Let us now see, in the second place, what is spiritually meant by standing.
Open then your BIBLE again, and mark well the following passages:—“At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to STAND before the LORD,” [Deut. x. 8.]. Again, “Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the GOD of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to STAND before Me for ever,” [Jer. xxxv. 19.]. Again, “These are the annointed ones (sons of the olive) STANDING before the LORD of the whole earth,” [Zech. iv. 14.]. Again, “The angel said to Zachariah, I am Gabriel that STAND in the presence of GOD,” [Luke i. 19.]. Again, “When ye STAND praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any,” [Mark xi. 25.]. Again, “After this I behold, and lo! a great multitude, which no man could number, STOOD before the throne and before the LAMB,” [Rev. vii. 9, 11.]. STANDING is also predicated of the ALMIGHTY, where it is written, “He shall STAND at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul,” [Psalm cix. 31.].
And now (let me again ask you) is it not evident, that, in the above passages, STANDING is applied to the mind of man, and not to his body, and is thus significative of a state or posture of the mind? For how else
