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And so the passage (Luke 9: 35) goes on to say, “There came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son—hear him”. That is God’s voice, as if He would say, ‘Just give up all those wretched ideas about numbers, about leaders, and look at My Son, listen to Him, let Him speak to you. Hear Him!’ And so it says, “When the voice was past”; that is, the voice in its own time has passed and now you are to be tested by it. The voice is past. When it is past Jesus is found there. It does not say He was found with them. “Jesus was found alone”.

Now, are we prepared for that, to be with that blessed Man whose life was taken from the earth, who was received up into heaven and who is at the right hand of God? When Stephen saw Jesus standing on the right hand of God, he said, “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God”. Standing ready to serve, ready to speak, ready to teach; are we prepared, beloved brethren, to listen to Jesus the Son of God?”

J. Taylor (Vol. 94, pp.122, 123)

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