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with praise to Him that sitteth on the throne.—
Testimonies for the
Church 8:254
(1904).
If, during this life, they are loyal to God, they will at last “see
His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads” (
Revelation 22:4
).
And what is the happiness of heaven but to see God? What greater
joy could come to the sinner saved by the grace of Christ than to look
upon the face of God and know Him as Father?—
Testimonies for the
Church 8:268
(1904).
Fellowship With Angels and the Faithful of All Ages
Every redeemed one will understand the ministry of angels in his
own life. The angel who was his guardian from his earliest moment,
the angel who watched his steps and covered his head in the day of
peril, the angel who was with him in the valley of the shadow of
death, who marked his resting place, who was the first to greet him
in the resurrection morning—what will it be to hold converse with
him, and to learn the history of divine interposition in the individual
life, of heavenly cooperation in every work for humanity!—
Education,
305
(1903).
From what dangers, seen and unseen, we have been preserved
through the interposition of the angels, we shall never know, until in
the light of eternity we see the providences of God.—
The Desire of
Ages, 240
(1898).
The loves and sympathies which God Himself has planted in the
soul shall there find truest and sweetest exercise. The pure communion
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with holy beings, the harmonious social life with the blessed angels
and with the faithful ones of all ages who have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb, the sacred ties that bind
together “the whole family in heaven and earth” (
Ephesians 3:15
)—
these help to constitute the happiness of the redeemed.—
The Great
Controversy, 677
(1911).
Bearing Testimony to Unfallen Beings
“The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister”
[
Matthew 20:28
]. Christ’s work below is His work above, and our
reward for working with Him in this world will be the greater power
and wider privilege of working with Him in the world to come. “Ye