HOME AT LAST!!!WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING IN THE NEW EARTH AND NEW HEAVEN? Features of nature to be found there! 1.. Mountains, plains, and streams. There are ever-flowing: streams, clear as crystal, and beside them waving trees cast their shadows upon the paths prepared for the ransomed of the Lord. There the wide-spreading plains swell into hills of beauty and the mountains of God rear their lofty summits. On those peaceful plains, beside those living streams, Gods people, so long pilgrims and wanderers, shall find a home. GC 675. · 2. Forests. Then we entered a wood, not like the dark woods we have here; no, no; but light, and all over glorious; the branches of the trees waved to and fro, and we all cried out, We will dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. He passed through the woods, for we Were on our way to Mount Zion. EH 18. 3. All kinds of trees. There were all kinds of trees around the temple to beautify the place; the box, the pine, the fir, the oil, the myrtle, and pomegranate, the fig-tree bowed down with the weight of its timely figs--these made the place all over glorious. EW 19. 4.All kinds of flowers. I saw another field full of all kinds of flowers , and as I plucked them, I cried out , They will never fade. Next I saw a field of tall grass, most glorious to behold; it was living green and had a reflection of silver and gold, as it waved proudly to the glory of King Jesus. EW 18. 5. The tree of life. Here we saw the tree of life and the throne of God. . At first I thought I saw two trees. I looked again, and saw that they were united at the top in one tree. So it was the tree of life on either side of the river of life. Its branches bowed to the place where we stood, and the fruit was glorious; it looked like gold mixed with silver. EW 17. 6. Animals all gentle and trustful. There shall be nothing to hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; saith the Lord. There man will be restored to his lost kingship, and the lower order of beings will again recognize his sway; the fierce will become gentle, and the timid trustful. n Ed 304. 7. What will the people look like? How big will they be? How strong? What are their capabilities? a. About twelve feet tall. Restored to the tree of life in the long-lost Eden, the redeemed will grow up [Malachi 4:2] to the full stature of the race in its primeval glory. GC 645. He [Adam] was more than twice as tall as men now living upon the earth, and was well proportioned. 3SG 34.
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