Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years (Rev. 20:6).
All those who have died since the beginning of time will rise at last. "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming" (1 Cor. 15:22, 23). "This is the first resurrection" (Rev. 20:5), the resurrection of the "blessed and holy." A thousand years later the rest of the dead rise to judgment and the second death. Between these two resurrections is the millennium, the thousand years of prophecy during which the blessed and holy are priests of God and of Christ, and reign with Him. Where will we be during the millennium--with Christ, in the heavenly place; or upon this earth, which will be waste and void?
In the beginning, before the face of nature was marred by sin, God said of this world that it was very good. If that was true of this earth, what will heaven be like? A small girl looked up wondering into the star-studded sky and exclaimed, "If the wrong side of heaven looks like that, what must the right side be like?" And so say we.
As travelers often study the language of countries to which they expect to go, let us study the language of heaven, the language of faith, the language of love.
Let us learn the language of that home
Whilst here on earth we be,
Lest our poor hearts for want of words,
Be dumb in that high company.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness" (Ps. 145:7).
All those who have died since the beginning of time will rise at last. "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming" (1 Cor. 15:22, 23). "This is the first resurrection" (Rev. 20:5), the resurrection of the "blessed and holy." A thousand years later the rest of the dead rise to judgment and the second death. Between these two resurrections is the millennium, the thousand years of prophecy during which the blessed and holy are priests of God and of Christ, and reign with Him. Where will we be during the millennium--with Christ, in the heavenly place; or upon this earth, which will be waste and void?
In the beginning, before the face of nature was marred by sin, God said of this world that it was very good. If that was true of this earth, what will heaven be like? A small girl looked up wondering into the star-studded sky and exclaimed, "If the wrong side of heaven looks like that, what must the right side be like?" And so say we.
As travelers often study the language of countries to which they expect to go, let us study the language of heaven, the language of faith, the language of love.
Let us learn the language of that home
Whilst here on earth we be,
Lest our poor hearts for want of words,
Be dumb in that high company.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness" (Ps. 145:7).
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