Paradise of God . In the Bible the inheritance of the saved is called " a country ." Hebrews 11:14-16 . There the heavenly Shepherd leads His flock to fountains of living waters . The tree of life yields its fruit every month , and the leaves of the tree are for the service of the nations . There are ever-flowing streams , clear as crystal , and beside them waving trees cast their shadows upon the paths prepared for the ransomed of the Lord . There the wide-spreading plains swell into hills of beauty , and the mountains of God rear their lofty summits . On those peaceful plains , beside those living streams , God ' s people , so long pilgrims and wanderers , shall find a home .
" My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation , and in sure dwellings , and in quiet resting places ." " Violence shall no more be heard in thy land , wasting nor destruction within thy borders ; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation , and thy gates Praise ." " They shall build houses , and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards , and eat the fruit of them . They shall not build , and another inhabit ; they shall not plant , and another eat : . . . Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands ." Isaiah 32:18 ; 60:18 ; 65:21 , 22 . There , " the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice , and blossom as the rose ." " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree , and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree ." " The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb , and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; . . . and a little child shall lead them ." " They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain ," saith the Lord . Isaiah 35:1 ; 55:13 ; 11:6 , 9 . Pain cannot exist in the atmosphere of heaven . There will be no more tears , no funeral trains , no badges of mourning .
" There shall be no more death , neither sorrow , nor crying : . . . for the former things are passed away ." " The inhabitant shall not say , I am sick : the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity ." Revelation 21:4 ; Isaiah 33:24 . There is the New Jerusalem , the metropolis of the glorified new earth , " a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord , and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God ." " Her light was like unto a stone most precious , even like a jasper stone , clear as crystal ." " The nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it ." Saith the Lord : " I will rejoice in Jerusalem , and joy in My people ." " The tabernacle of God is with men , and He will dwell with them , and they shall be His people , and God Himself shall be with them , and be their God ." Isaiah 62:3 ; Revelation 21:11 , 24 ; Isaiah 65:19 ; Revelation 21:3 .
In the City of God " there shall be no night ." None will need or desire repose . There will be no weariness in doing the will of God and offering praise to His name . We shall ever feel the freshness of the morning and shall ever be far from its close . " And they need no candle , neither light of the sun ; for the Lord God giveth them light ." Revelation 22:5 . The light of the sun will be superseded by a radiance which is not painfully dazzling , yet which immeasurably surpasses the brightness of our noontide . The glory of God and the Lamb floods the Holy City with unfading light . The redeemed walk in the sunless glory of perpetual day . " I saw no temple therein : for the Lord
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