As we see God’s prophecies being fulfilled before our very eyes it thrills our hearts to realize that we are on the very brink of the blessings promised in God’s Kingdom.

Close your eyes for a moment to the scenes of misery and woe, degradation and sorrow that yet prevail on account of sin, and picture before your mental vision the glory of the perfect earth.

Not a stain of sin mars the harmony and peace of a perfect society; not a bitter thought, not an unkind look or word; love, welling up from every heart, meets a kindred response in every other heart, and benevolence marks every act.

There sickness shall be no more; not an ache nor a pain, nor any evidence of decay, not even the fear of such things.

Think of all the pictures of comparative health and beauty of human form and feature that you have ever seen, and know that perfect humanity will be of still surpassing loveliness.

The inward purity and mental and moral perfection will stamp and glorify every radiant countenance. Such will earth’s society be; and weeping bereaved ones will have their tears all wiped away, when thus they realize the resurrection work complete.

As we envision these final results of God’s eternal purpose, we thank and praise God as we realize that His Plan is truly the most loving, the most just, the most blessed and reasonable plan for mankind that could ever be imagined.

God’s promises awaiting mankind are beautifully summarized in the closing verses of Revelation. They show us that Armageddon is not the end. It is only the necessary prelude to the New Heavens and Earth — the most glorious time, awaiting everyone that has ever lived! God’s Kingdom!

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful” (Revelation 21:4, 5).