四月二十二日
神且用右手将他高举……（徒5:31）
耶稣，我们的主，曾被钉死而又埋葬了，现在却坐在荣耀的宝座上。天上最高的宝座是专为他所预备的。基督在天上被高举乃是代表信徒被高举。他被高举到神的右边，虽然他像耶和华一样满有大荣耀，乃是常人所不能享受的，但因他是中保，所以耶稣在天上所得的一切尊荣，也是一切圣徒的基业。每逢看到基督与属他之人的亲密关系，真叫人感到无限快乐。我们实际上与他是一体的，我们是他身上的肢体，因此他被高举就是我们被高举。他要叫我们坐在他的宝座上，像他得胜之后与他的父同坐宝座一样；他有冠冕，他也赐我们冠冕；他有宝座，但他不以赐我们宝座为满意，在他的右边必须有他的王后，佩戴“俄斐金饰”，他若没有新妇就不能得荣耀。信徒啊！现在仰望耶稣吧。用你的信眼看他头上所戴的许多冠冕，要知道有一天当你得见他的真体时你也必像他；你没有他那末伟大，你没有他那末神圣，但你仍可与他同享尊荣，同享他所有的快乐和尊贵。现在我们默默无闻，然而我们要知足，因为我们虽然疲乏地走在贫穷的路上，或是攀登苦难的山岭，但这都是顷刻之间的事；你终必与基督同掌王权，他“使我们作君王，作祭司，归于我们的神，在地上掌王权直到永永远远”。（改译）你看神的子民能够这样是多么好的事呀！我们现在有基督在天庭里作我们荣耀的代表，不久他必亲自来接我们与他同在一起，瞻仰他的荣耀，分享他的快乐。
April 22
“Him hath God exalted.” –Acts 5:31
Jesus, our Lord, once crucified, dead and buried, now sits upon the
throne of glory. The highest place that heaven affords is His by undisputed
right. It is sweet to remember that the exaltation of Christ in heaven is a
representative exaltation. He is exalted at the Father’s right hand, and though
as Jehovah He had eminent glories, in which finite creatures cannot share, yet
as the Mediator, the honours which Jesus wears in heaven are the heritage of
all the saints. It is delightful to reflect how close is Christ’s union with
His people. We are actually one with Him; we are members of His body; and His
exaltation is our exaltation. He will give us to sit upon His throne, even as
He has overcome, and is set down with His Father on His throne; He has a crown,
and He gives us crowns too; He has a throne, but He is not content with having
a throne to Himself, on His right hand there must be His queen, arrayed in
“gold of Ophir.” He cannot be glorified without His bride. Look up,
believer, to Jesus now; let the eye of your faith behold Him with many crowns
upon His head; and remember that you will one day be like Him, when you shall
see Him as He is; you shall not be so great as He is, you shall not be so
divine, but still you shall, in a measure, share the same honours, and enjoy
the same happiness and the same dignity which He possesses. Be content to live
unknown for a little while, and to walk your weary way through the fields of
poverty, or up the hills of affliction; for by-and-by you shall reign with
Christ, for He has “made us kings and priests unto God, and we shall reign
for ever and ever.” Oh!, wonderful thought for the children of God! We
have Christ for our glorious representative in heaven’s courts now, and soon He
will come and receive us to Himself, to be with Him there, to behold His glory,
and to share His joy.
