Christ is the hope of glory, my very life is He
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Job's view, being altogether objective, was not complete. It was not like Paul's view, which was altogether subjective. Paul's view is expressed in the following stanzas from Hymns, #949:
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The New Testament tells us that today Christ lives in us. Not only so, He is also making His home in our hearts (Eph. 3:17). He is gradually getting Himself settled in our entire inner being. This is the subjective living of Christ in us. Job, according to his objective view, declared, "My Redeemer lives." We, according to the subjective view in the New Testament, should shout, "Our Redeemer lives in us. He is making His home in us, and He is transforming our soul. One day He will touch our body of dust."
God's economy is to dispense Himself into our spirit as His abode and to take His residence in our spirit as a base to spread Himself through our whole being. Our spirit is His home, His dwelling place, His habitation, the very place from which He spreads Himself through our whole being. By spreading Himself through us, He saturates every part of our being with Himself. First, He thoroughly mingles Himself with our spirit, then, with the soul, and lastly, with the body. He comes into our spirit to start the mingling by regenerating our spirit. Regeneration is the mingling of God Himself with our spirit. After regeneration, if we cooperate with Him, offering ourselves to Him and giving Him the opportunity, He will spread Himself from our spirit into our soul to renew all the parts of our soul. This is His transforming work. Through transformation the very essence of the Triune God is mingled with our soul, our very self. When our soul is transformed into the image of the Lord, our thoughts, our desires, and our decisions will always express the Lord.
God's first step, therefore, is to regenerate our spirit; His second step is to transform our soul; and finally, the last step is to transfigure, or change, our body at the second coming of the Lord. The Lord will then permeate our body and His glory will saturate our whole being. This transfiguration is the ultimate consummation of His mingling with our being to the uttermost. At that time God's economy of dispensing Himself into us will be fully accomplished. Remember these three steps by which God mingles Himself with us in every way. This hymn expresses the final consummation.
Tirane, Albania
His life is my experience, for He is one with me
Chicago, IL, United States
The hope for man body is its redemption, to be changed the same as Christ’s body. Unlike man’s body, man’s soul is to be transformed. Thank the Lord, this hymn made this truth so clear! May all His believers’ body, will not remain to be dusts or decrepit or ill with sickness but one day be glorified as His body is by His full redemption!
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
very nice songs
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Christ is our hope of glory, what marvelous truth this is, yet so little known! He is our very life, He is God's mystery and our history. Redemption FULL is HE! Hallelujah!!!
Tangerang, Indonesia
Amin....
Yangon, Myanmar
Amen.
Stockton, CA, United States
Praise You Lord, You are my hope of glory! Live in me so that I can glorify You. Amen.
Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Great to hear this song when you are sick and can not get up in the morning. O Lord! You are my hope of glory!
Ridgewood, NY, United States
What a wonderful hymn to sing in the morning! It reminds us that He comes and it is to transfigure our bodies so we can be redeemed. We have the Hope of Glory in Christ! Amen.