Bible Handbook
The Joy of Our Lord
Christ will see of the travail of his soul, Isaiah 53:11. Christ rejoices over the saved, Zephaniah 3:17. Redeemed enter into the same joy, Matthew 25:21, 23. This was Paul’s joy, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 20; Philippians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 1:14. Anyone who has not shared in the travail of soul cannot enter into the reward. BHB 185.3