Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . saith the Lord of hosts, that it shallleave them neither root nor branch. Here the symbol of atree is introduced to the mind, consisting of root and branch,and when cast into the fire the branches (the wicked) are firstdevoured, while the root (Satan) is the last to be final scene is described vividly by John the revelator inRev. 20:14, 15: And death and hell [the grave] were castinto the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoeverwas not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lakeof f
Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . saith the Lord of hosts, that it shallleave them neither root nor branch. Here the symbol of atree is introduced to the mind, consisting of root and branch,and when cast into the fire the branches (the wicked) are firstdevoured, while the root (Satan) is the last to be final scene is described vividly by John the revelator inRev. 20:14, 15: And death and hell [the grave] were castinto the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoeverwas not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lakeof fire. The wages of sin is death. Sin and sinners are now sweptaway. Rebellion will never more menace the government ofGod, nor mar His fair universe. The fire then purifies the same hand and power that guided and. sustained Noahs arkwhen it passed through the flood that destroyed the ungodly,preserves the city of God amid everlasting burnings. From thewreck and ruin of the old world, all remolded and reglorified,shall appear the new heavens and the new F XVI OR since the beginning of the world men have not heard^nor perceived bv the ear, neither hath *e ^>-\^^^ . ^God! beside Thee, what He hath prepared for hni. thatwaiteth for Him. Isa. 64:4; also i Cor. 2:9. It seems bv .his quotation that at the begmnmg of the worldmen did hear by the ear, did perceive by the eye, the glory hat^rraved the world, but since the fall, the glory has departed tothat^extent that the eye of man has not seen the ongmal gloryof the world as it was; but God ever gazes upon it, as He seethe end from the beginning, and not only views that glory as it was, but views it as it will be. , r , ,1 • .-c Thpre The human eve has beheld some wonderful things. Ihereare daz7ling sunsets and rosy sunrises, mountain glories and;cean marvels, so beautiful that, once seen, their impression clingsto memorv during life. The ear has listened to wonderful har-monies, and the music of the sweet song h
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