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Christ will be Our Teacher, December 22
My people shall know my name: ... they shall know in that day that I
am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
Isaiah 52:6
.
Restored to His presence, man will again, as at the beginning, be taught
of God.
We have not the slightest idea of what will then be opened before us.
With Christ we shall walk beside the living waters. He will unfold to us the
beauty and glory of nature. He will reveal what He is to us, and what we
are to Him. Truth we cannot know now, because of finite limitations, we
shall know hereafter.
In the world to come Christ will lead the redeemed beside the river
of life and will teach them wonderful lessons of truth. He will unfold to
them the mysteries of nature. They will see that a master hand holds the
world in position. They will behold the skill displayed by the great Artist
in coloring the flowers of the field, and will learn of the purposes of the
merciful Father, who dispenses every ray of light, and with the holy angels
the redeemed will acknowledge in songs of grateful praise God’s supreme
love to an unthankful world.
There will be open to the student, history of infinite scope and of wealth
inexpressible.... The history of the inception of sin; of fatal falsehood in
its crooked working; of truth that, swerving not from its own straight lines,
has met and conquered error—all will be made manifest. The veil that
interposes between the visible and the invisible world will be drawn aside,
and wonderful things will be revealed.
With unutterable delight we shall enter into the joy and the wisdom of
unfallen beings. We shall share the treasures gained through ages upon
ages spent in contemplation of God’s handiwork. And the years of eternity,
as they roll, will continue to bring more glorious revelations. “Exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think” (
Ephesians 3:20
) will be, forever
and forever, the impartation of the gifts of God.
We must get an education here that will enable us to live with God
through the eternal ages. The education we begin here will be perfected in
heaven. We will only just enter a higher grade.
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