"Amid the ransomed throng are the apostles of Christ,
--the heroic Paul,
--the ardent Peter,
--the loved and loving John,
and their truehearted brethren, and with them the vast host of martyrs;
while outside the walls, with every vile and abominable thing, are those by whom they were persecuted, imprisoned, and slain.
--There is Nero, that monster of cruelty and vice, beholding the joy and exaltation of those whom he once tortured, and in whose anguish he found satanic delight.
--His mother is there to witness the result of her own work; to see how the evil stamp of character transmitted to her son, the passions encouraged and developed by her influence and example, have borne fruit in crimes that caused the world to shudder.
They learn now that Christ identifies His interest with that of His suffering people; and they feel the force of His own words: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me” (Matthew 25:40)."
Heaven p.106-110 E.G.W.
--the heroic Paul,
--the ardent Peter,
--the loved and loving John,
and their truehearted brethren, and with them the vast host of martyrs;
while outside the walls, with every vile and abominable thing, are those by whom they were persecuted, imprisoned, and slain.
--There is Nero, that monster of cruelty and vice, beholding the joy and exaltation of those whom he once tortured, and in whose anguish he found satanic delight.
--His mother is there to witness the result of her own work; to see how the evil stamp of character transmitted to her son, the passions encouraged and developed by her influence and example, have borne fruit in crimes that caused the world to shudder.
They learn now that Christ identifies His interest with that of His suffering people; and they feel the force of His own words: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me” (Matthew 25:40)."
Heaven p.106-110 E.G.W.
