Christ will be Our Teacher

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for December 22
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Christ will be Our Teacher

My people shall know my name: ... they shall know in that day that I am
he that doth speak: behold, it is I. Isa. 52:6. 


Restored to His presence, man will again, as at the beginning, be taught
of God. 

We have not the slightest idea of what will then be opened before us.
With Christ we shall walk beside the living waters. He will unfold to us
the beauty and glory of nature. He will reveal what He is to us, and
what we are to Him. Truth we cannot know now, because of finite
limitations, we shall know hereafter. 

In the world to come Christ will lead the redeemed beside the river of
life and will teach them wonderful lessons of truth. He will unfold to
them the mysteries of nature. They will see that a master hand holds the
world in position. They will behold the skill displayed by the great
Artist in coloring the flowers of the field, and will learn of the
purposes of the merciful Father, who dispenses every ray of light, and
with the holy angels the redeemed will acknowledge in songs of grateful
praise God's supreme love to an unthankful world. 

There will be open to the student, history of infinite scope and of
wealth inexpressible.... The history of the inception of sin; of fatal
falsehood in its crooked working; of truth that, swerving not from its
own straight lines, has met and conquered error--all will be made
manifest. The veil that interposes between the visible and the invisible
world will be drawn aside, and wonderful things will be revealed. 

With unutterable delight we shall enter into the joy and the wisdom of
unfallen beings. We shall share the treasures gained through ages upon
ages spent in contemplation of God's handiwork. And the years of
eternity, as they roll, will continue to bring more glorious
revelations. "Exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think"
(Ephesians 3:20) will be, forever and forever, the impartation of the
gifts of God. 

We must get an education here that will enable us to live with God
through the eternal ages. The education we begin here will be perfected
in heaven. We will only just enter a higher grade.

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