After Philip
had paid his homage to his new Queen, Elizabeth’s uncles came. The Dukes of Gloucester and Kent, her
father’s brothers, came and presented themselves before her. This . . . is not easily understood.
Then the Duke
of Norfolk, and with each successive degree of lordship, the dukes that shared
that degree repeated the words of oath and loyalty that were spoken at
Elizabeth’s feet, until all that was royal in the land had vowed to defend and
serve this young Monarch. The very next
in succession, however, the young Prince Charles in his immaculate white
coronation suit, had grown fidgety and had been quietly removed.
What would it
be like to know that one was . . . shall we say, 17th in line for
the same throne upon which Elizabeth sat?
Or 34th? Or third? All the peers of the realm have their order
of descent.
Aren’t we
glad, here in Cor Unum, that we are, each and all of us, only once removed, and
in Him . . . we are not removed at all.
We are seated at the right hand of God, enthroned in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Recognition,
Anointing, Investiture, Proclamation, Crowning . . . we are not removed at
all. The more momentous matter might be
. . . did we wake up this morning to reign and rule with our Lord Jesus
Christ? Will we, today, be about our
Father’s business just as He was, saying what He heard the Father say, doing
what He saw the Father do.
To this day,
Elizabeth is known to say, “This is what my father would have done,” and when
she makes that observation, she is constant in her decisions, and at peace.
In the Throne Room - With the Family!
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