"Our Appearance" -2

"From the place of His habitation He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth." (Psalms 33:14) Lights we are: brilliant shinning lights reflecting the radiance of the Glory of Jesus Christ unto the Father, for His gaze to look upon. An interesting word, this word "looketh"; it only appears three times in the whole Hebrew Old Testament writings: here in this Psalms, in Song of Solomon 2:9, and in Isaiah 14:16. The actual word is 'shagach', which is to look, or to see; but as a verb, it is kindred to other verbs which see, such as would be to look at something, followed by any thing, such as Isaiah 14:16; followed by any place, such as the verse we have before us; but in Song of Solomon 2:9, it is more to provide, or providence; which is the care, guardianship, and control that is exercised by the God that loves us so! I don't think we get that most of the time; instead, we tend to see God gazing upon us as our judge, holding us accountable for all of our failures and ignorant childish sins that we commit in our boredom. But God is not so! I know this might come across a little strange, but the "look" from Isaiah 14:16 is speaking about how we will look upon Lucifer in the end, and says, "They that see thee shall 'narrowly look' upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake the kingdoms". I tried to think of a way to explain this, and I really don't know if I can give it the full meaning or not, but let me try; say that there is a ferocious lion on the loose in your town, and it has been killing people left and right; and then, one morning that same lion appears dead in the street, having been hit by a car on the road the night before: that look the lion will get from those that see it, is the look being spoken of here about Lucifer; as the terror that was previously demonstrated is no longer apparent in his current state; never mind that we shall be glorified, and he shall be condemned, just as with the lion, it shall be dead, but those that look upon it shall be alive; the contrast changes drastically. Then, as we look upon Song of Solomon, as it shows us a picture where He that loves us, is as it where, looking in at the windows, as One that cares for our condition, and that has altered our appearance by His love; and it's time to praise our Glorious God... "The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth fourth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away." (THE SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8-13)