Controversy Ended
559
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
;
60:18
;
65:21, 22
.]
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.” [
Isaiah 35:1
;
55:13
.] “The wolf also shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; ... and a little
[676]
child shall lead them.” “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain,” [
Isaiah 11:6, 9
;
33:24
;
62:3
;
65:19
.] saith the Lord.
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.” [
Revelation 21:4, 11, 24, 3
.] “The inhabitant shall
not say, I am sick; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their
iniquity.” [
Isaiah 11:6, 9
;
33:24
;
62:3
;
65:19
.]
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.” [
Isaiah 11:6, 9
;
33:24
;
62:3
;
65:19
.] “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.” [
Revelation 21:4, 11, 24, 3
.] Saith the Lord, “I will rejoice in
Jerusalem, and joy in my people.” [
Isaiah 11:6, 9
;
33:24
;
62:3
;
65:19
.]
“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 21:4, 11, 24, 3
.]
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
and offering praise to his name. We shall ever feel the freshness of