And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
The watchmen set on the walls are God's people and church, ministers and lay members together, charged to give Him no rest by praying without ceasing day and night until He establishes Jerusalem and makes it honored in the earth. That unceasing prayer joins Christ's own intercession for the triumph of His cause and presses Him continually amid perplexity until He fulfills His purpose to gather a people serving Him in righteousness. Keeping no silence also means proclaiming the message openly and continually, having first received truth into the heart from Christ, then passing it from watchman to watchman and declaring the whole counsel with the special truths for this time in the Spirit's power. God's purpose is that those who bear Christ's name become a holy, sanctified and purified people who represent Him and become a name and praise throughout the earth by living the truth and carrying light to all they meet. He can make them that praise only as they believe and live out the principles of the gospel, yielding every capability to His service and reaching ever higher for increased grace and power from on high.
Watchmen Giving God No Rest
The chapter portrays the work of Christ carried forward through those who follow His example, who are to clear the way and raise up a standard while salvation is heralded until Jerusalem is set firm and made a praise through all the earth. The watchmen placed on the walls of Jerusalem and Zion are His people and church, embracing both ministers and lay members, while ministers in particular carry a sacred and weighty commission from God. To give Him no rest is to continue in prayer without ceasing and without silence day and night until He establishes Jerusalem and renders it honored throughout the earth. Christ Himself pleads for this triumph and calls His people to unite with His intercession, and ministers are to watch over their influence and persevere earnestly as they advance His work.
In the great closing work, amid many perplexities, those who make mention of the Lord are to keep not silence day nor night and urge Him continually until He accomplishes His purpose. This means the great powers of heaven are at work and a divine hand is upon the wheel, gathering out from the world a people who will serve Him in righteousness and thereby establishing Jerusalem as a praise in the earth. Keeping no silence also means unceasing activity, awaking and casting off careless indifference, taking up the long-neglected work first in the family and then reaching beyond the family to others in need. It means communing with God until imbued with His Spirit, then going forth to impart to the needy the grace so received.
Vigilance requires first hearkening to God's voice in His word and receiving His truth into the heart to be made spiritual by its living, sanctifying power. Only after receiving the message from the lips of Christ are watchmen to pass the distinct message for this time from watchman to watchman, for without that personal reception their trumpets will give an uncertain sound. Those entrusted with the message must proclaim it openly and continually, never cringing, never covering or concealing its origin and purpose, and never holding their peace day nor night. Bound by solemn vows as messengers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of His grace, they must declare faithfully the whole counsel of God and keep fully prominent the special truths that separated His people from the world, since eternal interests hang upon them.
Having received light concerning things taking place in the last remnant of time, they must proclaim the truth with pen and voice, not in a tame, spiritless manner but in demonstration of the Spirit and power of God, because the mightiest conflicts are involved and the results touch both heaven and earth. Ministers must grasp this responsibility and do the work committed to them, feeling woe upon them if they fail to do it. If unfaithful they imperil the safety of the flock, imperil the cause of truth, and expose the truth to the ridicule of enemies, and such a course will surely meet its reward.
True and faithful watchmen are called for, applied to Seventh-day Adventists, who will not keep silent but will sound the warning given by God day and night. The warning is urgent and unceasing against continued resistance of light and truth, loss of the love of God, and the influence of workers who counteract the message sent in the face of heaped-up evidence. It is needed lest brethren follow the Jewish nation in blind resistance to the very close of probation, for those exalted in privilege like Capernaum will by failure to improve be left to darkness proportionate to the greatness of the light bestowed. Continuing means sincere, importunate prayer with the soul humbled before God, trusting that His ears are open to hear. It includes praying not only for oneself but for those who have done injury and continue to do it, earnestly desiring that souls who have trespassed may be helped, and the one who so intercedes receives help himself.
