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cast their shadows upon the paths prepared for the ransomed of the
Lord. There the wide-spreading 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.” “Violence shall no more be
heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou
shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.” “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 32:18
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60:18
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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.” “Instead of the
thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come
up the myrtle tree.” “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid; ... and a little child shall lead
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them.” “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” saith
the Lord.
Isaiah 35:1
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55:13
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Isaiah 11:6, 9
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Pain cannot exist in the atmosphere of heaven. There will be no
more tears, no funeral trains, no badges of mourning. “There shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying: ... for the former things are
passed away.” “The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that
dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.”
Revelation 21:4
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Isaiah
33:24
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There is the New Jerusalem, the metropolis of the glorified new
earth, “a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in
the hand of thy God.” “Her light was like unto a stone most precious,
even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.” “The nations of them which
are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do
bring their glory and honor into it.” Saith the Lord: “I will rejoice in
Jerusalem, and joy in My people.” “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.”
Isaiah 62:3
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Revelation
21:11, 24
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Isaiah 65:19
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Revelation 21:3
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In the City of God “there shall be no night.” None will need or
desire repose. There will be no weariness in doing the will of God