March 31

Revelation 22:3-4—His servants shall serve Him; and see his face; his name shall be in their foreheads.

These are the three elements in heavenly bliss Service.—In the disciples’ prayer the Lord taught us that the will of God is done there. Not that there is any breach in its perfect rest. Activity there will be, as easy and natural as the play of the bees among the limes, or of minnows in the pool. There will be no strain, no effort, no exhaustion. To stay those ministries which the blessed render to Him would be intolerable pain. They would be weary with forbearing, and could not stay.

Vision.—"They shall see his face." Here, through a glass darkly; there, face to face. Here, as when the two walked to Emmaus, and knew not their Companion, though their burning hearts might have told them the secret; there, as when their eyes were opened, and they knew Him (though He will not vanish from our sight). Oh, what a glad surprise!

Transfiguration.—"His name shall be in their foreheads." The name of God is the totality of the Divine perfection and beauty, and the bearing of his name on their foreheads indicates that they are becoming like Him, they see Him as He is.

There the Bible closes its record, finding man in a garden, leaving him in a city; demonstrating that where sin reigned unto death, there much more grace reigned through righteousness unto eternal life, giving man a more exalted and blessed lot than Adam enjoyed in the cool of the day in Eden.