NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Multiply
It
Read: Revelation
22:1-5
There shall be no more curse. —Revelation
22:3
Amy had battled cancer
for 5 years. Then the doctor told her that the treatments were failing and she
had just a few weeks to live. Wanting some understanding and assurance about
eternity, Amy asked her pastor, “What will heaven be like?”
He asked her what she
liked most about her life on earth. She talked about walks and rainbows and
caring friends and the laughter of children. “So, then, are you saying I will
have all of that there?” she asked longingly.
Amy’s pastor replied,
“I believe that your life there will be far more beautiful and amazing than
anything you ever loved or experienced here. Think about what’s best here for
you and multiply it over and over and over. That’s what I think heaven will
be.”
The Bible doesn’t
describe in detail what life in eternity will be like, but it does tell us that
being with Christ in heaven is “far better” than our present circumstance
(Phil. 1:23). “There shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the
Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him” (Rev. 22:3).
Best of all, we will
see the Lord Jesus face to face. Our deepest yearnings will be fully satisfied
in Him.
We’re thankful, Lord,
for Your presence now
in our lives. But what
an amazing day it will be
when we meet You face
to face!
Life with You in
heaven will be greater by far.
To
be with Jesus forever is the sum of all happiness.
Insight
In some translations
of the Bible, the book of Revelation is entitled “The Revelation of St. John,”
giving attention to the human author John, one of the disciples of Jesus. This
title, however, is inaccurate. In Revelation 1:1, we read, “The Revelation of
Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly
take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John.”
This is significant because the word revelation means “a revealing or
unveiling.” The primary purpose of the book is to give us an unveiling of
Christ Himself. Interestingly, that unveiling reveals Jesus to be the Lamb of
God, and the word lamb appears in Revelation more than 25 times.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012