There is not a place which a believer walks in-which is free from snares. Behind every tree-is the tempter with his barbed arrow! Behind every bush-is the roaring lion, the Devil, your great enemy, prowling around, looking for some victim to devour! Under every piece of grass-hides the deadly adder!
This present world is the battlefield; Heaven is a place of complete victory and glorious triumph.
This present world is the land of the sword and the spear; Heaven is the land of the wreath and the crown.
This present world is the land of the garment rolled in blood and the dust of the fight; Heaven is the land of the trumpet’s joyful sound-the place of the white robe and of the shout of conquest.
Oh, what a thrill of joy shall shoot through the hearts of all the redeemed, when their conquests shall be complete; when death itself, the last of foes, shall be slain; when Satan shall be dragged captive at the chariot wheels of Christ; when He shall have overthrown sin and trampled corruption as the mire of the streets; when the great shout of universal victory shall rise from the hearts of all the redeemed!(Charles Spurgeon) Until then let us remember this glorious promise: 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 anymore pain: for the former things are passed away.–Revelation 21:4
