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The Truth About Angels
“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 honor, and glory, and power, be unto
Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever 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
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inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that
God is love.—
The Great Controversy, 678
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Epilogue
The theme of redemption is one that angels desire to look into;
it will be the science and the song of the ransomed throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity. Is it not worthy of careful thought and study
now?—
Bible Echo, January 1, 1888
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As he [a Bible student] studies and meditates upon the themes into
which “the angels desire to look” (
1 Peter 1:12
), he may have their
companionship. He may follow the steps of the heavenly Teacher,
and listen to His words as when He taught on the mountain and plain
and sea. He may dwell in this world in the atmosphere of heaven,
imparting to earth’s sorrowing and tempted ones thoughts of hope
and longings for holiness; himself coming closer and still closer into
fellowship with the Unseen; like him of old who walked with God,
drawing nearer and nearer the threshold of the eternal world, until
the portals shall open and he shall enter there. He will find himself
no stranger. The voices that will greet him are the voices of the holy
ones, who, unseen, were on earth his companions—voices that here he
learned to distinguish and love. He who through the Word of God has
lived in fellowship with heaven, will find himself at home in heaven’s
companionship.—
Education, 127
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The Lord would have our perceptions keen to understand that
these mighty ones who visit our world have borne an active part in
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all the work which we have called our own. These heavenly beings
are ministering angels, and they frequently disguise themselves in