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Royalty and Ruin
Struggling friend, we are still in the shadows and turmoil of
earthly activities, but soon our Savior will appear. Soon we will
see Him who is the focus of our hopes of eternal life. And in His
presence the trials of this life will seem like nothing. The former
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things “shall not be remembered or come to mind.” “Therefore do
not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you
have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God,
you may receive the promise: ‘For yet a little while, and He who
is coming will come and will not tarry.’”
Isaiah 65:17
;
Hebrews
10:35-37
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Look up, and let your faith continually increase. Let this faith
guide you along the narrow path that leads through the gates of the
city into the wide, limitless future of glory. “Therefore be patient,
brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for
the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives
the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
James 5:7, 8
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The nations of the saved will know no other law than the law of
heaven. All will be a happy, united family. The morning stars will
sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy, while God and
Christ will unite in proclaiming, “There shall be no more sin, neither
shall there be any more death.”
“‘From one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to
another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,’ says the Lord.”
“For the Lord will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden
of the Lord.”
“As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God
rejoice over you.”
Isaiah 66:23
;
51:3
;
62:5
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