Heaven is a school; its field of study, the universe; its teacher, the Infinite One. A branch of this school was established in Eden; and, the plan of redemption accomplished, education will again be taken up in the Eden school....  

The prophet of Patmos thus describes the location of the school of the hereafter:  

I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.... And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:1, 2....  

The giving of the tree of life in Eden was conditional, and it was finally withdrawn. But the gifts of the future life are absolute and eternal....  

Restored to His presence, man will again, as at the beginning, be taught of God: My people shall know my name: ... they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. Isaiah 52:6....  

All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God's children. With unutterable delight we shall enter into the joy and the wisdom of unfallen beings. We shall share the treasures gained through ages upon ages spent in contemplation of God's handiwork. And the years of eternity, as they roll, will continue to bring more glorious revelations. Exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20) will be forever and forever, the impartation of the gifts of God....  

The life on earth is the beginning of the life in heaven; education on earth is an initiation into the principles of heaven; the lifework here is a training for the lifework there. What we now are, in character and holy service, is the sure foreshadowing of what we shall be. 43 . FLB 360

The resurrection of Jesus was a sample of the final resurrection of all who sleep in Him. The risen body of the Saviour, His deportment, the accents of His speech, were all familiar to His followers. In like manner will those who sleep in Jesus rise again. We shall know our friends even as the disciples knew Jesus. Though they may have been deformed, diseased, or disfigured in this mortal life, yet in their resurrected and glorified body their individual identity will be perfectly preserved, and we shall recognize, in the face radiant with the light shining from the face of Jesus, the lineaments of those we love. 26. TMK 362.3

In the city of God there shall be no night. None will need or desire repose. There will be no weariness in doing the will of God and offering praise to His name. We shall ever feel the freshness of the morning, and shall ever be far from its close. And they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord giveth them light. Revelation 22:5. The light of the sun will be superseded by a radiance which is not painfully dazzling, yet which immeasurably surpasses the brightness of our noontide. The glory of God and the Lamb floods the Holy City with unfading light. The redeemed walk in the sunless glory of perpetual day.  

I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. Revelation 21:22. The people of God are privileged to hold open communion with the Father and the Son. Now we see through a glass, darkly. 1 Corinthians 13:12. We behold the image of God reflected, as in a mirror, in the works of nature and in His dealings with men; but then we shall see Him face to face, without a dimming veil between. We shall stand in His presence, and behold the glory of His countenance. 51  . FLB 363

No man stumbles into heaven. No man goes there blindfold. If he will take time to consider, every man may know whether he is in the strait and narrow path, or in the broad road that leads to death and hell. 

We must have a vision of the future and of the blessedness of heaven.... There the redeemed ones greet those who directed them to the uplifted Saviour.... The conflict is over. All tribulation and strife are at an end. Songs of victory fill all heaven as the redeemed stand around the throne of God.  FLB 365.

Heaven must begin on earth for every soul who will enter the heavenly mansions above. . OHC 368.

have we exhausted everything we know about heaven?

The shortness of time is urged as an incentive for us to seek righteousness and to make Christ our friend.  This is not the great motive.  It savors of selfishness.  Is it necessary that the terrors of the day of God be held before us to compel us through fear to right action?  This ought not to be.  Jesus is attractive.  He is full of love, mercy, and compassion.  He proposes to be our friend, to walk with us through all the rough pathways of life.  He says to you, I am the Lord thy God; walk with me, and I will fill thy path with light.  Jesus, the Majesty of Heaven, proposes to elevate to companionship with himself those who come to him with their burdens, their weaknesses, and their cares.  He will make them his dear children, and finally give them an inheritance of more value than the empires of kings, a crown of glory richer than has ever decked the brow of the most exalted earthly monarch.  {RH, August 2, 1881 par. 6} 

The temple was supported by seven pillars, all of transparent gold, set with pearls most glorious. The things I saw there I cannot describe. Oh that I could talk in the language of Canaan, then could I tell a little of the glory of the better world. I saw there tables of stone in which the names of 144,000 were engraved in letters of gold.

After we beheld the glory of the temple, we went out, and Jesus

left us, and went to the City.

The apostle Paul was taken to the third heaven, and while there was given a view of celestial things.  When he returned to a consciousness of earthly things, he found that it was impossible for him to describe the enrapturing scenes that had passed before him.  But he kept in his soul the wonderful picture of what he had seen.  {20MR 153.3} 

We see before us a special work to be done in the time when the whole earth shall be filled with the light and the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.  The prophecies in the eighteenth of Revelation will soon be fulfilled.  During the proclamation of the third angel's message, "another angel" is to "come down from heaven, having great power;" and the earth is to be "lightened with the glory."  The Spirit of the Lord will so graciously and universally bless consecrated human instrumentalities, that men, women, and children will open their lips in praise and testimony, filling the earth with the knowledge of God, and with his unsurpassed glory, as the waters cover the sea.  {RH, October 20, 1904 par. 2} 

Many are starved and strengthless because, instead of eating of the Bread which came down from heaven, they fill their minds with things of minor importance.  But if the sinner will partake of the Bread of Life, he will, regenerated and restored, become a living soul.  The Bread sent down from heaven will infuse new life into his weakened energies.  The Holy Spirit will take of the things of God and show them to him, and if he will receive them his character will be cleansed from all selfishness, and refined and purified for heaven.  {TMK 106.2} 

Angels are interested in the spiritual welfare of all who are seeking to restore God's moral image in man; and the earthly family are to connect with the heavenly family in binding up the wounds and bruises that sin has made.  Angelic agencies, though invisible, are co-operating with visible human agencies, forming a relief association with men.  The very angels who, when Satan was seeking the supremacy, fought the battle in the heavenly courts and triumphed on the side of God, the very angels who shouted for joy over the creation of our world and its sinless inhabitants, the angels who witnessed the fall of man and his expulsion from his Eden home -- these very heavenly messengers are most intensely interested to work in union with the fallen, redeemed race for the salvation of human beings perishing in their sins.  {6T 456.2}

The Sabbath was instituted in Eden before the fall, and was

observed by Adam and Eve, and all the heavenly host. God rested

on the seventh day, and blessed and hallowed it. I saw that the

Sabbath never will be done away; but that the redeemed saints, and

all the angelic host, will observe it in honor of the great Creator to

all eternity.Early Writings, 217.

The correct understanding of the ministration in the heavenly sanctuary is the foundation of our faith.  {Ev 221.2}