Revelation 7:9 "After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,"
"͞Heaven, we must always remember, is not a place where all sorts and kinds of people will go as a matter of course. The inhabitants of Heaven are not such a discordant, heterogeneous rabble as some men seem to suppose. Heaven, it cannot be too often remembered, is a prepared place for a prepared people. The dwellers in Heaven will be all of one heart and one mind — all of one faith and one character. They will be ready for mutual recognition.͟"
And he questions us:
͞"But, are we ready for Heaven? Shall we ourselves get to Heaven?"
And makes the following statements in order to arouse and wake our sleepy minds to attention:
͞"I pity that man who never thinks about Heaven."
"Cold and unfeeling must that heart be, which never gives a thought to that dwelling-place! Dull and earthly must that mind be, which never considers "Heaven!"
"͞The man who is about to sail for Australia or New Zealand as a settler, is naturally anxious to know
something about his future home, its climate, its employments, its inhabitants, its ways, and its
customs. All these are subjects of deep interest to him. In the same way, you are leaving the land of
your nativity — and you are going to spend the rest of your life in a new world. It would be strange
indeed if you did not desire information about your new abode. Now surely, if we hope to dwell
forever in that "better country, even a heavenly one" — then we ought to seek all the knowledge we can get about it. Before we go to our eternal home — we should try to become acquainted with it."
something about his future home, its climate, its employments, its inhabitants, its ways, and its
customs. All these are subjects of deep interest to him. In the same way, you are leaving the land of
your nativity — and you are going to spend the rest of your life in a new world. It would be strange
indeed if you did not desire information about your new abode. Now surely, if we hope to dwell
forever in that "better country, even a heavenly one" — then we ought to seek all the knowledge we can get about it. Before we go to our eternal home — we should try to become acquainted with it."
In order to invite us to currently reconsider afresh:
"͞Think, Christian reader, of seeing your Savior, and beholding your King in his beauty! Faith will be at last swallowed up in sight — and hope in certainty."
And encourages us to read:
CORAM DEO
2 Kings 7:3-11
2 Kings 7:3-11
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