Inheritance of the Saints
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There are men today who express their belief that there will be
marriages and births in the new earth, but those who believe the Scrip-
tures cannot accept such doctrines. The doctrine that children will be
born in the new earth is not a part of the “sure word of prophecy”....
It is presumption to indulge in suppositions and theories regarding
matters that God has not made known to us in His Word. We need not
enter into speculation regarding our future state.—
Selected Messages
1:172, 173
(1904).
Workers for God should not spend time speculating as to what
conditions will prevail in the new earth. It is presumption to indulge
in suppositions and theories regarding matters that the Lord has not
revealed. He has made every provision for our happiness in the future
life, and we are not to speculate regarding His plans for us. Neither
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are we to measure the conditions of the future life by the conditions of
this life.—
Gospel Workers, 314
(1904).
Identity of the Redeemed Preserved
The resurrection of Jesus was a type of the final resurrection of all
who sleep in Him. The countenance of the risen Saviour, His manner,
His speech, were all familiar to His disciples. As Jesus arose from
the dead, so those who sleep in Him are to rise again. We shall know
our friends, even as the disciples knew Jesus. They may have been
deformed, diseased, or disfigured in this mortal life, and they rise in
perfect health and symmetry, yet in the glorified body their identity
will be perfectly preserved.—
The Desire of Ages, 804
(1898).
The same form will come forth, but it will be free from disease and
every defect. It lives again, bearing the same individuality of features,
so that friend will recognize friend.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary
6:1093
(1900).
There we shall know even as also we are known. There the loves
and sympathies that God has planted in the soul will find truest and
sweetest exercise.—
Education, 306
(1903).
A Ruddy Complexion and a Robe of Light
As Adam came forth from the hand of his Creator, he was of
noble height, and of beautiful symmetry. He was more than twice
as tall as men now living upon earth, and was well proportioned.