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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 14, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 51.

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A Triumphant Entrance

By H. A. ST. JOHN

Seven Great Triumphs—No. 6

A Triumphant Entrance

H. A. ST. JOHN
The saints of God have just concluded a grand and triumphant ascension to the gates of heaven. The Saviour is in their midst, and he at once begins to prepare them for their triumphant entrance into the Father’s house of many mansions, where he has prepared places for them. Angels first bring from the city glorious crowns, with the name of each saint written thereon. Jesus receives them, and then with his own right hand he places a crown on the head of each saint. Next, harps are brought, and Jesus gives to each saint a harp.
All being in readiness, the gates of pearl are swung wide open on their glittering hinges, and with Jesus as their leader, the saints enter, with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They will see the places prepared for them, and feel that they have a perfect right there, that they have reached their long-looked-for and longed-for rest that remains for the people of God. And the universal feeling and exclamation will be, “The half has never been told!”
As has already been observed, the saints’ sixth triumph will be at the beginning of their millennial reign with Christ in the paradise of God,—a veritable jubilee, for the old earth during the time will have a complete rest from the wonderfully mixed, and in many instances evil, productions to gratify the perverted tastes, appetites, and passions of a sinful race.
Judgment begins with the household of God. The saints in the holy city are immortalized and glorified, and hence their cases have then been decided. They are then enjoying the blessedness of a favorable decision. We are told in the Word that the saints shall have the honor of judging men and angels. It will be at this time that the saints will participate in the judgment of the wicked, and the fallen angels. And at the end of the millennial period, they will witness the execution of that judgment, and will then be able to exclaim, “Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.”