Jerusalem Made a Praise
The verse reveals Christ's power to make His people a praise in the earth, and clear sight of that power comes by increasing in understanding of Christ, His work, and His power to save to the uttermost all who come to Him, by pressing onward and upward and receiving truth in faith. Dullness of hearing, failure to grow beyond milk and first principles, and clinging to misconceptions give only an indistinct view of it.
God's purpose and design is that those who bear Christ's name, His commandment-keeping people and church, answer the light and privileges given them by becoming a powerful, holy, sanctified, purified people who represent Him and become a name and praise throughout the earth. They do this by exemplifying the truth in their lives and communicating light to all they contact. This requires pure thoughts, noble and uplifting words, and a religion of Christ interwoven with all that is done and said.
Christ's grace is sufficient to bring this about, with joy, peace, love, and glorious triumph prepared for all who serve Him in spirit and in truth. Yet He can make them a praise only as they believe and work out the grand principles of the gospel, yield their God-given capabilities to His service and devote them to God. They must stand in readiness every moment to receive increased grace and power and increased knowledge of the Holy Spirit's working, and reach higher and still higher for power from on high. Only so can they meet the claims of the gospel and enjoy the fullness and power of the promise on which the church has been called to stand. Reaching only the low standard of worldly measurement leaves the church failing to bear the rich harvest God expects, with Found wanting written upon her record.
God's work to be honored as a praise includes the medical missionary work, which is to glorify God and prepare a people with a sound, healthy experience that will stand the test of the judgment. Bringing a commercial spirit into that work, remaining in a Laodicean condition, entertaining false sentiments, and doing a strange work dishonors God and belittles what He intends to be His praise. Places where the truth is being established are likewise to become a praise in the earth through building and supporting institutions that properly represent the truth. Withholding means can hinder the work, while a health institution should stand as a fitting example that exalts the truth. A struggling institution such as the Glendale Sanitarium can through prayer, self-denial, and earnest support be established and become a source of praise.
Fathers and mothers uplift the truth by living out its sacred character, so that their faithful example makes it a praise in the earth.
The watchmen set on the walls are God's people and church, ministers and lay members together, charged to give Him no rest by praying without ceasing day and night until He establishes Jerusalem and makes it honored in the earth. That unceasing prayer joins Christ's own intercession for the triumph of His cause and presses Him continually amid perplexity until He fulfills His purpose to gather a people serving Him in righteousness. Keeping no silence also means proclaiming the message openly and continually, having first received truth into the heart from Christ, then passing it from watchman to watchman and declaring the whole counsel with the special truths for this time in the Spirit's power. God's purpose is that those who bear Christ's name become a holy, sanctified and purified people who represent Him and become a name and praise throughout the earth by living the truth and carrying light to all they meet. He can make them that praise only as they believe and live out the principles of the gospel, yielding every capability to His service and reaching ever higher for increased grace and power from on high.
Watchmen Giving God No Rest
The chapter portrays the work of Christ carried forward through those who follow His example, who are to clear the way and raise up a standard while salvation is heralded until Jerusalem is set firm and made a praise through all the earth. The watchmen placed on the walls of Jerusalem and Zion are His people and church, embracing both ministers and lay members, while ministers in particular carry a sacred and weighty commission from God. To give Him no rest is to continue in prayer without ceasing and without silence day and night until He establishes Jerusalem and renders it honored throughout the earth. Christ Himself pleads for this triumph and calls His people to unite with His intercession, and ministers are to watch over their influence and persevere earnestly as they advance His work.
In the great closing work, amid many perplexities, those who make mention of the Lord are to keep not silence day nor night and urge Him continually until He accomplishes His purpose. This means the great powers of heaven are at work and a divine hand is upon the wheel, gathering out from the world a people who will serve Him in righteousness and thereby establishing Jerusalem as a praise in the earth. Keeping no silence also means unceasing activity, awaking and casting off careless indifference, taking up the long-neglected work first in the family and then reaching beyond the family to others in need. It means communing with God until imbued with His Spirit, then going forth to impart to the needy the grace so received.
