A fear of making the future inheritance seem too material has led many to spiritualize away the very truths which lead us to look upon it as our home . Christ assured His disciples that He went to prepare mansions for them in the Father ' s house . Those who accept the teachings of God ' s word will not be wholly ignorant concerning the heavenly abode . And yet , " eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , neither have entered into the heart of man , the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him ." 1 Corinthians 2:9 . Human language is inadequate to describe the reward of the righteous . It will be known only to those who behold it . No finite mind can comprehend the glory of the 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 everflowing 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
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