Then they returned back to Jerusalem with great joy.
It was the thought of Jesus being in glory which gave them great joy; and His promise that He would come again some day, made them happy and hopeful.
They had lost His dear bodily presence here; but He said that though He was in heaven, He would be with them here too, even to the end of the world.
This is what He says to us, dear children, to-day! He says, "I am with you all the days, and I am coming again to receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."
Jesus wants us all to set to work for Him. He has left us a charge to tell others about His love in dying for us, that they may come to Him to be blessed.
We may not be able to do very much, but we can try to please Him every day by being obedient, faithful and loving; and while we listen to His voice saying to us from the glory, "Surely I come quickly!" We can answer Him with adoring love,—
"Come, Lord Jesus!"
[XXVII. When the Earth was made Beautiful]
Long ago, before this earth was made ready for us to live on, if you had been able to look at it, you would have seen nothing but mist, and darkness, and water!
And as you think about it, you wonder very much how it all was.