There are also many positive statements regarding the future life.  Not only will there be the absence of all that is painful and productive of sorrow; those for whom it is prepared shall enter into rest.  They shall possess abiding peace, and the joy of their Lord will become their own.  Their bodies shall be like Christ’s own glorious body, which, when transfigured on Tabor, shone as the sun, and was white as the light.  They shall be satisfied, when they awake, with the Divine likeness.[246] “They shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever."[247] They shall sit down with Christ upon His throne, and shall be rulers over cities.  “They are as the angels of God in heaven."[248] In the many mansions of the Father’s house there will be a place for every saint.  Each will be rewarded according to his works.  Some are to be raised to higher glory than others—­some are to have authority over ten cities, and some are to bear rule over five—­but all the saints will be happy in the eternal enjoyment of God’s favour, which is life; and of His loving kindness, which is better than life.

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APPENDIX

The, following arrangement is from Professor Lumby’s History of the Creeds.  It shows that the portions of the Apostolic Creed which do not appear in the earlier forms are very few.  Irenaeus omits the conception by the Holy Ghost, while Tertullian inserts it.  Neither Creed contains the first part of the fifth article, and in both the ninth and tenth are wanting.  With these exceptions the substance of the Apostles’ Creed was in circulation as early as A.D. 180.

THE APOSTLES’ CREED. CREEDS OF ST. IRENAEUS CREEDS OF TERTULLIAN
                            (A.D. 180). (A.D. 200).

1.  I believe in God the I believe in one God, I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Maker the Father Almighty, who the Creator of the of heaven and earth:  made heaven and earth; world, who produced all
                                                        out of nothing ...

2.  And in Jesus Christ And in one Christ Jesus, And in the Word His Son His only Son our Lord, the Son of God [our [Jesus Christ],
Lord],

3.  Who was conceived by Who was made flesh [of Who through the Spirit
the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin]; and Power of God the
the Virgin Mary, Father descended into
                                                        the Virgin Mary, was
          
                                              made flesh in her womb,
                                                        and born of her;

4.  Suffered under And in His suffering Was fixed on the cross Pontius Pilate, was [under Pontius Pilate]; [under Pontius Pilate]; crucified, dead, and was dead and buried; buried,