By the pen of Charles Spurgeon:

The entire person of Jesus is like a flawless gem, with His life being many facets of that same gem. His life, however, is totally complete, with His several parts comprising one all-glorious whole. His character is not like a multitude of beautiful colors all mixed together in confusion nor like a pile of precious stones thrown carelessly together one upon the other, but He is a picture of absolute beauty and a gloriously beautiful breastplate. In Him, “whatever is admirable” (Phil. 4:8) is in its proper place and each brings beauty to the others. Not one feature of His glorious person attracts attention to itself at the expense of the others, for He is perfect and “altogether lovely” (Song 5:16).

O Jesus! Your power, Your grace, Your justice, Your tenderness, Your truth, Your majesty, and Your immutability comprised such a man — or rather such a God-man — neither heaven nor earth had ever seen. Your virgin birth, Your sufferings, Your triumphs, Your death, and Your eternal existence are all woven into one gorgeous tapestry without seam, tear, or flaw. You are music in perfect harmony, and although You have many facets and are all things, You are not confusing or divided. As every color blends into one majestic rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and earth converge in You and unite so wondrously that there is no one like You. All the most excellent virtues we could ever imagine being bound together could not rival You, for You are the image of perfection. You have been anointed with the holy oil of “myrrh and . . . cassia” (Ps. 45:8) that Your God has reserved for You alone. And as for Your fragrance, it is holy perfume, the likes of which even the best perfumer of the fragrance industry could only dream to compose, for each oil is fragrant ​— but Your composition is divine!

Oh, sacred symmetry! Oh, rare connection

Of many perfects, to make one perfection!

Oh, heavenly music, where all parts do meet

In one sweet strain, to make one perfect sweet!

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By the pen of Jim Reimann:

Even mankind’s greatest poets fall far short in attempting to describe our Lord and His glory. And the truth is that as long as we remain in these bodies of flesh, we would be unable to behold His absolute glory and perfection and live.

The Lord said to Moses, “You cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live. . . . When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen” (Ex. 33:20, 22 – 23). Yet even that experience made Moses’ face so radiant that he wore a veil because “the Israelites . . . were afraid to come near him” (Ex. 34:30).

Yet someday, “We shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). Even now, however, “We . . . with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, [and] are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory” (2 Cor. 3:18)!