3. That in the last day these blessings shall be fully and eternally enjoyed —
[Whatever we possess in this world, it is only transient. The believer's path is not always smooth : he has many trials ; and u through much tribulation is his way to the kingdom." But in heaven he has arrived at a state of unmixed, uninter- rupted happiness. There, his soul is at perfect rest. Here, he groans by reason of sin ; there, " having awaked up after the perfect likeness of his God, he is satisfied with itn." Here, he has many interruptions to his bliss ; there, nothing finds admittance that can for a moment cloud his joy0. Here, he is dependent on others for a good measure of his happiness : but there no connexions can augment his bliss, nor can any operate to the diminution of it. In a word, " he is equal to the angels :" and as the patriarchs are now in the full fruition of that portion, so shall he shortly be, and " sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of his God."]
From this subject we may learn,
1. To make a practical use of the Holy Scriptures —
[We should not readily have conceived that such im- portant truths were contained in the words of God to Moses, if our blessed Lord had not unfolded them to our view. But, in fact, there is in all the words of Scripture a depth which we cannot fathom. Of this we are not sufficiently aware ; and therefore we content ourselves with a superficial view of them, without exploring diligently their contents. But our Lord teaches us to reflect on what we read : ' Have ye not read so and so in the Book of Moses V and ought you not from thence to have learned such and such truths ? ought you not to have drawn from it such and such conclusions ? We entreat you then, brethren, to " mark, learn, and inwardly digest" what you read in the Holy Scriptures ; and to treasure up the truths contained in them for the instruction, and comfort, and sancti- fication of your souls.]
2. To seek an interest in the Lord Jesus Christ —
[It is in Christ only that we become partakers of the blessings of God's covenant : " If ye be Christ's," says the Apostle, " then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise p." Till we be united to Christ by faith, we have no part or lot in his salvation. O that all would consider this ! O that all would inquire, what evidence they have that they have ever come to Christ aright, and they are really " accepted in the beloved !" Brethren, flee to this adorable Saviour, and
n Ps. xvii. 15. o Rev. xxi. 3, 4. p Gal. iii. 29.