GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH

THE ETERNAL DAY

The Blessedness of Heaven's Eternal Day
Isaiah 60:20

Don Fortner

Israel of old did not always walk in the light. Her history was checkered with alternating seasons of brightness and gleam, repentance and relapse. But God's prophet spoke to Israel and promised a day that would never end, a Sun that would never set. (v. 20).

• This Gospel Age.


• Malachi 4:2


• Pentecost.

Yet, even in this gospel age The church of God has had a very checkered history too. We have enjoyed times of great, great light.

• Pentecost.


• Reformation.


• Great Awakening.

• Amos 8:9, 11, 12


• I Thessalonians 2:10-12

That which is true of the church as a whole is true of all believers individually.

• Psalm 73:20-25

Proposition: But there is a day coming when our Sun shall set no more.

1. There is a land where there is no violence, no wasting, no destruction, but only peace, prosperity, and praise for God's elect – (v. 18). The walls of that city to which we are going are Salvation. Her gates are Praise!

2. There is a land of perpetual day and perpetual brightness, where there is no need for the sun or the moon, for the Lord God himself is the Light of that land and the glory of his people (v. 19; Rev. 21:22-24).

3. There is a land of righteousness, into which no sin and no evil, nothing that defiles can enter. (v. 21; Rev. 21:27).

• The People are All Perfectly Righteous!


• They All Inherit All The Land Forever!


• They Are All There By God's Planting! The Work of His Hands!


• They All Exit For The Glory of God and Give Glory to God!

Now, I want us to look at verse 20. Let's focus our attention just on that verse, and see what is here promised to God's elect in that land of The Eternal Day, which we generally refer to as heaven, or the everlasting estate of God's elect, when he has made all things new.

I. First, Our Text Promises Unceasing, Uninterrupted Light – "Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself."

The sun and the moon are emblems of light, clearness, and calm. In glory land there will be no interruptions to our joy, peace, and communion with our God. Imagine that – Uninterrupted Communion with Christ!

Why? Why does heaven's joy never falter? Why does her light never dim?

Illus: Lazarus is sage, happy, and blessed in Abraham's bosom.

1. No Heresies!
2. No Confusing Errors!
3. No Schisms!
4. No False Professors!

• We will be perfect and pure!


• No Scales of Worldliness on our Eyes!


• No Weighty Burdens to Load our Hearts!


• No Sin to Depress our Souls!


• No neglect of Duty To Torment Us!


• No Physical Weakness or Infirmity to Hinder Our Worship and Service!

D. Glory Land Will Be A Lord of Perpetual, Unceasing Jubilee – Freedom with no danger of bondage again! – Worship without interruption! – An Assembly that is never unassembled!

1. That Congregation will Never Break Up or Dismiss.
2. That Communion will Never End.

The light of glory land shall be unceasing. But that unceasing light shall also be everlasting light. "The Lord shall be thine everlasting light."

1. Clear Understanding of All Gospel Truth.
2. Clear Views of Divine Providence.
3. Clear Knowledge of the Triune God and His Will and His Ways!

III. Third, our text our unceasing, everlasting light will also be Unmingled Light! – "The days of thy mourning shall be ended!" "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes!"

A. No Persecutions!
B. No Trials! (Sickness – Pain – Bereavement – Sorrow!)
C. No Temptations!
D. No Inward Corruptions!
E. No Outward Sin!
F. No Chastisements!
G. No Sad Reflections!
H. No More Dying!

1. Inspiration to Believers!
2. Warning to Unbelievers!

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