A City Not Made with Human Hands
The longer I live and the more people I know who have passed from this life to the next, the more I look forward not only to that journey, but to the promised city not made with human hands.
The following are what I am looking forward to:
Not only that city, but the sinlessness and the tearlessness and the painlessness and the fearlessness that those who live there will experience: "They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, not any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to the springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes" (Revelation 7:16-17);
Not only that city, but the bodies glorified to be able to reside there: "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is" (1 John 3:2);
Not only that city, but reunions with those who have already passed from this life, reunions that will not end because of time constraints: "All these died in faith, without having received the promises, but having seen them and welcomed them from a distance, having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepare a city for them" (Hebrews 11:13-16);
Not only that city, but the light that will be eternal because God is in the midst of her: "And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb" (Revelation 21:23);
Not only that city, but to see my Lord and Savior who has redeemed me, purchasing me with His own life and blood; read the Gospels.
Who else is with me?
The following are what I am looking forward to:
Not only that city, but the sinlessness and the tearlessness and the painlessness and the fearlessness that those who live there will experience: "They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, not any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to the springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes" (Revelation 7:16-17);
Not only that city, but the bodies glorified to be able to reside there: "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is" (1 John 3:2);
Not only that city, but reunions with those who have already passed from this life, reunions that will not end because of time constraints: "All these died in faith, without having received the promises, but having seen them and welcomed them from a distance, having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepare a city for them" (Hebrews 11:13-16);
Not only that city, but the light that will be eternal because God is in the midst of her: "And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb" (Revelation 21:23);
Not only that city, but to see my Lord and Savior who has redeemed me, purchasing me with His own life and blood; read the Gospels.
Who else is with me?
posted by Ebeth | 7:59 AM
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