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of Christ all their views and contemplation of heaven are changed.
Their minds had formerly dwelt upon it as a region of unlimited space,
tenanted by spirits without substance. Now heaven was connected
with the thought of Jesus, whom they had loved and reverenced above
all others, with whom they had conversed and journeyed, whom they
had handled, even in His resurrected body....
Heaven could no longer appear to them as an indefinite, incompre-
hensible space, filled with intangible spirits. They now looked upon it
as their future home, where mansions were being prepared for them
by their loving Redeemer.—
The Spirit of Prophecy 3:262
(1878).
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.—
The Great Controversy,
674, 675
(1911).
In the earth made new, the redeemed will engage in the occu-
pations and pleasures that brought happiness to Adam and Eve in
the beginning. The Eden life will be lived, the life in garden and
field.—
Prophets and Kings, 730, 731
(c. 1914).
Glory Indescribable
I saw the exceeding loveliness and glory of Jesus. His countenance
was brighter than the sun at noonday. His robe was whiter than the
whitest white. How can I ... describe to you the glories of heaven,
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and the lovely angels singing and playing upon their harps of ten
strings!—
Letter 3, 1851
.
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.—
Early Writings, 19
(1851).
Language is altogether too feeble to attempt a description of
heaven. As the scene rises before me, I am lost in amazement. Carried
away with the surpassing splendor and excellent glory, I lay down the
pen and exclaim, “Oh, what love! what wondrous love!” The most
exalted language fails to describe the glory of heaven or the matchless
depths of a Saviour’s love.—
Early Writings, 289
(1858).
Human language is inadequate to describe the reward of the righ-
teous. It will be known only to those who behold it. No finite mind can