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1 Corinthians 13:12. We behold the image of God reflected, as in a
mirror, in the works of nature and in His dealings with men; but then we
shall see Him face to face, without a dimming veil between. We shall
stand in His presence and behold the glory of His countenance.
There the redeemed shall know, even as also they are known. The
loves and sympathies which God Himself has planted in the soul shall
there find truest and sweetest exercise. The pure communion with holy
beings, the harmonious social life with the blessed angels and with
the faithful ones of all ages who have washed their robes and made
them white in the blood of the Lamb, the sacred ties that bind together
“the whole family in heaven and earth” (Ephesians 3:15)—these help to
constitute the happiness of the redeemed.
There, immortal minds will contemplate with never-failing delight
the wonders of creative power, the mysteries of redeeming love. There
will be no cruel, deceiving foe to tempt to forgetfulness of God. Every
faculty will be developed, every capacity increased. The acquirement
of knowledge will not weary the mind or exhaust the energies. There
the grandest enterprises may be carried forward, the loftiest aspirations
reached, the highest ambitions realized; and still there will arise new
heights to surmount, new wonders to admire, new truths to comprehend,
fresh objects to call forth the powers of mind and soul and body.
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
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