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    Glimpses Of Heaven
    Glimpses Of Heaven
    Glimpses Of Heaven
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    Glimpses Of Heaven

    By Maria Sandberg

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    Another edition of this little book of "Glimpses of Heaven!" has been called for. It has already passed through several editions; and, having been blessed by God to many, especially among the sick and sorrowful, it is again sent forth to speak silently to the troubled heart of what is revealed to us of the things that are unseen and eternal in the Book of the Revelation.

    In the midst of much that is difficult to be understood  prophetic of things past and to come  the veil is sometimes lifted up, and the humble believer looks in and catches a glimpse of the glory which Jesus wills that he shall share.

    In these meditations on heavenly bliss, we should try as much as we can to render them profitable for our sanctification and growth in grace. They should be seasons of great searchings of heart, when our souls are, as it were, gazing upon the realities of eternity, in the sight of the heart-searching God, with all their inmost recesses laid bare before Him. Then would they exercise a sanctifying influence over us. We would be often restrained from what is unworthy of our heavenly hopes, by the thought of the glimpse of Heaven which has left its sweet, yet solemn remembrance. We should say, "How shall we be able to appear before our God prepared, as it were, to sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb  if we indulge this worldly temper or passion? How shall we be able to rejoice in the hope of seeing our blessed Savior  if we have thus dishonored His name, or if we have thus neglected to promote His cause? How shall we meet our Lord with joy, if we thus forget Him now?"

    That these meditations may help the sad and tried believer to "recover their strength" on their way to their eternal home above, is the earnest prayer of the author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarolt Books
    Release dateJan 20, 2020
    ISBN9788835363552
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      Glimpses Of Heaven - Maria Sandberg

      PREFACE

      Glimpses of Heaven

      Meditations on the Book of Revelation

      Another edition of this little book of Glimpses of Heaven! has been called for. It has already passed through several editions; and, having been blessed by God to many, especially among the sick and sorrowful, it is again sent forth to speak silently to the troubled heart of what is revealed to us of the things that are unseen and eternal in the Book of the Revelation.

      In the midst of much that is difficult to be understood  prophetic of things past and to come  the veil is sometimes lifted up, and the humble believer looks in and catches a glimpse of the glory which Jesus wills that he shall share.

      In these meditations on heavenly bliss, we should try as much as we can to render them profitable for our sanctification and growth in grace. They should be seasons of great searchings of heart, when our souls are, as it were, gazing upon the realities of eternity, in the sight of the heart-searching God, with all their inmost recesses laid bare before Him. Then would they exercise a sanctifying influence over us. We would be often restrained from what is unworthy of our heavenly hopes, by the thought of the glimpse of Heaven which has left its sweet, yet solemn remembrance. We should say, How shall we be able to appear before our God prepared, as it were, to sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb  if we indulge this worldly temper or passion? How shall we be able to rejoice in the hope of seeing our blessed Savior  if we have thus dishonored His name, or if we have thus neglected to promote His cause? How shall we meet our Lord with joy, if we thus forget Him now?

      That these meditations may help the sad and tried believer to recover their strength on their way to their eternal home above, is the earnest prayer of the author.

      CHAPTER 1

      Revelation 1:3

      Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near!

      It has been said that this is the only book in the Bible to the reading of which an especial blessing is promised. Let us, then, while we meditate upon it, expect this special blessing from a faithful, promise-keeping God. Let us expect that these glimpses of Heaven will render us more heavenly in our affections and desires  more heavenly in our lives and thoughts. What is it we are about to meditate upon, and what glimpse is about to be displayed to our mind's eye? It is to read and hear of Heaven that we are invited. It is to see by faith the glories of the new Jerusalem, through reading and hearing the words of this prophecy, that we are encouraged. And can we do so without deriving benefit? Surely not.

      The natural effect of looking at things which are unseen and eternal, must be to cast a shadow over things that are seen and temporal. What comparison can that which is to last but for a short time, have with that which is to last forever! But, more than this, if the thing set before us is beautiful in itself, valuable to us, worthy of our choice, and to be our own, and our own forever  must it not be most worthy of our regard and attention now? Must it not lead to a depreciation of everything else in comparison with it?

      This is the subject on which we are encouraged to meditate. It is a subject in which we have a deep personal interest. Inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven! Shall we not read with eagerness the description of our inheritance? Shall we not rejoice in our privilege and prospects, and look with longing eyes and glowing hearts towards the opening light which gives us, in the blessed book of the Revelation, even a glimpse of our glorious destiny  our own, our purchased possession? Bought with the blood of Christ, what though we possess not lands and dwelling-places on earth  shall we complain while we know that we have a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens!

      Let us expect to receive an increase of hope, and joy, contentment, heavenly mindedness, and indifference to worldly possessions  from the glimpses of Heaven graciously given to us in the words of this prophecy.

      "Come, Jesus, Heavenly Teacher, come,

      Convey your own instructions home."

      "Whenever I read or hear your Word,

      Your inward teachings, Lord, afford;

      To me your holy will reveal,

      Unfold the Book, and loose the seal!

      "Call me, oh, call me to your feet,

      And there transported may I sit:

      With joy your heavenly features trace,

      And feast upon your richest grace!"

      Revelation 1:5-6

      Unto Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father  to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever! Amen.

      "Ah, Lord, enlarge our scanty thought,

      To know the wonders You have wrought!

      Unloose our stammering tongues to tell

      Your love immense, unsearchable!"

      No human love can be compared with the love of Christ. His is a love which surpasses knowledge. Therefore, when the apostle prayed for the Ephesian converts, that they might know the love of Christ, he added, which surpasses knowledge; that is, they could only know a little of that wondrous subject  a drop, as it were, from the boundless ocean! And we can only stand on the shore of the same ocean, and exclaim  Unto Him that loved us  so loved us that He washed us from our sins in His own blood!

      Have we learned anything of the evil of sin? Do we feel its intolerable burden? Like Christian in Pilgrim's Progress, do we groan being burdened with our load? Then shall we, in some little measure, appreciate that love which has washed us from our sins in His own blood, and which has purchased for us everlasting deliverance from the burden of sin. Oh! it is when we look at the cross of Christ, by faith  that sin loses its power to tempt, to terrify and to distress.

      "Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,

       Which before the cross I spend."

      And, oh! let us think of the happy time when we shall be free from sin, and when we shall see our Deliverer; when we shall see Him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood!

      And while we are looking for, and hastening unto, that glorious time, let us also rejoice in our present privileges  namely, the assurance of the love of Jesus, the assurance that our sins are washed away in His blood, and that Jesus has made us now kings and priests unto God and His Father! Kings, conquering sin and Satan by the grace of God; and priests, being permitted, through the blood of Jesus, to offer up the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise. Priests unto God, holding communion with Him, admitted into the holy of holies, into the presence chamber of the Almighty,

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