We know in these last days, the Father has revealed Himself through His Son to all creation, specifically those who are His chosen; and we are all waiting eagerly for the coming of the great King. How great is the King which is to come? We see through pictures from the Father, written and prophesied to us, at the end of the age to be received by faith in the holy Scriptures: words of enlightenment, foreshadowing what the Christ would come to be. We have pictures from Samson, who is a great man of faith, who conquered nations of the Philistines single handedly through the strengthening of the Spirit of grace. And David, of the same Spirit, conquering nations and becoming a great king of Israel. Also Abraham, a great man of faith, who received promises in the hope of an everlasting home and a Kingdom that is forever. Let me mention John, the Baptist, from whom the Lord said, “of all men born of a women there is none greater than John the Baptist.” And John said of the Lord, “I am not worthy to be a slave and stoop to be a slave and untie the strap of His sandal.“ Imagine how great this man is; but how much greater is Christ! Also Melchizedek, who is a priest and king of God Most High, who Abraham offered to him a tenth of all his spoil when he overthrew the 5 kings with an army of 316 trained men.
As great all these men were, they were laid in a tomb, some, having gone away by extraordinary means as Samson did, who in his death killed more Philistines than he did in his life. But look how great my King is, Who died and stayed in a tomb for three days and raised from it without seeing decay. All of these men, who are mere pictures of an attribute of the King, Jesus Christ, but Christ being the fulfillment of all these men of faith with the accumulation of all their attributes and attributes manifested in a single Person; and He is without fault, whereas these men had fault; glory be to the One who gives all heavenly gifts, through Whom and by Whom all things were created, visible and invisible. How great is the Lord Jesus!
Consider this. Even at the present time, all things are subjected underneath His feet by the One who subjected them: the Father of the Heavenly Lights. And the Son, being the visible image of the invisible God, and the One who all things prophesied to, even with the patriarch’s lives they prophesied to Him (they prophesied to Jesus; as it was with Joseph who was led into captivity to save the lives of many, and time would fail me to tell of all the others); yet He was seen by many in the flesh even after His resurrection; but with the Father, it says of Him, NO ONE CAN SEE MY FACE, FOR NO ONE CAN SEE ME AND LIVE. And it was the Father to grant all these testimonies concerning His Son in the holy Scriptures. Many heard the Word of the Son, which brought about much cleansing and life to all those who heard, to all those who received the Word through faith; but with the Father, it says, “SPEAK WITH US YOURSELF, AND WE WILL LISTEN; BUT DO NOT LET GOD SPEAK WITH US, LEST WE DIE”. And it was the Father who sent the Son.
Consider how great the Father is! From Whom are all things and for Whom we exist, Who sent His Son into the world & pours out His Holy Spirit onto all mankind, slaves and free, who obey Him. For consider the Living Beings under the throne of the Father, the cherubim, who are so extraordinarily living because of their name given: “the living ones”. Consider how they were created by God, yet they are living with all living eyes covering their wings inside and out. How much more living is the Living Father, Whose Name renders “I AM” and Who was pleased that the fullness of Himself would dwell in His Son? And even these angels are less than the Son, as they fall on their faces before Him and cry out, “Holy! Holy! Holy!” For His Name is higher than any given among the angels. Such angels that the apostles fell on their faces, and women trembled at the sight of them; they were compelled to worship them by the sight of them! How much more do the eyes of God see? How much more His ears hear? He who gives hearing and stops up the ears of those He wills. He is much more worthy of reverence and honor which is due Him.
Therefore, let us petition the Father in prayer, knowing He sees us and hears us, through the name of His Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit; let us be sure He sees us, He Who created the eye; and let us be sure He hears us, He Who created the ear; and let us revere the Father and His Beloved Son with all reverence and fear and awe and glory, being strengthened to do good by the grace of His Son and by the will of the Father in Heaven.