ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Novema 11, 2022

CONSEQUENCE OF CREATION

KO E OLA ‘O E FAKATUPU

PSALM 104:33

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

SAAME 104:33

Ka u hiva kia Sihova ke ‘osi ‘eku mo‘ui: Ka u tā ha‘ape ki he ‘Otua lolotonga ‘eku ‘i ai.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

In the 104th Psalm, after a very particular, orderly, and magnificent representation of God's works of creation and common providence, it is said in the 31st verse, "The glory of the Lord shall endure forever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works." Here God's glory is spoken of as the grand result and blessed consequence, on account of which he rejoices in these works. And this is one thing doubtless implied in the song of the seraphim, Isaiah 6:3:"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory."

The glory of God, in being the result and consequence of those works of Providence that have been mentioned, is in fact the consequence of the creation. The good attained in the use of a thing made for use is the result of the making of that thing, as signifying the time of day, when actually attained by the use of a watch, is the consequence of making the watch. So it is apparent that the glory of God is actually the result and consequence of the creation of the world.

JONATHAN EDWARDS