They See Their Glorious Redeemer

Jonathan Edwards can make any extrovert into an introvert. This comes from his Sermon "True Saints, When Absent From The Body, Are Present With The LORD." I was brought to tears at the thought of seeing the glory of Christ.

"And in heaven, the spirits of just men made perfect behold his glory. They see the glory of his divine nature, consisting in all the glory of the Godhead, the beauty of all his perfections; his great majesty, almighty power, his infinite wisdom, holiness, and grace, and they see the beauty of his glorified human nature, and the glory which the Father hath given him, as God-man and Mediator. For this end, Christ desired that his saints might, "be with him, that they might behold his glory," (John 17;24) And when the souls of the saints leave their bodies to go to be with Christ, they behold the marvelous glory of that great work of redemption, and of the glorious way of salvation by him; which the angels desire to look into. They have a most clear view of the unfathomable depths of the manifold wisdom and knowledge of God; and the most bright dislays of the infinite purity and holiness of God which appear in that way and work: and see in another manner than the saints do here, what is the breadth and length and depth and height, of the grace and love of Christ, appearing in his redemption. And as they see the unspeakable riches and glory of the attribute of God's grace, so they most clearly behold and understand Christ's eternal and unmeasurable dying love to them in particular. And in short, they see every thing in Christ that tends to kindle, enflame, and gratify love, and every thing that tends to satisfy them: and that in the most clear and glorious manner, without any darkness or delusion, without any impediment or interruption. Now the saints, while in the body, see something of Christ's glory and love as, in the dawning of the morning, we see something of the reflected light of the sun mingled with darkness: but when separated from the body, they see their glorious and loving Redeemer, as we see the sun when risen, and showing his whole disk above the horizon, by his direct beams in a clear hemisphere and with perfect day."

- The Works of Jonathan Edwards Volume 2, page 28