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A Beautiful Country, December 16
Heavens Is a Real and Wonderful Place
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence
they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:
wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.
Hebrews 11:15, 16
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. Christ assured His disciples that He went to prepare
mansions for them in the Father’s house. Those who accept the teachings
of God’s Word will not be wholly ignorant concerning the heavenly
abode. 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.” Human language is inadequate to describe the reward of the
righteous. It will be known only to those who behold it. No finite mind
can comprehend the glory of the Paradise of God.
In the Bible the inheritance of the saved is called a country. There
the heavenly Shepherd leads His flock to fountains of living waters. The
tree of life yields its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree are
for the service of the nations. There are ever-flowing streams, clear as
crystal, and beside them waving trees cast their shadows upon the paths
prepared for the ransomed of the Lord.
The grass will be a living green, and will never wither. There will be
roses and lilies and all kinds of flowers there. They will never blight or
fade or lose their beauty and fragrance.
The lion, we should much dread and fear here, will then lie down with
the lamb, and everything in the New Earth will be peace and harmony.
The trees of the New Earth will be straight and lofty, without deformity.
In the New Earth there are no chilling winds, no disagreeable
changes. The atmosphere is ever right and healthful.
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