From J. C. Philpot's Daily Portions
November 7 "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he
might destroy the works of the devil." 1 John 3:8 There will be no thorough destruction of indwelling sin,
until the body drops into the grave, and the soul mounts aloft to be with
the Lord; nor a full destruction of its effects in the body until the
resurrection morn, when the body shall be raised from the sleeping dust and
changed into the glorious image of the body of the Son of God, a fit
companion for the immortal soul. Then will the victory be complete; then
will Christ appear, shining forth with the luster of a million suns; then
will be the glorious manifestation of the Son of God; and the works of the
devil will be thoroughly destroyed. The theme of heaven's anthem, the grand
theme of eternal adoration, will be the manifestation of the Son of God to
destroy the works of the devil. The redeemed will look down from the battlements of
heaven and see what works have been executed by the devil; they will see
millions of fellow-beings consigned to eternal misery, weltering in hell,
while they view themselves safe in the arms of eternal love. They will see
the Son of God, without a veil between, manifested to their eyes in such
heart-ravishing glory as the three disciples had but a feeble, dim view of
on the Mount of Transfiguration. It will be their joy to see him as he is.
He will always wear his human nature; he will never lay that aside. That
will always shine resplendent with all the glory of Godhead; that will be
the object of eternal admiration and love; and to that glory of the God-man
all the saints in bliss will be forever looking and forever adoring, for sin
will no longer have a being in them, but they will be conformed to the
glorified image of the Son of God, and be celebrating forever the grand
triumph of the cross.