Revelation 2:1-7 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things said he that holds the seven stars in his right hand… I. Heaven is not merely a state, but a PLACE. Men try to be too sublimely immaterial when they deny the thought of locality to human conceptions of heaven. Dr. Chalmers says we "make it a lofty aerial region, floating in aether, suspended on nothing." Are we not wrong then? For — 1. Is it not probable that God is the only pure Spirit? 2. Do not all human instincts and all Scriptural revelations point to a place? II. Heaven is a place of SURPASSING BEAUTY. III. Heaven is a place of APPROPRIATE LABOUR IV. Heaven is a place of God's SPECIAL HABITATION. It is a most sacred reminiscence of paradise that the Lord God was there amid the trees of the garden. The central glory of heaven is the felt presence of God. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; |
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