He gave Himself for their sins. Gal. 1:4.
He quickens them by His voice. John 5:25.
He seals them with His Spirit. Eph. 1:13.
He feeds them with his flesh and blood. John 6:56, 57,
He cleanses them by His word. John 13:5. Eph. 5:26.
He maintains them by His intercession. Rom. 8:34. Heb. 7:25. 1 John 2:1.
He takes them individually to Himself. Acts 7:59. Phil. 1:23.
He watches over their ashes. John 6:39, 40.
He will raise them by His power. John 6:39, 40. 1 Cor. 15:52. 1 Thess. 4:16
He will come to meet them in the air. 1 Thess. 4:17.
He will conform them to His image. Phil. 3:21.1 John 3:2.
He will associate them with Himself, in His everlasting kingdom. John 14:¬ John 17:24.
Thus the activities of Christ on behalf of His people, take in, in their range, the past, the present, and the future. They stretch, like a golden line, from everlasting to everlasting. Well may it be said, “Happy is the people that is in such a case; yea, happy is the people whose God is the Lord.”
“Happy they who trust in Jesus,
Sweet their portion is and sure.”