"We recall the words of the author of Hebrews that we are
surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (Heb. 12:1). Later, he declares that
in church worship we have come to Mount Zion, to the spirits of just men made
perfect (Heb. 12:18-25). We remember also the teaching of Revelation that when
the church gathers for worship it joins the angels and the church triumphant in
heaven around the throne of the living God and of the Lamb. We are not alone.
The church is not a lecture room; we are gathered with saints present and past –
and the angels too (see 1 Peter 1:10-12) – as we meet around the throne of God
in heaven. We have access to the worship of the renewed created order, the
church centrally included. We are with the saints and the angels, the apostles,
prophets and martyrs – and above all with the Lamb of God once slain, now risen,
and with the holy and undivided trinty.” (p156)
Through Western Eyes:
Eastern Orthodoxy: A Reformed Perspective (Fearn,
Mentor Christian Focus, 2007)
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