2. The Lord will preservehim, and keep him alive. His noblest life will be
immortal, and even his mortal life will be sacredly guarded by the power of
Jehovah. Jesus lived on till his hour came, and even then he laid it down of
himself, to take it again. All those who are made like our Lord bless and will
be blessed; they preserve and will be preserved; they watch over the lives of
others and they themselves will be precious in the sight of the Lord. The
miser, like the hog, is of no use till he is dead—then let him die; the
righteous like the ox is of service during life—then let him live. And heshall be blessed upon the earth. His cruse of oil will not be dried up
because he fed the poor prophet. If temporal gains are not given him, spiritual
ones will be doubled to him. Our Lord’s real blessedness of heart in the joy
that was set before him is a subject worthy of earnest thought, especially as
it is the picture of the blessing which all liberal saints may look for. Andthou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. He helped the
distressed, and now he will find a champion in his God. It would not be easy to
see how this could be true of our Lord Jesus, if we did not know that although
he was made a curse for us, yet even he was not altogether nor forever left by
God, but in due time was exalted above all his enemies.
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