Msg#1644 The New Heaven, The New Earth
What The Bible Says
Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice
It is not yet given that man could understand God’s eternity past, but in an intimate gesture of his great love for man he has revealed his eternity future. For those who would pursue it, for those who would believe it, it begins, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,” and it ends, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” Getting to that end requires only that one be saved from the eternal death that God, our Creator and righteous judge, has assigned to all that sin. “Once in the end of the world hath Christ (the Only Begotten Son of God) appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many (Heb 9:26, 28). “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31). Religionists have mucked up the simplicity of that message but for the saved there is a place where we will spend eternity with God. There “the street of the city is pure gold, as it were transparent glass” (Rev 21:21), and since “the former things are passed away,” there will be no more 1) tears, 2) death, 3) sorrow, 4) crying, 5) pain, 6) night and 7) no more sin or curse (Rev 21:4, 8,25). In eternity future there is a special place for those who believe every word between “In the beginning God…” and “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” Many are deceived by clergy, or the world, so one should “study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2Tim 2:15).
An Essay for week #44 Oct 30, 2016
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