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The Impress of Heaven, May 27
See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern
shewed to thee in the mount.
Hebrews 8:5
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The Lord gave an important lesson to His people in all ages when to
Moses on the mount He gave instruction regarding the building of the
tabernacle. In that work He required perfection in every detail.
As wickedness in the world becomes more pronounced and the teach-
ings of evil are more fully developed and widely accepted, the teachings
of Christ are to stand forth exemplified in the lives of converted men and
women....
Into all to which the Christian sets his hand should be woven the
thought of the life eternal. If the work performed is agricultural or me-
chanical in its nature, it may still be after the pattern of the heavenly....
Through the grace of Christ every provision has been made for the per-
fecting of Christlike characters, and God is honored when His people in
all their social and business dealings reveal the principles of heaven....
The Lord demands uprightness in the smallest as well as the largest
matters. Those who are accepted at last as members of the heavenly court
will be men and women who here on earth have sought to carry out the
Lord’s will in every particular, who have sought to put the impress of
heaven upon their earthly labors. In order that the earthly tabernacle might
represent the heavenly, it must be perfect in all its parts, and it must be
in the smallest detail like the pattern in the heavens. So it is with the
characters of those who are finally accepted in the sight of Heaven.
The Son of God came down to earth that in Him men and women
might have a representation of the perfect characters which alone God
could accept. Through the grace of Christ every provision has been made
for the salvation of the human family. It is possible for every transaction
entered into by those who claim to be Christians to be as pure as were the
deeds of Christ. And the soul who accepts the virtues of Christ’s character
and appropriates the merits of His life is as precious in the sight of God
as was His own beloved Son.
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