Our future hope is rooted in a personal relationship with
Jesus Christ.
If we have such a relationship GOD WILL BE OUR
FATHER. This is the promise of sonship (Rev.21:3 ,7 ). The question may be asked, “Aren’t we already
God’s children, when we trust in Jesus?”
Of course—but there is more to come!
Look at this: “Beloved, now we
are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we
know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He
is.” (1
John 3:2 ) It is the difference between a little child
and an adult child coming into his inheritance.
At salvation, we are born into God’s family, and then in sanctification
we grow to look like our Father, until in glorification we become heirs with
our Elder Brother, Jesus (Heb.2:11 )!
This relationship with Christ also means GOD WILL BE OUR
COMFORT. This is the promise of solace.
“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there
shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain,
for the former things have passed away.” (Rev.21:4 ) The key
phrase is, “no more,” as in never
again!
·
No
more tears. Even Jesus
wept. But after His resurrection He
asked Mary, “Why are you weeping?” God will reach over and dry our eyes in that
joyful place called Heaven!
·
No
more tombstones. Cemeteries are against zoning ordinances in
heaven!
·
No
more trials. All sorrow and
suffering will be forever over.
·
No
temptation. We won’t even have
the capacity to sin. Imagine, never
grieving God again!
Furthermore our relationship with Christ means GOD WILL BE
OUR FOUNTAIN. This is the promise of satisfaction. “And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of
life freely to him who thirsts.’” (Rev.21:6 ) Jesus identifies Himself as the Alpha and
Omega—first and last letters of Greek alphabet—the A-Z and everything in
between! God will be our all in all—the
satisfaction of the thirst of our soul!
Augustine noted, “Our hearts are
restless, until they can find rest in you.”
Each of us will spend
eternity somewhere. If you are not going
to abide in heaven, you will dwell in hell.
Here are surely the most grievous words of Scripture:
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from
whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for
them. And I saw the dead, small and
great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works,
by the things which were written in the books.
The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered
up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his
works. Then Death and Hades were cast
into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of
Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Is your name written in
the Book of Life? If not, I beg you to
trust in Jesus today!
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