Words of Hope…
God Himself has planted the loves and sympathies in human
hearts, and in heaven they will find their truest and sweetest expression. The pure fellowship with holy beings and the faithful of all the ages, the sacred ties that bind together “the whole family in heaven and earth” (Ephesians 3:15)—these help to make up the happiness
of the redeemed.
There, with delight that has no end, immortal minds will study
the wonders of creative power, the mysteries of redeeming love. Every aspect of mind will be developed, every capacity increased.
Learning will not exhaust the energies. The redeemed may carry
on the grandest enterprises, reach their highest aims, fulfill their
noblest ambitions. And still they will find new heights to conquer,
new wonders to admire, new truths to comprehend, fresh objects to
draw out the powers of mind and soul and body.
All the treasures of the universe will be open to God’s redeemed.
Not limited by mortality, they fly tirelessly to far-off worlds. The
children of earth enter into the joy and wisdom of unfallen beings
and share treasures of knowledge that these have gained through
ages upon ages. With undimmed vision they gaze on the glory of
creation—suns and stars and systems, all in their appointed order
circling the throne of God.
And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring still more
glorious revelations of God and of Christ. The more we learn about
God, the more we will admire His character. As Jesus opens before
the redeemed the riches of redemption and the amazing achievements in the great controversy with Satan, their hearts thrill with devotion,
and ten thousand times ten thousand 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,
I heard saying, ‘Blessing and honor and glory and power be to
Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever 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, life and
light and gladness flow throughout the realms of limitless space.
From the smallest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and
inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that
God is love.
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Source: Ellen G. White, The Great Hope, pp. 89, 90.