The curse has been known since Adam's fall. Unto Adam, God said the curse has been known since 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee...in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return'.
It has dogged the steps of every human being ever since. Day by day, in unremitting labour, have the effects of the curse homed in upon us all. The labour of childbirth; of learning; of working; of sickness; of danger -- all its ramifications have multiplied upon us.
So, the relief of knowing that the new, heavenly state will be utterly free from the curse and its effects brings liberation and anticipation to our souls. To be without the trammels of the curse will be rest beyond measure.
If there is to be no more curse there will be no more curse of any sort. No more old curse, certainly; but no new curse either. And if no possibility of future curse, then heaven must be forever free from any further sin which would of necessity cause it to be pronounced once again. Let us praise God for such freedom; and worship Him who has the power to undo the damage, which our forefather wrought, through the last Adam, the second Man, the Lord from Heaven, Jesus Christ.
There shall be no night there (Revelation 22:5).
There will be no darkness in heaven Our verse continues, 'They need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light.' And in another place, 'The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof'.
Some have ignorantly supposed that the sun is to be worshipped. Certainly its light and warmth support life, but it is itself a created object. By it God indirectly sustains life. In glory it will no longer be required, for God who created the sun will Himself directly sustain the eternal state. 'Reflected' light will no longer be appropriate where access to God is immediate; God Himself will be all in all.
There will be no darkness in the soul or the mind. When Jesus healed the blind, He did it as a demonstration of His power to deliver the mind also from spiritual darkness. On one such occasion, Pharisees, who were certainly not physically blind, said to Him, 'Are we blind also?' Jesus replied. 'If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, "We see," therefore your sin remaineth'.
On another occasion He said, 'The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!' How wonderful it will be to know as we are known for all time. when sin has been utterly eradicated!