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new light, is prepared to receive a new idea of heaven
and earth; this is the end of our world!
John saw in his vision, the "Great and small" appear before God to be judged. In this judgment he
saw heaven and earth pass away; he also saw "Death and
hell cast into the lake of fire." Later, he declares that
he saw a "New heaven and a new earth," but speaks not
of seeing a "new hell" after its destruction!
The devil spoke to Jesus, "All these things will I
give thee if thou wilt worship me." Worship acknowledges
a power and presence. Every day this temptation meets
us, as it did Jesus; evil appearances appeal to us, to acknowledge the reality of evil, to admit its power and
presence! But Jesus answered, "It is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou
serve." Truth replies to claims of error, God alone is
power and presence; this only do I acknowledge.
Then "the devil leaveth him and angels come.''
We recall the story of the Saint, who was so lost in
contemplation of Divine Love, as to be filled completely
with its Holy Presence. In the midst of his bright vision
arose a dark figure, whom he knew to be "Satan." Looking upon it a moment, with the light of Love filling his
soul, he exclaimed, "Satan, thee too I love." Immediately the dark form disappeared, and Light Divine, shone
in the very place where darkness had been.
To look at every appearance, with thought aglow in
the consciousness of Divine Presence and Power as all, is
to dispel every opposite claim.
Peter expresses this idea of the judgment day when
he says, "The day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the
night."
A thief does not announce his coming with noise of
