The fallen race were long permitted to gaze upon the home of innocence, their entrance barred only by the watching angels. greatest trials, but they looked so small compared with the far more shouting and offering praises to God. Let us be encouraged by the thought that the Lord is soon to come. Soon we heard His lovely voice again, saying, “Come, My people, you have come out of great tribulation, and done My will; suffered for Me; come in to supper; for I will gird Myself and serve you.” We shouted Alleluia, glory, and entered into the City. And He Soon the garments of heaviness will be changed for the wedding garment. powers of heaven, but is the shaking of the angry nations.". And they were all clothed with a glorious white mantle Of that law of which the fourth commandment forms a part, Christ declares, “Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law.”, “My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” “Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.” “They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. The light of the sun will be superseded by a radiance which is not painfully dazzling, yet which immeasurably surpasses the brightness of our noontide. Here on the sea of glass the 144,000 stood in a perfect square. There 59-61). song; and upon it sat the Son of man. "As we were traveling along, we met a company who also were gazing at the exceeding and eternal weight of glory that surrounded us that we could not At first I thought I saw two trees. to stand? the cloud, while around it were ten thousand angels, singing a most lovely One rich tide of happiness will flow and deepen as eternity rolls on.... The how will be explained to us after the fact. but without the limitations that we currently face. I looked again, and saw that they were united at the top They will play upon the golden harp, and sing redeeming love, and make melody unto God. Those who accept the teachings of God's Word will not be wholly ignorant concerning the heavenly abode. whom God laid in the grave to save them, came up to us and asked us what we had passed through while they were sleeping. and entered into the city. heavey with stars, while others had but few. Some of Some of them had very bright crowns, others not so bright. I cried out, "They will never fade." No one devotes himself to looking out and caring for self. So it was the tree of life on either side of the river of life. "With Jesus at our head we all descended from the city down to this earth, Then we entered a field full of all kinds of beasts—the lion, the lamb, the leopard and the wolf, all together in perfect union. And they were all clothed with a glorious white mantle from their shoulders to their feet. We all cried out, "The city, the great city, it's coming, After we beheld the glory of the temple, we went out, and Jesus left us, and went to the City. glories of the place. Even here we see that where before we were told the great city came down We tried to call up our greatest trials, but they looked so small compared with the far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory that surrounded us, that we could not speak them out, and we all cried out, "Alleluia! Hvn 139.3, No Marriages or Births—There are men today who express their belief that there will be marriages and births in the New Earth, but those who believe the Scriptures cannot accept such doctrines. I saw the fruit of the tree of life and drink of the water of the fountain." With them was an innumerable company of little ones; they had a hem of red on their garments also. message of Ellen White, but they do serve to add interesting reading which I saw that the Sabbath never will be done away; but that the redeemed saints, and all the angelic host, will observe it in honor of the great Creator to all eternity.—Early Writings, 217. Some crowns appeared At the close of the six days of creation, God rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made; and He blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because that in it He had rested from all His work. As we were about to I saw many of the saints go into the houses, take off their glittering crowns and lay them on the shelf, then go out into the field by the houses to do something with the earth; not as we have to do with the earth here. on which grew roses and lilies. came a pure river of water, and on either side of the river was the tree of He said they were martyrs that had been slain for Him. They will not pass away, appeared, about half as large as a man's hand, which we all knew was the Then we entered a wood, not like timely figs -- these made the place all over glorious. And as we were about to enter the temple, Jesus raised His lovely voice and said, Only the 144,000 enter this place, and we shouted Alleluia. The selections presented here don't even scratch the surface of the And the angels struck Hvn 137.3, In Heaven, All Is Purity and Peace—Through Christ alone can you make sure of heaven, where all is purity, holiness, peace, and blessedness, where there are glories that mortal lips cannot describe. Let us consider most earnestly the blessed hereafter. God rested on the seventh day, and blessed and hallowed it. Hvn 141.1, No Pain, Sickness, or Death—Oh, I long for Jesus to come. asunder, and there was a mighty plain. The nearest we can come to a description of the reward that awaits the overcomer is to say that it is a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Let our faith pierce through every cloud of darkness and behold Him who died for the sins of the world. The trees of the New Earth will be straight and lofty, without deformity. over the sea of glass to the gate of the city. Is my robe spotless?" Hvn 140.2, No Temple, But Face-To-Face Communion—“I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.” Revelation 21:22. It will be known only to those who behold it.—, A fear of making the future inheritance seem too material has led many to spiritualize away the very truths which lead us to look upon it as our home. in one tree. shaking of the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the On one side of the river was a trunk of a tree, and a trunk on the other side of the river, both of pure, transparent gold. There were all kinds of trees to beautify the place; the box, the pine, the fir, the oil, the myrtle, the pomegranate, and the fig-tree, bowed down with the weight of its timely figs, that made the place all over glorious. and many other kinds of fruit. The branches of the trees waved to and fro, and we all cried out, “We will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.”, We passed through the woods, for we were on our way to Mount Zion. “From one sabbath to another” the inhabitants of the glorified new earth shall ... “worship before me, saith the Lord.”—The Desire of Ages, 283 quoted in The Faith I Live By, 37. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Next >, Autobiographical Sketch of Ellen G. White. "earth" he meant earth. as they recognized their friends who had been torn No wail of sorrow, no dirge of crushed hopes and, Heaven is a home where sympathy is alive in every heart, expressed in every look. No tempter is there, no possibility of wrong. And yet, “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”, Then they that have kept God's commandments shall breathe in immortal vigor beneath the tree of life; and through unending ages the inhabitants of sinless worlds shall behold, in that garden of delight, a sample of the perfect work of God's creation, untouched by the curse of sin—a sample of what the whole earth would have become had man but fulfilled the Creator's glorious plan.—. was some time of awful silence, when Jesus spoke: "Those who have clean hands The loves and sympathies which God Himself has planted in the soul shall there find truest and sweetest exercise. gold, as it waved proudly to the glory of King Jesus. Christ assured His disciples that He went to prepare mansions for them in the Father's house. The saints will have crowns of glory upon their heads, and harps of gold in their hands. the wolf, all together in perfect union. with their crowns. Hvn 143.2, God's People Are at Home in the New Earth—In the Bible the inheritance of the saved is called “a country.” Hebrews 11:14-16. The doctrine that children will be born in the New Earth is not a part of the “sure word of prophecy.” The words of Christ are too plain to be misunderstood. At Autobiographical Sketch of Ellen G. White A Vision of the New Earth At the time of another visit at the home of Mrs. Haines, about a year after the first vision, there was given to Miss Harmon a vision of the new earth, and the descent of the holy city, which takes place at the end of the thousand years after Christ's second advent. I related this vision to the believers in Portland, who had full confidence that it was from God. The glory of God and the Lamb floods the Holy City with unfading light. “They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. But in a little while, if faithful, you shall both eat of the fruit of the tree of life, and drink of the water of the fountain. 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Hvn 144.1, There, “the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.” “Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree.” “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; ... and a little child shall lead them.” “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” saith the Lord.