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The Sovereign of the universe was not alone in his work of beneficence. He had an associate, - a co - worker who could appreciate his purposes, and could share his joy in giving happiness to created beings. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God." Christ, the Word, the only begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father, - one in nature, in character, in purpose, - the only being that could enter into all the counsels and purposes of God. "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of peace." His goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." And the Son of God declares concerning himself : "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting. . . . When he appointed the foundations of the earth, then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him." The Father wrought by his Son in the creation of all heavenly beings. "By him were all things created, . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. All things were created by him, and for him." Angels are God's ministers, radiant with the light ever flowing from his presence, and speeding on rapid wing to execute his will. But the Son, the anointed of God, the "express image of his person," "the brightness of his glory," "upholding all things by the word of his power," holds supremacy over them all. "A glorious high throne from the beginning," was the place of his sanctuary; "a sceptre of righteousness," the sceptre of his kingdom. "Honour and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary." Mercy and truth go before his face. John 1 : 1,2. Isa. 9 : 6. Micah 5 : 2. Prov. 8 : 22 - 30. Col. 1 : 16. Heb. 1 : 3, 8; Jer. 17 : 12. Ps. 96 : 6; 89 : 14.
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