What Eternity Holds for the Redeemed

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for December 31
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What Eternity Holds for the Redeemed

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. Ps. 91:16.



All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God's
redeemed. Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to
worlds afar--worlds that thrilled with sorrow at the spectacle of human
woe and rang with songs of gladness at the tidings of a ransomed soul.
With unutterable delight the children of earth enter into the joy and
the wisdom of unfallen beings. They share the treasures of knowledge and
understanding gained through ages upon ages in contemplation of God's
handiwork. With undimmed vision they gaze upon the glory of
creation--suns and stars and systems, all in their appointed order
circling the throne of Deity. Upon all things, from the least to the
greatest, the Creator's name is written, and in all are the riches of
His power displayed. 

And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still
more glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is
progressive, so will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The more
men learn of God, the greater will be their admiration of His character.
As Jesus opens before them the riches of redemption and the amazing
achievements in the great controversy with Satan, the hearts of the
ransomed thrill with more fervent devotion, and with more rapturous joy
they sweep the harps of gold; and ten thousand times ten thousand and
thousands of thousands of voices unite to swell the mighty chorus of
praise. 

"And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I
saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."
Revelation 5:13. 

The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire
universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the
vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and
gladness, throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest
atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their
unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love.

>From Maranatha - Page 373