35. Rise, My Soul! Behold, 'Tis Jesus

8,7.
by J.D. Smith
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Rise, my soul! behold, ’tis Jesus,
 
Jesus fills thy wondering eyes;
 
See Him now in glory seated,
 
Where thy sins no more can rise.
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” (Hebrews 2:9)
“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.” (Hebrews 1:3)
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There in righteousness transcendent,
 
Lo! He doth in heaven appear,
 
Shows the blood of His atonement
 
As thy title to be there.
“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.” (Hebrews 9:24)
“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” (Hebrews 9:12)
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All thy sins were laid upon Him,
 
Jesus bore them on the tree;
 
God, who knew them, laid them on Him,
 
And, believing, thou art free.
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6)
“And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.” (Acts 13:39)
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God now brings thee to His dwelling,
 
Spreads for thee His feast divine,
 
Bids thee welcome, ever telling,
 
What a portion there is thine.
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Blessed, glorious word "forever" — 
 
Yea "forever" is the word;
 
Nothing can the ransomed sever,
 
Naught divide them from the Lord.
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