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The Accession Counsel had been
working around the clock to have papers ready, heralds in place, all royal
matters fully in accordance with Constitutional directives, and
hundreds of ceremonial details brushed and polished for the
Proclamation. Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II had returned to London, and from every city and village the Proclamation
was read. Voices rang out, “God
Save the Queen!”
WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God to call to
His Mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George the Sixth of Blessed and Glorious memory, by whose
Decease the Crown is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Princess
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary:
WE, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
of this Realm . . . do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and
Heart publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth
Alexandra Mary is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of happy memory,
become Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of this Realm and
of all Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of
the Faith . . .
Something splendid, royal, eternal,
and with obligation has come “solely and rightfully” to us as well. Each believer in Christ Jesus upon the
earth owns the distinction of an individual vocation before God. We have not been proclaimed “High and
Mighty” (at least not since our precocious childhood!,) but we are The Elect of
God, The Epistle of Christ, a Royal Priesthood, The Bride of Christ. These are just a very few of the
emblems we wear … they look different as titles and honors, don’t they?
Elizabeth’s government could not
know or be certain, they only hoped, that she might maintain the blossoming
strength of the damaged British Isles and beyond, and represent the unity and
continuance her father had evoked.
So, too, for us when we accede to royal privilege. Who can know whether or not we will
further the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ? Will we ascend to our accession? Will we love mercy and hate dishonest gain? Will we humble ourselves beneath the
mighty hand of God and truly discover what Spirit we’re “of”? God knows.
We know what we were, but we pay
notoriously little heed to what we are. Heaven and earth will rejoice if we will leave our feckless
past behind us and come up as we are bid, up to the throne of grace, there to
receive grace and mercy to help, for ourselves and for others. Souls do hang in the balance. By His grace may we begin now not to
say “later.” No matter the hour on
the clock of history’s culmination, the night is far spent, the day is close at
hand.
No abdication, by the mercies of
Christ! If we were to survey the
realms that fall within our borders - our families, our jobs, our cities - and determine
to care for people and nations in the love of God, to pray for them, and
praying to believe God for an outcome not in keeping with their
shortcomings … or our own … what might be the result?
As Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, of the
House of Windsor, British Royal Family, has “the legal and constitutional
prerogatives and practices associated with that status,”* shall we acknowledge
those honors to which we have acceded in our Lord? Let’s take them to heart during the days ahead.
We prayerfully, humbly, and
joyfully receive the great honor of belonging to The House of Prayer, Which is the Lord’s. Amen.
Leave
a comment today, if you please … tell us … which title of majesty means the
most to you? “Sheep of His Pasture”? “Friend of God?” Share your “Garter Sash” with us … more
on that to come!
*Wikipedia, House of Windsor
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
in her Garter Robes
Wikipedia
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