My reflections on Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral: Two keys to her greatness
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 20 September 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral yesterday was a witness to her Christian witness. Designed by the Queen herself, her memorial service pointed to God and the gospel, evidencing her faith and her awe in God, which motivated her humble life of service to her country and should inspire us still today.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Tuesday, September the 20th, 2022. |
| 0:08.9 | Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum. |
| 0:14.6 | I remember vividly the awe I felt when I entered Westminster Abbey for the first time. |
| 0:20.0 | Part of the present structure date to the |
| 0:22.2 | 1040s. The Abbey was rebuilt by King Henry III and consecrated in 1269. The interior is much taller |
| 0:30.9 | than it is wide and stands 101 feet in height. It gives those who enter an immediate sense of the vertical, drawing us from |
| 0:39.5 | ourselves to God. Queen Elizabeth II designed her state funeral conducted within the Abbey |
| 0:45.6 | yesterday in the same way, vertically. She chose the music and the readings for her service |
| 0:52.6 | personally. Each song was scripture set to music or worship |
| 0:56.8 | directed to the Almighty, and each reading came directly from the Word of God. For example, as her |
| 1:03.4 | coffin moved through the Abbey, the choir sang the funeral sentences, setting scripture to music. |
| 1:10.0 | The first hymn was Psalm 42, set to music, |
| 1:13.1 | and was inspired by Her Majesty's unwavering Christian faith, according to Buckingham Palace. |
| 1:19.5 | The second, the Lord is My Shepherd. The third was an anthem called My Soul, There is a country, |
| 1:26.6 | which points to one who never changes, thy God, |
| 1:30.9 | thy life, thy cure. The fourth song, O Taste and C, was composed for the Queen's Coronation |
| 1:37.4 | in 1953 and sets Psalm 34 to music. The last congregational song was the national anthem and prayer, God |
| 1:46.1 | saved the king. Scripture readings were taken from 1 Corinthians 15 and John 14. As a result, |
| 1:53.1 | billions of people around the world heard the truth that God gives us victory through our |
| 1:58.8 | Lord Jesus Christ from 1 Corinthians 1557, and Jesus' declaration |
| 2:04.3 | in John 14, 6, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father |
| 2:11.4 | except through me. The reading from John 14 ended with Jesus' statement in verse 9, He that hath seen me, hath seen the |
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