the Firstbegotten and finds the nations of the
earth not converted, but in opposition to Him (Ps. ii:1-3), He will
become the King and take His throne.

"Also I will make Him my _Firstborn_, higher than the Kings of the
earth" (Ps. lxxxix:27). This reveals the exalted station, which He
will assume, when His blessed feet touch this earth again. He will
be the King of kings, and the Lord of lords.

This is the Glory of the Firstborn, the loving Sinbearer who endured
the cross and despised the shame. He is the Heir of God, the Heir of
all things, the Head of all principality and power, the Head of His
redeemed people, the church. He that filleth all in all, the
Firstborn, will share His glorious title and possessions with His
redeemed. The church to which God's marvelous Grace has brought us
is the church of the _Firstborn_. (Heb. xii:23), because the
Firstborn is the Head and beginning and those who are begotten again
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead have their portion
with the Firstborn. Oh! glorious future we have as His redeemed
people! God our Father, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by Thy Holy Spirit, keep the Glory of Thy Son, the Firstborn, before
our hearts, that we may be changed into the same image and overcome
in these dark and evil days. Amen.

Soon shall our eyes behold Thee
With rapture, face to face;
And, resting there in glory,
We'll sing Thy pow'r and grace:
Thy beauty, Lord, and glory,
The wonders of Thy love,
Shall be the endless story
Of all Thy saints above.

The Waiting Christ.

WAITING for the coming of the Lord is one of the blessed
characteristics of true Christianity. In the parable of the ten
virgins the three great marks of a true believer are stated by our
Lord. These are: _Separation_, indicated by the virgins having gone
forth. _Manifestation_, they had lamps, which are for the giving of
light, and _Expectation_, they went forth to meet the Bridegroom.
With five of them it was only an outward profession. The foolish
virgins are the type of such who are Christians in name only and do
not know the reality of these characteristics. The Lord knew them
not. These three characteristics are seen in Paul's first epistle to
the Thessalonians. That model assembly was composed of such members
who possessed these three things. They had turned to God from
idols (separation); they served the true and the living God
(manife