Thirty-sixth Mountain Peak
"Thou shah also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou Shalt no more he termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shall be called Hephzihah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee." Isaiah 62:3—5
WHAT A WONDERFUL mountain peak of salvation. In our sinful condition we brought reproach and shame. How many would have said about us: "Look at that Christian. She says she is a Christian, Look at her conduct and behaviour, and look at her life". That is how we bring reproach to His name, telling lies and doing shameful things, and yet God says: "Thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord",
Even though we grieve Him so often, by His precious blood we can be forgiven and cleansed. Though we may sin many times He will be willing to forgive (Matt. 18: 32). The Lord asks us to forgive 490 times, and if God expects us to forgive so many times, how many times will He Forgive us when we go to Him and tell Him how we have sinned by thought, word and deed. His precious blood is powerful to wash all our defilement completely away, and to transform us and make us a crown of glory. God's glory can be seen through us. We will be so transformed that the angels will wonder at our beauty and glory. When the work of salvation is complete, the Lord Himself will present us to all the angels (Jude 24) and will question the angels! "Do you see any blemish in this man?" "No. Lord" they will reply, "he is more glorious than we are. In fact, far more glorious". That is how God's glory is going to be revealed before the angels Eph. 3:10. This "manifold wisdom of God" will not be revealed by the angels but by us. If you take a piece of ivory you can make many articles, but the work can only be done by those who know the value of ivory. These articles cannot be made by professors, masons or others, but only by a worker in ivory. One day God will make us such that can reveal His full glory.
A diadem shows authority, A king's sceptre shows the authority of a King. In heaven this authority will be revealed, the authority God gave to man in the new creation. Our authority will be manifested through us in heaven when we judge the angels Our Lord wants us to be like a bride and bridegroom. If they are joined together by the Lord, they must be entirely cast on the Lord and must learn to love each other under all circumstances and as they do so they develop a mutual likeness to each other. Before marriage there may be some difference but if they live in love and oneness and unity, you will see much likeness in their features and resemblance on their faces because of their relationship and oneness. Similarly when we come to God in our sinful condition we are completely defiled by sin and others can see in our faces ugly patches of sin. but as we begin to obey God, we find how all the marks disappear and the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ slowly comes upon our faces. There is a peculiar light upon the faces of those who are truly born again. We can see the beauty of Jesus on their faces, and we are told that when we see our Lord Jesus we shall be like Him when He comes again a second time in His full glory as promised 1 Jn. 3:2 "We shall be like Him when we shall see Him as He is". At that time He will make us a crown of glory in His hand, and all our shortcomings and failures will be removed, and we will see upon our faces the glory, beauty and love of God.
God is saying "I will make you a crown of glory in My hand". Generally a crown is worn by Kings to indicate authority. Every King has a special crown and there is a special design in each crown. All kinds of jewels and precious stones from the design in the crown. If a King has a small Kingdom he will not have many diamonds. He may have some diamonds in his treasury but he cannot use them in his crown. Diamonds and jewels and precious stones are set according to the greatness of the kingdom and its largeness. If it is a vast kingdom, they use many precious jewels, stones and diamonds. If it is small kingdom, they will not use many diamonds. By looking at the crown one can see how great is the king. God is saying to us "I will make you a crown in My hand." We will never understand God's great kingdom. The greatness will not be shown through mighty or great angels. God does not want to show His glory and greatness and kingdom through angels. He wants us to be His crown, and to fit into His heavenly plan.
How clever the Artists and the Goldsmiths are. They prepare the design very skillfully with precious stones. So by coming into His heavenly plan we become part of the crown of the Lord Jesus Christ and the crown will be seen and admired by all the heavenly angels.
The Royal diadem is like a crown, a crown which is for beauty. Here the thought is that the glory and beauty of Jesus which has not been seen by angels will be seen in that day. We are being fully prepared by the Lord Jesus for that glory. We are also called the signet of the Lord Jesus. Hagg. 2:23. Just as a crown is worn by the King to show greatness of the king, and the kingdom, so also do great Princes have signet rings on their hand. A ring may be made of many diamonds and precious stones of different colours brought from many parts of the world. There is some cement in the ring and some design of some kind. However a signet ring has a different design which like the crown speaks of glory. The diadem speaks of beauty, and the signet speaks of authority. God is saying "1 will make you my signet, 1 will show by you my authority", because we will judge the angels (1 Cor. 6:3). God's authority is to be finally revealed to those who are now being saved by Him, and not by angels. We shall become His crown, His diadem and His signet: a crown to show His glory, a diadem His beauty, and a signet His authority. Jer. 51:20-23 speaks of God's judgement which will be executed on all nations and people. First He judges the nations at His first coming. Then He will come after the Millennium to judge all nations, v. 20 to break them and to spoil them. His authority and dominion will be fully manifested, and of that day He says. "I will make you a crown of glory, a diadem and a signet", that His glory, beauty, power, and authority may be revealed. This high place of salvation is to be revealed to us in God's hand. I do not doubt what the Lord has said. These are not fables. Parent's when they want to put their children to sleep may sing either lullaby songs, or tell them stories, or say that the bogey man is coming when it is not true, and so the child goes to sleep. But what the Lord says is not fable or story. They are eternal facts and God's message has to be brought to us again and again, for God is trying to show us that we are very precious to Him, and. that He wants us to be His crown. diadem, and signet, that His glory, beauty, power and authority may be shown through us.