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(Octavius Winslow)
Beloved, what is Heaven? What is the
final glory of the saints? It is the best place, the richest inheritance
provided by the Father for the people ransomed and redeemed by the precious
blood of His dear Son! And when we enter there, we shall enter as children
welcomed to a Father's home! It will be the best that God can give us!
He will bestow upon us, who deserved the least--the best in His power to
bestow:
the best Savior,
the best robe,
the best banquet,
the best inheritance.
In Heaven, there will be . . .
nothing more to taint,
nothing more to sully,
nothing more to embitter,
nothing more to wound,
no serpent to beguile,
no Eve to ensnare,
no spoiler to destroy,
no sin to defile,
no adversity to sadden,
no misunderstanding to alienate,
no tongue to defame,
no suspicion to chill,
no tear,
no sickness,
no death,
no parting.
It will be the best part of the pure, radiant, glorified universe which God
will assign to His redeemed people!
Let the prospect cheer, sanctify, and comfort you! It will not be long that
you are to labor and battle here on earth. It is but a little while that
you are to occupy your present sphere of conflict, of trial, and of sorrow. The
time is coming--oh, how fast it speeds! Soon the Lord Jesus Christ will bring
you home to Heaven!
"In my Father's house are many mansions: if
it were not
so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
John 14:2-3
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