e." "Instead of the thorn
shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the
myrtle-tree."(1182) "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid; ... and a little child shall lead
them." "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,"(1183)
saith the Lord.

Pain cannot exist in the atmosphere of heaven. There will be no more
tears, no funeral trains, no badges of mourning. "There shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, ... for the former things are passed
away."(1184) "The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that
dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity."(1185)

There is the New Jerusalem, the metropolis of the glorified new earth, "a
crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of
thy God."(1186) "Her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like
a jasper stone, clear as crystal." "The nations of them which are saved
shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their
glory and honor into it."(1187) Saith the Lord, "I will rejoice in
Jerusalem, and joy in My people."(1188) "The tabernacle of God is with
men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God
Himself shall be with them, and be their God."(1189)

In the city of God "there shall be no night." None will need or desire
repose. There will be no weariness in doing the will of God and offering
praise to His name. We shall ever feel the freshness of the morning, and
shall ever be far from its close. "And they need no candle, neither light
of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light."(1190) The light of the
sun will be superseded by a radiance which is not painfully dazzling, yet
which immeasurably surpasses the brightness of our noontide. The glory of
God and the Lamb floods the holy city with unfading light. The redeemed
walk in the sunless glory of perpetual day.

"I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple of it."(1191) The people of God are privileged to hold open
communion with the Father and the Son. "Now we see through a glass,
darkly."(1192) We behold the image of God reflected, as in a mirror, in
the works of nature and in His dealings with men; but then we shall see
Him face to face, without a dimming veil between. We shall stand in His
presence, and behold the glory of His countenance.

There the redeemed shall "know, even as also they are kn