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This new earth and new heavens will engage the very manifestation of God Himself. Every idea, thought, feeling, and belief will become a reality. For everagelessness the awareness that every 'I', is also part of a 'we' and that there can be no harness to the power of love or the power of the mind. The unfallen worlds having never “known” sin will be newly situated in a dimension of the pure presence of God. That will be their portion. And there is nothing more powerful, more efficacious, or more impenetrable, than the presence of God. And as in us, the Spirit in them will be greater than anything in the creation. Because our God makes all things new, our minds will know that we all are greater than any appearance around us - not due to our physical form or mental personality or spiritual bearing, but the pure presence of God radiating in, as and through us. We will all live and move and have our being in Spirit. Oh, how the pure presence of Jesus will be heaven’s beauty. The “all things new” will be “all in Christ”. He is the greatest godly gift in the heavenly realms. He is that spiritual blessing that influences our every cause. All of our sufficiencies proceed from him. He is ever accessible to us who are ever mindful of our availability to him. Discovery and declaration of the abundance of the wealth of our inheritance will be measured in the receiving and enjoying the unlimited riches of God’s grace and blessings. We will ever be that “these are they” of God. We will ever be His remnant.
SOP - "These are they which follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb." Revelation 14:4. The vision of the prophet pictures them as standing on Mount Zion, girt for holy service, clothed in white linen, which is the righteousness of the saints. But all who follow the Lamb in heaven must first have followed Him on earth, not fretfully or capriciously, but in trustful, loving, willing obedience, as the flock follows the shepherd. {AA 591.1}
SOP - Mount Zion was just before us, and on the mount was a glorious temple, and about it were seven other mountains, on which grew roses and lilies. And I saw the little ones climb, or, if they chose, use their little wings and fly to the top of the mountains, and pluck the never-fading flowers. There were all kinds of trees around the temple to beautify the place; the box, the pine, the fir, the oil, the myrtle, the pomegranate, and the fig-tree bowed down with the weight of its timely figs,--these made the place all over glorious. And as we were about to enter the holy temple, Jesus raised His lovely voice and said, "Only the 144,000 enter this place," and we shouted, "Alleluia." {CET 63.2}
This temple was supported by seven pillars, all of transparent gold, set with pearls most glorious. The wonderful things I there saw, I cannot describe. Oh, that I could talk in the language of Canaan, then could I tell a little of the
glory of the better world. I saw there tables of stone in which the names of the 144,000 were engraved in letters of gold. {CET 63.3}
Proverbs 9:1
Heaven is the house which wisdom has built. On earth, we are wisdom’s house, supported by the power and promise of God, as by seven pillars.
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