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finally withdrawn. But the gifts of the future life are absolute and
eternal.
The prophet beholds the “river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” “And on this
side of the river and on that was the tree of life.” “And there shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
Revelation 22:1
;
22:2
, R.V.;
21:4
.
“Thy people also shall be all righteous:
They shall inherit the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.”
Isaiah 60:21
.
Restored to His presence, man will again, as at the beginning, be
taught of God: “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
.
“The tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and
be their God.”
Revelation 21:3
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“These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have
washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and
night in His temple.... They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any
more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them
unto living fountains of waters.”
Revelation 7:14-17
.
“Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:” now
we know in part; but then shall we know even as also we are known.
1
Corinthians 13:12
.
“They shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.”
Revelation 22:4
.
There, when the veil that darkens our vision shall be removed, and
our eyes shall behold that world of beauty of which we now catch
glimpses through the microscope; when we look on the glories of the