| There is a Man in the glory, standing between God and men, who “made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men,” “for verily … He took on Him the seed of Abraham.” “In all things it behooved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God,” and thus “we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Before He came into the world, the angel directed that “thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins.” Jesus is His name as Man, and “we see Jesus … crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” As He ascended back to heaven, the angelic messengers said that “this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven,” and we believers “wait for His Son from heaven … even Jesus.” “A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers … in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock, in a weary land.” |
