If you think there were festivities in the father's house at the return of the Prodigal Son, what think ye the merriment in “The Father’s House” at the homecoming of His Precious Son? The One who had left Heaven as the “Son of God,” and returned home with an added precious identity: “The Son of Man.”
When Christ left the dead I can imagine the voice of the Father crying out with such jubilance that it reverberated throughout the galaxies, “My Son is coming home!” We celebrate His Resurrection from “down under,” but oh, what must be the unspeakable ecstasy from Heaven’s side!
When Jesus left for Home, one of the last things He promised His followers was, “I’ll keep the door open for you.” And one of the first things He experienced upon His return home was “Ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands” of saints and angels saying,
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever”.
And what did His Father say to Him, but of course, what else, “This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
The heavens with joy receive their Lord,
By saints, by angel hosts adored;
O day of exultation!
O earth, adore thy glorious King!
His rising, His ascension sing
With grateful adoration.
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