The Harp of God: Proof Conclusive That Millions Now Living Will Never Die
John Stuart Mill · en
"O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness:
Fear before him, all the earth.
Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth;
The world also shall he established that it shall not be moved;
He shall judge the people righteously.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof.
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein;
Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord;
For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth:
He shall judge the world with righteousness,
And the people with his truth."--Psalm 96:9-13.
[621]Finally, at the end of the Millennial reign of the Messianic
kingdom, all the obedient ones of the human race will have been restored
to perfect conditions. The harp of God, the great doctrinal truths, will
be magnified in the hearts of all the people. But even now the fully
consecrated Christian is pictured as standing above the kingdoms of this
world, having the harp of God, and singing the song of Moses and the
Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty;
just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear
thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?" And with the close of the thousand
years "all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments
are made manifest". (Revelation 15:3,4) These are looking to the
finished work of Christ.
HALLELUJAH CHORUS
[622]By faith looking up through the corridor of the Millennial age now
opening, we see standing at the further end thereof a perfect race of
human beings. Every vestige of wickedness, selfishness, and wrong has
been eliminated. During the thousand-year reign of Christ that old
serpent, the devil and Satan, has been restrained, that he might not
deceive the nations and peoples during the Messianic reign. (Revelation
20:1-3) Being released for a little season at the end of that period, he
has put forth his efforts again to deceive; but now these have ended and
Satan is destroyed, because God has decreed it thus. (Revelation
20:7-10; Hebrews 2:14) Abraham, the father of the faithful, and his
colleagues of like faithfulness, who have, under the supervision of the
Christ, directed the people through their Millennial trial, have
finished their earthly career and have been raised to a higher plane as
spirit beings. Having during that reign turned many to righteousness,
they shine forth as the stars for ever and ever. (Daniel 12:3) The earth
has been brought to a condition of Edenic Paradise. In it there are no
weeds, thistles, or wicked thorns. It is a fit habitation for perfect
man, pleasing to the eye. All men and women have been perfected in
organism, mind, and character; and gracious words are upon their lips.
Each one, granted a perfect voice, possesses the ability to sing
perfectly; and a song of joy is upon all lips. All the creation of earth
is now subjected to man; and the chief joy of every one is and will be