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THE RAINBOW:

A Magazine of Christian Literature,

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE

REVEALED FUTURE OF THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD.

VOLUME II.

LONDON:

S. W. PARTRIDGE, 9, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

1865.

LONDON:

JUDD AND GLASS, PRINTERS, PHCNIX WORKS, ST. ANDREW'S HILL, E.C.

THE RAINBOW:

A Magazine of Christian Literature, with Special Reference to the Bebealed Future of the Church and the World.

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JANUARY 1, 1865.

THE JOY SET BEFORE JESUS.

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HAT is the "joy" to which the apostle alludes, in the twelfth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews, as set before" Jesus, and which led Him to "endure the cross and despise the shame ?" If it be replied, "The prospect of being set down at the right hand of God," we feel that that answer can only be accepted as means to an end, or as something inclusive of much besides, which is not specifically mentioned in the words. Perhaps a key to the proper reply is found in the Epistle to the Philippians, where Paul says, "Christ Jesus, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of (beings in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

Do not the words we have printed in italics suggest the true nature and amazingly comprehensive character of this joy? Was it not the sublime prospect, the absolute certainty, of the subjugation of the universe to the divine authority, by the double action of mediation and power, that filled the Redeemer's heart with gladness? As He looked forward to the ultimate issues of the work given Him to do, would not His all-embracing glance take in a restored world, sin and death destroyed, peace on earth, and glory in the highest? If so, and as these ultimate issues have not yet been realized, He is STILL looking forward

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