September 9 Evening Devotional | Around the Throne of God | Morning and Evening by Spurgeon

Evening, September 9 | “Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments.” —Revelation 4:1-4 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: Ephesians 1:18-21 (NASB)

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.” Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.

Devotional Video Transcript:

These representatives of the saints in heaven are said to be around the throne. In the passage in Solomon’s Song where he sings of the King sitting at his table, some render it “a round table.” From this, some expositors, I think, without straining the text, have said, “There is an equality among the saints.” That idea is conveyed by the equal nearness of the twenty-four elders.

The condition of glorified spirits in heaven is that of nearness to Christ, clear vision of his glory, constant access to his court, and familiar fellowship with his person. Nor is there any difference in this respect between one saint and another, but all the people of God, apostles, martyrs, ministers, or private and obscure Christians, shall all be seated near the throne, where they shall forever gaze upon their exalted Lord, and be satisfied with his love. They shall all be near to Christ, all ravished with his love, all eating and drinking at the same table with him, all equally beloved as his favorites and friends even if not all equally rewarded as servants.

Let believers on earth imitate the saints in heaven in their nearness to Christ. Let us on earth be as the elders are in heaven, sitting around the throne. May Christ be the object of our thoughts, the center of our lives. How can we endure living at such a distance from our Beloved? Lord Jesus, draw us nearer to You. Say unto us, “Abide in me, and I in you”; and permit us to sing, “Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me.” (Song of Solomon 2:6)

O lift me higher, nearer thee,
And as I rise more pure and meet,
O let my soul’s humility
Make me lie lower at thy feet;
Less trusting self, the more I prove
The blessed comfort of thy love.
(“Christ My Song” by John S. B. Monsell, 1877)

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