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with the freshness and vigor of eternal youth.... The mortal, corruptible
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form, devoid of comeliness, once polluted with sin, becomes perfect,
beautiful, and immortal. All blemishes and deformities are left in the
grave.—
The Great Controversy, 644, 645
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He [Christ] died for us, and was raised for us, that we might come
forth from the tomb to a glorious companionship with heavenly angels,
to meet our loved ones and to recognize their faces, for the Christlike-
ness does not destroy their image, but transforms it into His glorious
image. Every saint connected in family relationship here will know
each other there.—
Selected Messages 3:316
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The living righteous are changed “in a moment, in the twinkling of
an eye.” At the voice of God they were glorified: now they are made
immortal, and with the risen saints are caught up to meet their Lord in
the air. Angels “gather together the elect from the four winds, from
one end of heaven to the other.”—
The Great Controversy, 645
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Little children are borne by holy angels to their mothers’ arms.—
The Great Controversy, 645
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As the little infants come forth immortal from their dusty beds,
they immediately wing their way to their mother’s arms. They meet
again nevermore to part. But many of the little ones have no mother
there. We listen in vain for the rapturous song of triumph from the
mother. The angels receive the motherless infants and conduct them
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to the tree of life.—
The Youth’s Instructor, April 1, 1858
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Friends long separated by death are united, nevermore to part, and
with songs of gladness ascend together to the city of God.
On each side of the cloudy chariot are wings, and beneath it are
living wheels; and as the chariot rolls upward, the wheels cry, “Holy,”
and the wings, as they move, cry, “Holy,” and the retinue of angels
cry, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.” And the redeemed shout,
“Alleluia!” as the chariot moves onward toward the New Jerusalem.—
The Great Controversy, 645
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We all entered the cloud together, and were seven days ascending
to the sea of glass, when Jesus brought the crowns, and with His own
right hand placed them on our heads. He gave us harps of gold and
palms of victory.—
Early Writings, 16
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There are the columns of angels on either side, and the ransomed
of God walk in through the cherubims and seraphims. Christ bids them
welcome and puts upon them His benediction. “Well done, thou good