““Earth Has No Sorrow That Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal.”Heaven Cannot Heal.”

THOMAS THOMAS MOOREMOORE

A TREASURY OF REFLECTIONS ON THE REALM BEYONDA TREASURY OF REFLECTIONS ON THE REALM BEYOND

Thinking about Heaven Thinking about Heaven can inspire and can inspire and encourage us to be more encourage us to be more heavenly-minded and heavenly-minded and realize that Heaven is a realize that Heaven is a real place where we’re real place where we’re really going to live.really going to live.

Heaven and the Spirit Heaven and the Spirit World are much more World are much more real, beautiful and lasting real, beautiful and lasting than the world which you than the world which you can see with your natural can see with your natural eyes at this very eyes at this very moment.moment.

““I think of death as a glad awakening I think of death as a glad awakening from this troubled sleep which we call from this troubled sleep which we call life; as an emancipation from a world, life; as an emancipation from a world, which, beautiful though it may be, is which, beautiful though it may be, is still a land of captivity.”still a land of captivity.”

LYMAN ABBOTTLYMAN ABBOTT

RABINDRANATH TAGORERABINDRANATH TAGORE

““Living is death; dying Living is death; dying is life. On this side of is life. On this side of the grave we are the grave we are exiles, on that, citizens; exiles, on that, citizens; on this side, orphans, on this side, orphans, on that, children; on on that, children; on this side, captives; on this side, captives; on that, freemen; on this that, freemen; on this side, disguised, side, disguised, unknown; on that, unknown; on that, disclosed and disclosed and proclaimed as the Sons proclaimed as the Sons of God.”of God.”

HENRY WARD HENRY WARD BEECHERBEECHER

LAST WORDS OF THOMAS EDISONLAST WORDS OF THOMAS EDISON

““If God has If God has made This world made This world so fair, Where so fair, Where sin and Death sin and Death abound, abound, How beautiful How beautiful Beyond Beyond compare, compare, Will Paradise be Will Paradise be Found.”Found.”

JAMES MONTGOMERYJAMES MONTGOMERY

As he neared his end, As he neared his end, John Newton John Newton exclaimed: exclaimed: “I am still in the land of “I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the dying; I shall be in the land of the living the land of the living soon.”soon.”

““Even though we have Even though we have so much to live for on so much to live for on this earth, there is even this earth, there is even more to live for in the more to live for in the next life. Death does next life. Death does not cheat a person out not cheat a person out of life; death enriches of life; death enriches life.”life.”

C.L. ALLENC.L. ALLEN

EPITAPH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLINEPITAPH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

The body of Benjamin The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, like the Franklin, Printer, like the cover of an old book, its cover of an old book, its contents torn out and contents torn out and stripped of its lettering stripped of its lettering and gilding, lies here.and gilding, lies here.

… … Yet the Work itself Yet the Work itself shall not be lost; for it shall not be lost; for it will, as he believed, will, as he believed, appear once more in a appear once more in a new and more beautiful new and more beautiful edition, corrected and edition, corrected and amended by the Author.amended by the Author.

PSALM 49:15PSALM 49:15

Once the great Once the great evangelist, Moody, evangelist, Moody, said in his buoyant said in his buoyant way: way: “Some day you “Some day you will read in the papers will read in the papers that D.L. Moody, of that D.L. Moody, of East Northfield, is East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. At believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be that moment I shall be more alive than I am more alive than I am now. I shall have gone now. I shall have gone up higher, that is all; up higher, that is all; out of this old clay out of this old clay tenement into a house tenement into a house that is immortal, a that is immortal, a body that death body that death cannot touch.”cannot touch.”

““When Christ When Christ calls me Home calls me Home I shall go with I shall go with the gladness of the gladness of a boy a boy bounding away bounding away from school.”from school.”

ADONIRAM JUDSON

First Christian missionary to Burma

MATTHEW 22:32MATTHEW 22:32

Our Heavenly Our Heavenly BodiesBodies

We can’t really We can’t really understand just how understand just how beautiful Heaven will be beautiful Heaven will be unless we first know unless we first know how wonderful each of how wonderful each of us will be when we get us will be when we get there.there.

This earthly body is slow This earthly body is slow and heavy in all it’s and heavy in all it’s motions, listless and motions, listless and soon tired with action. soon tired with action. But our heavenly bodies But our heavenly bodies shall be as fire; as active shall be as fire; as active and nimble as our and nimble as our thoughts are.thoughts are.

You are still going to be You are still going to be you. You’ll look a lot the you. You’ll look a lot the same, only better –much same, only better –much better!better!

