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A Word to the Little Flock
set with pearls, most glorious to behold, which were to be inhabited
by the saints; [
Isaiah 65:21
.] in them was a golden shelf; I saw many
of the saints go into the houses, take off their glittering crowns and
lay them on the shelf, then go out into the field by the houses to do
something with the earth; [
Isaiah 65:21
.] not as we have to do with the
earth here; no, no. A glorious light shone all about their heads, and
they were continually shouting and offering praises to God.
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And I saw another field full of all kinds of flowers, and as I plucked
them, I cried out, well they will never fade. Next I saw a field of
tall grass, most glorious to behold; it was living green, and had a
reflection of silver and gold, as it waved proudly to the glory of King
Jesus. Then we entered a field full of all kinds of beasts—the lion,
the lamb, the leopard and the wolf, altogether in perfect union; [
Isaiah
11:6-9
.] we passed through the midst of them, and they followed on
peaceably after. Then we entered a wood, not like the dark woods we
have here, no, no; but light, and all over glorious; the branches of the
trees waved to and fro, and we all cried out, “we will dwell safely in
the wilderness and sleep in this woods.” [
Ezekiel 34:25
.] We passed
through the woods, for we were on our way to Mount Zion. As we
were travelling along, we met a company who were also gazing at the
glories of the place. I noticed red as a border on their garments; their
crowns were brilliant; their robes were pure white. As we greeted
them, I asked Jesus who they were? He said they were martyrs that
had been slain for him. With them was an innumerable company of
little ones; they had a hem of red on their garments also. [
Jeremiah
31:15-17
.
Matthew 2:18
.] Mount Zion was just before us, and on the
Mount sat a glorious temple, and about it were seven other mountains,
on which grew roses and lilies, [
2 Esdras 2:19.
] and I saw the little
ones climb, or if they chose, use their little wings and fly to the top
of the mountains, and pluck the never fading flowers. There were all
kinds of trees around the temple to beautify the place; the box, the
pine, the fir. the oil, the myrtle, the pomegranate, and the fig tree
bowed down with the weight of its timely figs, that made the place
look all over glorious. [
Isaiah 60:13
.
Isaiah 41:19
.] And as we were
about to enter the holy temple, Jesus raised his lovely voice and said,
only the 144,000 enter this place, and we shouted Hallelujah.
Well, bless the Lord, dear brethren and sisters, it is an extra meeting
for those who have the seal of the living God [
Revelation 14:3
.] This