GOD'S “HEIR OF ALL THINGS,”
By H. A. St. John
GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds.” Heb. 1: 1, 2. Sometime Christ will cease to be an heir, and will inherit the “all things” of which He is now the heir. The things referred to are evidently the “all things” which God will make new. “Behold, I make all things new.” Rev. 21: 5. It is the redeemed and restored first dominion. Whether the “all things” of which Christ is now the heir, refer exclusively to the redeemed, purchased possession or not, they are certainly specifically included. “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David; and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there shall be no end.” Luke 1: 32, 33. Jesus became heir to this government and dominion when He was born into the world. “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder. . . . Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” Isa. 9: 6, 7. Great, grand, and glorious is the dominion that the loving Father hath promised to His beloved Son. And, praise be to His holy name, every one of the sons of God are joint-heirs with Him! “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.” Rom. 8: 17. “Harken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?” James 2: 5. How transcendently better is this than to be an heir of some earthly potentate. “I am the child of a King, and an heir to a kingdom that will never fade away,” may be said, and SUNG, and SHOUTED with joyful enthusiasm by all the followers of the Lamb. Ring it out, Christian pilgrim, that others of the wayward, lost, and disinherited sons of Adam may thereby be induced to come to Christ and be born again, and thus become sons of God, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. Make the very air of this old earth everywhere resound with your transporting notes of praise, and courage, and hope. Your King is the king of glory. Well may you rejoice with exceeding great joy, with a joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, even in tribulation, persecution, and affliction. For these things are but for a moment, and even while they are passing they may work for a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, and you may have peace in Christ, and when they are passed, then will come the unalloyed bliss and everlasting joy of the glory world.