““After death we are not After death we are not disembodied spirits. disembodied spirits. Somewhere in God’s Somewhere in God’s

wonderful creation there is wonderful creation there is a place where we can again a place where we can again

be with those we have be with those we have loved and lost for awhile.”loved and lost for awhile.”

““The identity of the one you The identity of the one you were near to on Earth were near to on Earth

remains the same, and remains the same, and instant recognition will be instant recognition will be

yours as you meet, never to yours as you meet, never to part again.”part again.”

C.L. ALLENC.L. ALLEN

H. LOCKYERH. LOCKYER

“If we really understood Heaven, we would be most unhappy and unsatisfied with life on Earth.

We would rebel against our earthly limitations. If we saw Heaven, we could not bear this earth. That’s why Heaven is forever: we cannot bear to

leave it after we get there.”

C.L. ALLENC.L. ALLEN

Can you visualize a world with no more death, no more pain, no more hunger, no more fear, no more sorrow, no more

crying nor sickness, a world where everything is a joy and a pleasure.-A society where everybody works

together in harmony, cooperation and love? That’s Heaven!

DAVID BRANDT BERGDAVID BRANDT BERG

The material universe… even down to the smallest electron, is in motion. Heaven undoubtedly is a

very active place. Suns and planets are speeding through the universe at terrific speeds. Our new

bodies will be able to travel throughout the universe at the speed of thought and visit far out

places and new dimensions! What an exciting future!

DAVID BRANDT DAVID BRANDT BERGBERG

That’s what the future is all about – to learn That’s what the future is all about – to learn the mysteries of the Universe.the mysteries of the Universe.

The future life is where we will go on The future life is where we will go on helping bring the universe to perfection, helping bring the universe to perfection,

which is God’s grand ultimate aim. which is God’s grand ultimate aim. Everyone in that better land will be busy all Everyone in that better land will be busy all

the time, and the environment will be the time, and the environment will be perfect all the time for doing the work perfect all the time for doing the work

which God assigns to all.which God assigns to all.

MATTHEW MATTHEW 25:2325:23

Thinking ahead about death or Heaven is no burden Thinking ahead about death or Heaven is no burden anymore if you're saved. When you realize there's a anymore if you're saved. When you realize there's a BETTER World hereafter and the afterlife is one to be BETTER World hereafter and the afterlife is one to be anticipated, "to deserve to die" means a promise and anticipated, "to deserve to die" means a promise and something far better than we have now. something far better than we have now.

For us who love the Lord, death is a relief, release, For us who love the Lord, death is a relief, release, freedom, promotion, graduation, and passing on to a freedom, promotion, graduation, and passing on to a better realm!better realm!

It means that you have finished the course and are It means that you have finished the course and are ready for your Eternal Rewards!ready for your Eternal Rewards!

When the moment of death comes, God will give you such grace and such peace and such love, such rest,

perfect confidence, perfect faith, no fear, all joy, all thankfulness, praising the Lord and thanking God that at last it is all over! You've done it, you've made it! It's

behind you. That's it! Never again! Heaven forever! Happiness eternally! Total glory!

Sudden death, sudden glory!

PSALM 48:14PSALM 48:14

DAVID BRANDT DAVID BRANDT BERGBERG

““All the All the disappointments, disappointments,

broken dreams, and broken dreams, and deep dark experiences deep dark experiences will soon be forgotten will soon be forgotten and blotted out like a and blotted out like a bad dream, when that bad dream, when that

glorious dawn of glorious dawn of Heaven arrives!”Heaven arrives!”

REVELATION 21:4REVELATION 21:4

DAVID BRANDT BERGDAVID BRANDT BERG

JOHN 14:2-3JOHN 14:2-3

If you wish, you can If you wish, you can sincerely pray this simple sincerely pray this simple prayer:prayer:““Jesus, I want to know You and Jesus, I want to know You and to live forever in Heaven. I to live forever in Heaven. I know that I’ve made mistakes know that I’ve made mistakes and done many wrongs – and and done many wrongs – and I’m sorry. I know I don’t I’m sorry. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept Your deserve it, but I accept Your love and ask that I can be with love and ask that I can be with You forever. Please come into You forever. Please come into my life and give me your gift my life and give me your gift of Eternal life. Amen” of Eternal life. Amen”

God has promised to answer your prayer, so now you have a God has promised to answer your prayer, so now you have a home in Heaven! God bless you with a wonderful, fulfilling home in Heaven! God bless you with a wonderful, fulfilling

eternity! See you there!eternity! See you there!

“I am the Resurrection and the Life: he that believeth in Me,

though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and

believeth in Me shall never die.”

- Jesus- Jesus

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