The Opening Heavens: or a Connected View of the Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles, Concerning the Opening Heavens, Compared With Astronomical Observations, and of the Present and Future Location of the New Jerusalem, the Paradise of GodBates, Joseph
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The Opening Heavens: or a Connected View of the Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles, Concerning the Opening Heavens, Compared With Astronomical Observations, and of the Present and Future Location of the New Jerusalem, the Paradise of God
Bates, Joseph
Bible -- Prophecies; Paradise; Second Advent
And Daniel, the prophet, teaches the same doctrine. "I saw in the night
visions: and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of
heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, (described in the ninth verse)
and they brought him near before him; and there was given him dominion
and glory, and a kingdom, never to be destroyed." Dan. vii: 13, 14. Now
we all admit this personage was Jesus Christ; for no being on earth or
in heaven, has ever had the promise of an everlasting kingdom but him.
And does not the Ancient of days give it to him? Would it not be absurd
to say that he gave it to himself? How then can it be said (or proved)
as it is by some, that the Son is the Ancient of days;--this passage,
and the one in fifth Revelations, distinctly prove God and his Son to be
two persons in heaven. Jesus says, "I proceeded forth and came from God;
neither came I of myself, but he sent me." John viii: 42. "I come forth
from the Father, and am come into the world; again, I leave the world
and go to the Father." (Does he remain in the same place?) "We are
confident I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and
present with the Lord." Paul.
"The Scripture testimony accounts for no other spirits but those seen in
the shape of men." One of the three which came to Abraham was the Lord.
Gen. xviii. The Angel Gabriel was called the "man Gabriel." Danl. ix.
The angel which appeared to Gideon was called the Lord. I think here is
sufficient proof from the Scriptures to justify the true believer to be
still looking for a personal Saviour, and that God the Father is a
person, and looks like Jesus and we like him; and God has a habitation
where he dwells, as the Scriptures testify:
"And I John saw the _Holy City new Jerusalem_ coming down from God out
of Heaven."
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