ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Tisema 16, 2022

HONOR, PRAISE, AND GLORY

FAKAFETA’I, FAKA’APA’APA MO E KOLOLIA

REVELATION 5:13

And I heard every created thing which is in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, or on the sea, and all the things in them, saying, “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion forever and ever.”

FAKAHA 5:13

Pea ‘ilonga ha mea mo‘ui na‘e ‘i he langi, mo māmani, mo lolofonua, mo e tahi, mo e ngaahi me‘a kotoa pē ‘oku ‘i ai, na‘a ku fanongo kiate kinautolu ‘oku nau pehē, Ko Ia ‘oku ‘afio ‘i he taloni. Pea mo e Lami, Ke ‘onaua ‘a e fakafeta‘i, mo e faka‘apa‘apa, Mo e kolōlia, mo e aoniu, ‘o lauikuonga pea ta‘engata.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

He will surround us with His protection every day like a compassion. He will dissolve our fears. He will sweeten our bitterness. He will comfort us in all our afflictions, and He will gloriously make us to triumph over all our enemies.

And instead of the way He cried over Jerusalem because of its unbelief and its impenitence, seeing our repentance and our faith He will rejoice in us, taking His great pleasure in us. His saving presence will always remain with us until, when we have passed blessedly through this valley of tears, He will receive us in His heavenly Jerusalem, the true vision of peace, where all our tears will be wiped away and all our mourning will have come to an end.

He will turn our tears into joy, our sighs into thanksgiving, and our wailing into triumphal song, as together with all the saints we take the chorus of eternal "Hallelujah to him who up is on the throne, and to the Lamb, be honor, praise, and glory, forever and ever." So be it.

FRANCIS TURRETIN