Lord’s Day, May 1, 2016

DAILY?READINGS: Numbers 11:4-35; Proverbs 9; 1 Peter 1

As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man…So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him. Isaiah 52:14-15

The word “astonied” means to be stunned or devastated. Those who viewed the Lord Jesus on the cross were stunned at the magnitude of His abuse. How could one so lovely in spirit be so maltreated. If the first verse causes surprise, so too does the next one. The nations and their kings will one day be surprised at the magnitude of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is far beyond what they had been told. One day we too will see that glory. —Paul Robertson

Face to face with Christ my Saviour, face to face what will it be;
When with rapture I behold Him, Jesus Christ who died for me?
—C. Breck