Gerhard and Walther

Christ is our glorious head; we are the members of His body; rejoice thou and shout for joy, O faithful soul, in the ascension to heaven of thy Head. The glory of the head is the glory also of the members. Where our flesh reigns, there let us believe that we too shall reign.—Johann Gerhard, Sacred Meditation XXI

On the Last Day, when the play of the earthly life of humanity will be concluded, the enemies of God will clearly recognize with terror (but the elect with rejoicing) that nothing happened outside God’s will, that everything good and evil had served Him, and that He has led everything to a glorious and blessed end. How confident, then, can a believing Christian be!—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 875.