“We look forward to the day of in-corruption; but not so earnestly nor so
sincerely as God himself. It is on resurrection that his heart is set; and not
an hour longer than is absolutely needful shall that glorious consummation be
delayed. The Church desires it; this body groans for it; all creation longs for
it; but God still more than all.
His object is not to perpetuate—but to terminate the reign of death; through
death to destroy him that has the power of death. His purpose is to abolish
death, to bind Satan, and to give his saints glorified bodies, and introduce the
new heavens and new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
— Horatius
Bonar
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