[016] A Message From A Poem - All Glory Honour And Praise Be To The Lord

[016] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - ALL GLORY HONOUR AND PRAISE BE TO THE LORD

{{Revelation 4:10-11 the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “WORTHY ARE YOU, OUR LORD AND OUR GOD, TO RECEIVE GLORY AND HONOUR AND POWER, for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created.”}}

{{Revelation 5:11-14 I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders, and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is THE LAMB that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing,” and every created thing, which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “TO HIM WHO SITS ON THE THRONE, AND TO THE LAMB, BE BLESSING AND HONOUR AND GLORY AND DOMINION FOREVER AND EVER,” and the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshipped.”}}

Those verses describe a future scene in heaven when to whole redeemed Church is gathered of all believers from Adam to the very last soul saved before the Rapture. Add to that the whole angelic hosts of billions at least, and you have what is described in Revelation 4 and 5.

One of the things that thrills me is the names and titles that ascribe to the Lord Jesus Christ. There are so many of them. What I wanted to do in this poem is to include as many as I could in the 7 stanzas. This represents only a fraction of course because there are so many. On SermonCentral I have a series of the “I AMs of John’s Gospel” – 16 messages. I just love the names of the Lord.

I hope, if you read this poem, you will come to appreciate the NAMES the Lord carries. The Lord bless those who read.

{{Philippians 2:5-11 “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in CHRIST JESUS, who, although He existed in THE FORM OF GOD, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a BOND-SERVANT, and being made in the likeness of men, and being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME, that AT THE NAME OF JESUS every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, to the glory of God the Father.”}}

ALL GLORY HONOUR AND PRAISE BE TO THE LORD

We look to Him, our blesse´d Lord;

The Victor ascended, in heaven adored.

We look to Jesus, our Saviour and Friend,

Our prophet and Priest, Redeemer and End.

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All heaven will worship one day,

The Lamb of God, the Humble One on display.

He is worthy, worthy of all the praise

That the gathered hosts, to the slain Lamb, raise.

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Great High Priest of our confession,

Will be worshipped in glorious expression.

Jesus stands in resurrection glory;

The Pinnacle of redemption’s story.

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Creator of the universe,

Who through time, from start to finish, can traverse;

Majestic Lord through whom all things consist,

And all created living forms exist.

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The Way, the Truth, the great I AM,

The Door to heaven through the sacrificed Lamb.

My Shepherd of the sheep; His life He gave;

Jesus my Sacrifice, mighty to save.

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Intercessor and Advocate –

What love is His that caused You, Son incarnate,

To die as my Substitute on the tree,

To redeem from sin, and then set me free!

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Fairly, the Judge of the world acts.

The Righteous One will judge according to facts.

Soon He’ll come, Lord of Lords and King of Kings;

Forever exalted, all heaven sings.

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Original date unknown, but it had only one stanza. Completed on 28 December 2021.

R E Ferguson Metre = 8-11-10-10 throughout. A-A-B-B