Vigilance requires first hearkening to God's voice in His word and receiving His truth into the heart to be made spiritual by its living, sanctifying power. Only after receiving the message from the lips of Christ are watchmen to pass the distinct message for this time from watchman to watchman, for without that personal reception their trumpets will give an uncertain sound. Those entrusted with the message must proclaim it openly and continually, never cringing, never covering or concealing its origin and purpose, and never holding their peace day nor night. Bound by solemn vows as messengers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of His grace, they must declare faithfully the whole counsel of God and keep fully prominent the special truths that separated His people from the world, since eternal interests hang upon them.
Having received light concerning things taking place in the last remnant of time, they must proclaim the truth with pen and voice, not in a tame, spiritless manner but in demonstration of the Spirit and power of God, because the mightiest conflicts are involved and the results touch both heaven and earth. Ministers must grasp this responsibility and do the work committed to them, feeling woe upon them if they fail to do it. If unfaithful they imperil the safety of the flock, imperil the cause of truth, and expose the truth to the ridicule of enemies, and such a course will surely meet its reward.
True and faithful watchmen are called for, applied to Seventh-day Adventists, who will not keep silent but will sound the warning given by God day and night. The warning is urgent and unceasing against continued resistance of light and truth, loss of the love of God, and the influence of workers who counteract the message sent in the face of heaped-up evidence. It is needed lest brethren follow the Jewish nation in blind resistance to the very close of probation, for those exalted in privilege like Capernaum will by failure to improve be left to darkness proportionate to the greatness of the light bestowed. Continuing means sincere, importunate prayer with the soul humbled before God, trusting that His ears are open to hear. It includes praying not only for oneself but for those who have done injury and continue to do it, earnestly desiring that souls who have trespassed may be helped, and the one who so intercedes receives help himself.
Jerusalem Made a Praise
The verse reveals Christ's power to make His people a praise in the earth, and clear sight of that power comes by increasing in understanding of Christ, His work, and His power to save to the uttermost all who come to Him, by pressing onward and upward and receiving truth in faith. Dullness of hearing, failure to grow beyond milk and first principles, and clinging to misconceptions give only an indistinct view of it.
God's purpose and design is that those who bear Christ's name, His commandment-keeping people and church, answer the light and privileges given them by becoming a powerful, holy, sanctified, purified people who represent Him and become a name and praise throughout the earth. They do this by exemplifying the truth in their lives and communicating light to all they contact. This requires pure thoughts, noble and uplifting words, and a religion of Christ interwoven with all that is done and said.
Christ's grace is sufficient to bring this about, with joy, peace, love, and glorious triumph prepared for all who serve Him in spirit and in truth. Yet He can make them a praise only as they believe and work out the grand principles of the gospel, yield their God-given capabilities to His service and devote them to God. They must stand in readiness every moment to receive increased grace and power and increased knowledge of the Holy Spirit's working, and reach higher and still higher for power from on high. Only so can they meet the claims of the gospel and enjoy the fullness and power of the promise on which the church has been called to stand. Reaching only the low standard of worldly measurement leaves the church failing to bear the rich harvest God expects, with Found wanting written upon her record.
God's work to be honored as a praise includes the medical missionary work, which is to glorify God and prepare a people with a sound, healthy experience that will stand the test of the judgment. Bringing a commercial spirit into that work, remaining in a Laodicean condition, entertaining false sentiments, and doing a strange work dishonors God and belittles what He intends to be His praise. Places where the truth is being established are likewise to become a praise in the earth through building and supporting institutions that properly represent the truth. Withholding means can hinder the work, while a health institution should stand as a fitting example that exalts the truth. A struggling institution such as the Glendale Sanitarium can through prayer, self-denial, and earnest support be established and become a source of praise.
Fathers and mothers uplift the truth by living out its sacred character, so that their faithful example makes it a praise in the earth.