It Will Be The Best That GOD Can Give Us!

What is Heaven?
(Octavius Winslow)

Beloved, what is Heaven?
What is the final glory of the saints?
It is the best place, the richest
inheritance provided by the FATHER
for the people ransomed and redeemed
by the precious blood of HIS dear SON!

And when we enter there, we shall
enter as children welcomed to
a FATHER'S home!

It will be the best that GOD can give us!

HE will bestow upon us,
who deserved the least--
the best in HIS power to bestow:
  the best SAVIOR,
  the best robe,
  the best banquet,
  the best inheritance.

In Heaven, there will be . . .
  nothing more to taint,
  nothing more to sully,
  nothing more to embitter,
  nothing more to wound,
  no serpent to beguile,
  no Eve to ensnare,
  no spoiler to destroy,
  no sin to defile,
  no adversity to sadden,
  no misunderstanding to alienate,
  no tongue to defame,
  no suspicion to chill,
  no tear,
  no sickness,
  no death,
  no parting.

It will be the best part of the pure,
radiant, glorified universe which GOD
will assign to HIS redeemed people! 

Let the prospect cheer, sanctify, 
and comfort you! It will not be long 
that you are to labor and battle 
here on earth. It is but a little 
while that you are to occupy 
your present sphere of conflict, 
of trial, and of sorrow. 

The time is coming--
oh, how fast it speeds! 
Soon the LORD JESUS CHRIST 
will bring you home to Heaven!

"In MY FATHER'S house are many rooms; 
I AM going there to prepare a place for you. 
And if I go and prepare a place for you, 
I will come back and take you to be with ME--
that you also may be where I AM!" John 14:2-3 

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