August 18
Jesus Revealed in Doctrine WHEN TIREDNESS ENDS
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Phil. 3:20, 21.
Most of us could stand some changing, some working over. All of us can accept the need for change at the time of glorification. We will be made like His glorious body. It will be a real body, for Jesus is real, and when He comes again He will take us to a real place.
In the New Jerusalem, Jesus is preparing a place for His people. We are promised mansions to live in (John 14:1-3). We are told about what some of our activities will be. We will build houses and inhabit them. We will plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. We will not labor in vain, but will long enjoy the work of our hands (Isaiah 65).
Jesus is also interested in our identity. The New Jerusalem has foundations, and on those foundations are the names of people. They are the same names that their mothers gave them when they were born. We will be known by our names, by our features, by our mannerisms. We shall know even as also we are known (1 Cor. 13:12).
Sometimes young people say, "Who wants to go to heaven--I'd get tired of living forever!" But stop and think for a minute about what it is in this life that makes you tired. We get tired of tears. But Isiah 65:19 says that the voice of weeping will be heard no more, nor the voice of crying. Revelation 7:17 says that God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes of the redeemed. We get tired of sin. Revelation 21:27 says that nothing abominable will be in the New Jerusalem. We get tired of death, and of pain. Revelation 21:4 says there shall be "no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall thee be any more pain." We get tired of sickness. But Isaiah 33:24 says that "the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick" We get tired of being lonely. But Revelation 21:3 says that God Himself shall dwell with them, and be their God, and they shall be His people.
Jesus has offered us the choice to live forever. Heaven is a real place, and it was created with our highest happiness in mind.
Jesus Revealed in Doctrine WHEN TIREDNESS ENDS
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Phil. 3:20, 21.
Most of us could stand some changing, some working over. All of us can accept the need for change at the time of glorification. We will be made like His glorious body. It will be a real body, for Jesus is real, and when He comes again He will take us to a real place.
In the New Jerusalem, Jesus is preparing a place for His people. We are promised mansions to live in (John 14:1-3). We are told about what some of our activities will be. We will build houses and inhabit them. We will plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. We will not labor in vain, but will long enjoy the work of our hands (Isaiah 65).
Jesus is also interested in our identity. The New Jerusalem has foundations, and on those foundations are the names of people. They are the same names that their mothers gave them when they were born. We will be known by our names, by our features, by our mannerisms. We shall know even as also we are known (1 Cor. 13:12).
Sometimes young people say, "Who wants to go to heaven--I'd get tired of living forever!" But stop and think for a minute about what it is in this life that makes you tired. We get tired of tears. But Isiah 65:19 says that the voice of weeping will be heard no more, nor the voice of crying. Revelation 7:17 says that God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes of the redeemed. We get tired of sin. Revelation 21:27 says that nothing abominable will be in the New Jerusalem. We get tired of death, and of pain. Revelation 21:4 says there shall be "no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall thee be any more pain." We get tired of sickness. But Isaiah 33:24 says that "the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick" We get tired of being lonely. But Revelation 21:3 says that God Himself shall dwell with them, and be their God, and they shall be His people.
Jesus has offered us the choice to live forever. Heaven is a real place, and it was created with our highest happiness in mind.
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