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What Eternity Holds for the Redeemed, December 31
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Psalm 91:16
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All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God’s
redeemed. Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to worlds
afar—worlds that thrilled with sorrow at the spectacle of human woe and
rang with songs of gladness at the tidings of a ransomed soul. With unut-
terable delight the children of earth enter into the joy and the wisdom of
unfallen beings. They share the treasures of knowledge and understanding
gained through ages upon ages in contemplation of God’s handiwork. With
undimmed vision they gaze upon the glory of creation—suns and stars and
systems, all in their appointed order circling the throne of Deity. Upon all
things, from the least to the greatest, the Creator’s name is written, and in
all are the riches of His power displayed.
And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still more
glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is progressive, so
will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The more men learn of God,
the greater will be their admiration of His character. As Jesus opens before
them the riches of redemption and the amazing achievements in the great
controversy with Satan, the hearts of the ransomed thrill with more fervent
devotion, and with more rapturous joy they sweep the harps of gold; and
ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands of voices unite
to swell the mighty chorus of praise.
“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying,
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”
Revelation 5:13
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The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire
universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the
vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and gladness,
throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to
the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed
beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love.
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