Required reading
Systematic Theology by Charles Hodge (Vol 2) (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 10 (Intercession of Christ) and 11 (Kingly office of Christ).
My summary
Firstly, this week, we read a short chapter about the intercession of Christ. We learn about:
(i) Christ our intercessor;
(ii) its nature;
(iii) its objects;
(iv) the intercession of saints.
Secondly, we learn about the kingly office of Christ. Hodge teaches us:
(i) that the church is God's kingdom;
(ii) that Christ is truly a King;
(iii) about the nature of Christ's kingdom;
(iv) about the kingdom of glory.
What grabbed me
I enjoyed reading about the kingdom of glory:
'The Scriptures teach that when Christ shall come again, He will gather his people into the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world. Concerning that kingdom it is taught, —
1. That it shall consist only of the redeemed. None but the regenerate or converted can enter that kingdom. The tares are to be separated from the wheat. The evil, we are told (Gal. v. 21), " shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Nothing that defiles or is untrue can enter there.
2. Those counted worthy of that kingdom shall not only be elevated to the perfection of their nature, but shall also be exalted to great dignity, power, and glory. They shall be kings and priests unto God. They are to sit on thrones. They are to judge angels. They are to reign with Christ, sharing his dominion and glory.
3. This kingdom is to be everlasting.
4. The bodies of the saints, now natural, must be rendered spiritual. This mortal must put on immortality, and this corruptible must put on incorruption ; for " flesh and blood (the body as now organized) cannot inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Cor. xv. 50.) '
O Lord, may your Kingdom come!
Next week's reading
Read Chapter 12 (Humiliation of Christ).
Now it's your turn
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