In the Bible the inheritance of the saved is called a country There the heavenly Shepherd leads His flock to fountains of living waters. The tree of life yields its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree are for the service of the nations. 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, God’s people, so long pilgrims and wanderers, shall find a home.—The Great Controversy, 675.
“They come home to Sion singing,crowned with an unending joy; joy and gladness overtake them, sorrow and sighs forsake them.”
“Let desert and dry land be glad, let steppes rejoice and flower, flowering like narcissus blooms, and ringing with delight.” Isaiah 35:10, 1, Moffatt. RRe 357
Home should be made all that the word implies. It should be a little heaven upon earth, a place where the affections are cultivated instead of being studiously repressed. Our happiness depends upon this cultivation of love, sympathy, and true courtesy to one another.—Testimonies for the Church 3:539. Hvn 168
The wilderness and the
solitary place shall be glad for them: and the desert shall rejoice, and
blossom as the rose. Isaiah 35:1. KJV