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Heaven a Real Place, December 28
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure
dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Isaiah 32:18
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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....
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. There the widespreading
plains swell into hills of beauty, and the mountains of God rear their
lofty summits. On those peaceful plains, beside those living streams,
God’s people, so long pilgrims and wanderers, shall find a home.
“My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure
dwellings, and in quiet resting places.”
Isaiah 32:18
. “Violence shall
no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy bor-
ders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.”
Isaiah 60:18
. “They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall
plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and
another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: ... mine elect shall
long enjoy the work of their hands.”
Isaiah 65:21, 22
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There, “the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them;
and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”
Isaiah 35:1
. “In-
stead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall
come up the myrtle tree.”
Isaiah 55:13
. “The wolf also shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; ... and a little
child shall lead them.”
Isaiah 11:6
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