The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-21

Lessos In the International serica 10,
Juae ~. fnO1-A New H-avcn
and = New Earth.

earth were passed away. and there Mas
no more sea.
Jerusalem. coming down from God out
OF Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned
Tor her husband.
). And l heard a great voice out Of
Heaven saying. Behold. the tabernacle OF
God Is with men. and lie will dwell with
them, and they shall be Ills people. and
God Himself shall be with them. and be
their God.
T. And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes. and there shall be no more
death. neither sorrow. nor crying. neither
shan there be any more pain. Tor the for
ner things are passed away.
And lie that sat upon the throne
said. Behold. make all things new. And
lie said unto me. Write: for these words
are true and faithful
3. And He said unto me. IL IS done. am
Alpha and Omega. the beginning and the
end. ! will give unto him that is athlrst
OF the fountain of the water OF life freely.
Z. He that overcometh shall inherit all
things: and l will be his God. and he shall
be My son.
q. And saw no temple therein; for the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple Of II.
70. And the city had no need OF the sun.
neither OF the moon. 10 shine In It; for the
glory OF God did tighten II. and the Lamb
Is the light thereof.
"a. And the nations OF them which are
saved shall walk In the light OF II: and the
kings Of the earth do bring their glory
and honor into II.
Is. And the gates OF II shall not be shut
at all by day: for there shall be no night
there.
70. And they shall bring the glory and
honor OF the nations into 1t.
Y. And there shall In no wise enter into
1t any thing that defieth. neither what
soever worketh abominatlon. or maketh
lie: but they which are written in the
Lambs book OF life.
GOLDEN TExTs-He that overcom-
eth shall inherit all things, and !
will be his God and he shall be mp
son.-Nev 2i:.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
This is the elimination of all Scrip
tural teaching, and it is perhaps The
clearest vision of Heaven given any
where in all the Bible. The whole ac-
count embraces chapters 81 and %.
which may be briefly summarized as
follows:
The New Jerusalem. go
blessing and cursing. :5-s n
No Night There. ........................22 T..
hedNenly worship ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS y .s-9
An INVITATION .'....................... = .lV-zi
The New usalem.-Jerusalem
was the center of Jewish worship.
Daniel and his friends in captivity
prayed with their faces towards Jer-
usalem. Sin has obscured the face of
God from man. But sin will be final
ly banished from this earth, and there
will be new and a better Jerusalem
where men will continue to worship
oil hif in hax 1, Il
before. For God will dwell among
His people, and the harmony of uni
versal Righteousness will prevail. This
reign of righteousness will mean the
entire absence of sorrow and weep
ing. There will be only gladness and
mirth. In verses Q and 10 comes again
the thought of Jerusalem as the place
of worship, and the church is repre-
sented as the bride of the Lamb"
1t was place of exceedingly great
beauty. Its glory and grandeur can
only be represented by visions of fine
gold and al the costly stones. Moth
ing will enter this city that will mar or
deface its beauty. 1t is a significant
thought the author puts in opposition
the thoughts of 'worketh abomina-
ton" and 'maketh lie" OF all the
denominations of earth the lie is easily
leader. for it fathers all the others.
Blessing and Cursing.-In chapter
81 are contained two promises and
curse. The first promise is the wa
ter of life to him that thirsteth. The
second is to him that overcometh. he
shall inherit all things; land l will be
his God. and he shall be My SON." Som
ship with such God is surely the
highest possible gift in even the Di-
vine power. The curse is just as great
as the promises, namely: exclusion
from participation in such great bless
ings. refusal to even enter the beauti-
ful city.
No Night There.--Two notable
things about the heavenly city are the
river of water, squire" and proceed
ing out of the throne of God, and of
the Lamb" and the fact of there being
no night. At the close of the day of
toll comes the night of rest. Over yon-
der there will be no WEAKNESS, hence
no need of the night Of rest. Then
night time stands for the gloom of
sorrow and disappointment. The per-
petual day of gladness is the promise
beyond this vale of tears. The char
nctcr of the light is God Himself.
which means perfect mutual under
standing and eternal peace.
Heavenly Worship.-Two things are
to be noticed concerning the worship
of the new Jerusalem. The first is
that there is TO be worship. and the
second is that this worship is not to be
of the abstract right. but of a personal
God. John fell down to worship the
angel, a case of human weakness wor-
Shipping Divine goodness. but John was
rebulSed, the angel commanding John
to worship God"
An lnvitation.-"Wh will, let
him take of the water Of life freely"
Now is the time to come. In the las:
day "the unjust" and "the filthy" will
have no desire to mend their ways:
only the righteous will then ne pre-