of grapes” from “the Valley of Eshcol” (Num. 13:23) to us.

Light is also the cause of beauty, for nothing of beauty can be seen when there is no light. Without light there can be no radiant brilliance shining from a sapphire or a ray of peace glowing from a pearl. Thus, all the beauty of the saints above comes from Jesus. Like planets, those in heaven reflect the light of “the sun of righteousness” (Mal. 4:2) and live as sunbeams coming from the central sphere. If He withdrew from them they would die, and if His glory were veiled their glory would cease.

Light is also the symbol of knowledge. In heaven our knowledge will be perfect, but the Lord Jesus Himself will be the fountain of it. Dark mysteries of God never before understood will be clearly seen, and all that puzzles us today will become plain to us in the light of the Lamb. Oh, what understanding there will be and what praising will take place to the God of love!

Light also means revelation, for light reveals what is hidden. In this world we have not yet seen what we will be in heaven. God’s people are a “hidden” people, but when Christ receives His people into heaven, He will touch them with the scepter of His love and change them into the image of His revealed glory. Once poor and wretched, what a transformation there will be! Once stained by sin, with only a touch of His finger we will be bright as the sun and clear as crystal.

Oh, what a revelation! What a transformation! And all this flows from the exalted Lamb. Whatever radiance and splendor there will be, Jesus will be the center and soul of it all. 0 the joy to be present and to see Him in His own light—“KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS” (Rev. 19:16).

From the pen of Jim Reimann:

No, as Spurgeon said, “We have not yet seen what we will be in heaven,” but we do know this: “Now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him” (1 John 3:2).

“We shall be like him!” What a glorious thought! Even more than that, what a glorious truth! Paul taught we are “in Christ Jesus” (1 Cor. 1:30) and “Christ is in [us]” (Rom. 8:10), so it should come as no surprise we will be “like him.” However, this is yet another glorious truth of our loving Lord that “surpasses knowledge” (Eph. 3:19) and human comprehension.

“We, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Cor. 3:18).

God, until then may I perfectly reflect Your glory, may I bring You glory each day, and may people take “note that [I have] been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13).