The Fellowship of the Cross

There are many who place their hope for salvation in the redemption of the Cross, who under- — stand little about the fellowship of the Cross. They — rely on what the Cross has purchased for them, on forgiveness of sin and peace with God, but they can often live for a length of time without fellowship with the Lord Himself. They do not know what it means to strive every day after heart communion with the Crucified Lord as He is seen in heaven — ‘‘ A Lamb in the midst of the Throne.’’ Oh, that this vision might exercise its spiritual power upon us, that we might really experience every day that as truly as the Lamb is seen there on the Throne, so we may have the power and experience of His presence here!

Is it possible? Without doubt it is. Why did that great miracle happen, and why was the Holy Spirit given from heaven, if it were not to make the glorified Jesus — ‘‘the Lamb standing, as slain, in the midst of the throne’’ — present with us here in our earthly surroundings? Let us endeavour to make this more plain in our further meditations.