That glory is inconceivable and inexpressible!
(Thomas Brooks, "Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod" 1659)
"I know that this man--whether in the body
or apart from the body I do not know,
but GOD knows--was caught up to paradise.
He heard inexpressible things--things that
man is not permitted to tell!" 2 Corinthians 12:3-4
Such is the splendor, the brightness,
the glory, the happiness, and blessedness
that are reserved for the saints in Heaven--
that had I all the tongues of men on earth,
and all the excellencies of the angels in Heaven--
yet I would not be able to conceive nor
to express that vision of glory to you!
That glory is inconceivable
and inexpressible!
It is best to be hastening there,
that we may feel and enjoy that which
we shall never be able to declare!
All the troubles, afflictions, and sorrows
of this life, in comparison with eternal
happiness and blessedness--
are to be considered as nothing.
They are but as the point of a pin--
compared to the starry heavens!
"I consider that our present sufferings
are not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in us!" Romans 8:18
"In YOUR presence is fullness of joy!
In YOUR right hand there are pleasures
forever!" Psalm 16:11
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined what GOD
has prepared for those who love HIM!"
1 Corinthians 2:9
(Thomas Brooks, "Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod" 1659)
"I know that this man--whether in the body
or apart from the body I do not know,
but GOD knows--was caught up to paradise.
He heard inexpressible things--things that
man is not permitted to tell!" 2 Corinthians 12:3-4
Such is the splendor, the brightness,
the glory, the happiness, and blessedness
that are reserved for the saints in Heaven--
that had I all the tongues of men on earth,
and all the excellencies of the angels in Heaven--
yet I would not be able to conceive nor
to express that vision of glory to you!
That glory is inconceivable
and inexpressible!
It is best to be hastening there,
that we may feel and enjoy that which
we shall never be able to declare!
All the troubles, afflictions, and sorrows
of this life, in comparison with eternal
happiness and blessedness--
are to be considered as nothing.
They are but as the point of a pin--
compared to the starry heavens!
"I consider that our present sufferings
are not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in us!" Romans 8:18
"In YOUR presence is fullness of joy!
In YOUR right hand there are pleasures
forever!" Psalm 16:11
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined what GOD
has prepared for those who love HIM!"
1 Corinthians 2:9
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