The True Believer's Present Place, Portion, and Privilege

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THERE is one blessed and divine fact which it is the privilege of every believer to know; and not only to know, but to have as a truth ever before him, and to hold in divine power in the soul. It is this, that there is at this moment one, and only one, Blessed Man on the Throne in glory, who has met every claim, fulfilled every requirement that God, a holy and righteous God, had against us as sinners. (Heb. 1:33Who 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).) This, and this alone, is the ground of every believer's present acceptance before Him. (Eph. 1:66To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Ephesians 1:6).)
So perfectly and to His entire satisfaction, has all been done by that Blessed Man now in glory (His own Beloved Son), that God Himself can righteously give to us a title to be in His own presence, in spirit now, up there; and a title, too, to be caught up to that glory for which we wait (1 Thess. 1:17), and in hope of which we now rejoice(Rom. 5:22By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:2)); a title to be forever with Him who has done it all, and has gone into the place which He has prepared, and where He is waiting to receive us to Himself. (John 14:33And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3).)
God has therefore taken that wondrous Man, who, on the cross, was the object of scorn and contempt, and a gazing stock for men, and placed Him on the throne of glory. The highest seat in glory is occupied at this moment by the Man who gave up His life upon the cross. (Acts 2:32, 3332This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. (Acts 2:32‑33).)
“Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, they will be still praising Thee." T. M. W.