God's Love for His People I have seen the tender love that God has for His people, and it is very great. I saw angels over the saints with their wings spread about them. Each saint had an attending angel. If the saints wept through discouragement, or were in danger, the angels that ever attended them would fly quickly upward to carry the tidings, and the angels in the city would cease to sing. Then Jesus would commission another angel to descend to encourage, watch over, and try to keep them from going out of the narrow path; but if they did not take heed to the watchful care of these angels, and would not be comforted by them, but continued to go astray, the angels would look sad and weep. They would bear the tidings upward, and all the angels in the city would weep, and then with a loud voice say, “Amen.” But if the saints fixed their eyes upon the prize before them and glorified God by praising Him, then the angels would bear the glad tidings to the city, and the angels in the city …
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"
The EGW passage describes angels ministering to and watching over the saints, which aligns with the concept in Hebrews 1:14 that angels are ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation. The EGW passage provides a more detailed and narrative account of this ministry.
"There is perfect order and harmony in the Holy City. All the angels that are commissioned to visit the earth hold a golden card, which they present to the angels at the gates of the city as they pass in and out. Heaven is a good place. I long to be there and behold my lovely Jesus, who gave His life for me, and be changed into His glorious image. Oh, for language to express the glory of the bright world to come! I thirst for the living streams that make glad the city of our God. EW 39.2"
"For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
The EGW passage mentions being 'changed into His glorious image,' which aligns with the concept of putting on incorruption and immortality described in 1 Corinthians 15:53. Both speak to a transformation into a glorified state.
"And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass."
Both passages describe aspects of the Holy City. Revelation 21:21 describes the gates and streets, while the EGW passage describes the order and harmony, and the angels. The connection is thematic, relating to the description of heaven.