And now, where is he that wept over Jerusalem? Has he left this
world to itself? Does he care no longer for the rise and fall of
nations, the struggles and hopes, the successes and the failures of
mankind?
Not so, my friends. He has ascended up on high, and sat down at the
right hand of God: but he has done so, that he might fill all
things. To him all power is given in heaven and earth. He reigneth
over the nations. He sitteth on that throne whereof the eternal
Father hath said to him, 'Sit thou on my right hand until I make thy
foes thy footstool;' and again, 'Desire of me, and I shall give thee
the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost ends of the earth
for thy possession.' He is set upon his throne (as St. John saw him
in his Revelation) judging right, and ministering true judgment unto
the people. The nations may furiously rage together, and the people
may imagine a vain thing. The kings of the earth may stand up, and
the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his
anointed, saying, 'Let us break their bonds'--that is their laws,--
'asunder, and cast away their cords'--that is, their Gospel--'from
us.' They may say, 'Tush, God doth not see, neither doth God regard
it. We are they that ought to speak. Who is Lord over us?'
Nevertheless Christ is King of kings, and Lord of lords; he reigns,
and will reign.
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