Anxious Angels

“Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle” (Psalm 24:8).  “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He shall presently give Me more than twelve legions of angels?  But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?... Nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven” (Matthew 26:53-64). 

Our Savior questioned Peter when

His sword, unsheathed, began to swing.

Did he not know that even then

The angels would defend their King? 

The anxious angels surely waited

For merely an approving nod

Or slightest word that indicated

That they were thus dispatched by God. 

That word, however, never came,

Which would have brought them to His side. 

Their King had come to bear our shame

So sinners might be justified!

The battle Peter could not see

Was one that Christ alone could win. 

He fought our fight at Calvary

To ransom us and purge our sin.   

The Scriptures could not be fulfilled

Unless our King had forged ahead  

To thus be mocked, maltreated, killed,

And then to rise up from the dead! 

The King of glory shall return;

We see that fast-approaching hour

When all His enemies shall learn

The greatness of His awesome power!

O Lord, our King, the great I AM,

We bow in grateful adoration

As we behold You as the Lamb

Who came to purchase our salvation! 

Until we see You face to face

With all the angels at Your throne,

Lord, use us in our time and place

To make Your great salvation known.