"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you
unto
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
(John 14:3)
THIS, planet earth, is not all there is, you know. "February 8, 1994 .. Just days after space shuttle astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in mid December, the giant lens focused on a star cluster at the edge of the universe – and photographed heaven. That’s the word from author and researcher Marcia Masson, who quoted highly places NASA insiders as having said that the telescope beamed hundreds of photos back to the command center at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on December 26. The pictures clearly show a vast white city floating eerily in the blackness of space. And the expert quoted NASA sources as saying that the city is definitely Heaven “because life as we know it couldn't possibly exist in icy, airless space."
What's out there, or Up there, as the case may be? Outer space, the mysterious realm of galaxies, blackness, shining stars, brilliance in an unknown universe, and "forever," as we know it. It lets us know, when we gaze up into the moonlit night sky that THIS is not all there is ... THIS, meaning planet earth, which brings us to the word often talked about, little known about, what NASA seems to keep striving to find out about, what the Bible speaks about, and what some of earth's citizens don't much talk about, because they believe they're going there no matter what ...
It's rather fitting to talk about Heaven any time because after all, it was the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that brings us to this eternal place ... Heaven, where Jesus lives, IS, calls us to, beckons us, wants us to prepare for, lures us, and has been preparing for us for thousands of years! There is a heaven and a hell, and every man, woman, teen, and child will arrive at one of those places; it's a fact. We don't like to talk about it, and if we questioned every person on their merry ways of shopping, going to work, and going about their lives, THEY would say, "I'm going to heaven." Nobody believes they're going to that other place. And, herein is where NASA has brought reality starkly to the faces of humanity ... A city hanging in space, bright as the noon day sun, shining in Glory and majesty, brilliant in architecture, a splendor in the blackness of space ... HEAVEN!
"And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed
me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious,
even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which
are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates;
on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth
foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city
with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the
height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty
and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the
building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear
glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of
precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a
chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh,
a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every
several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were
transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and
the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the
moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings
of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be
shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory
and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:
but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life."
(Revelation 21:10-27)
Who wouldn't want to go there? It's more real than THIS; it's our Hope; it's our home. You say, "That's not home; I live and work here." Oh no, my friend; THIS is temporary for every one of us, considering life in earth is 80 or 90 years ... compare that to all of eternity, forever and forever! So, it's wise to "make sure" we end up there and not the other place; it's wise to assure our arrival at the glowing city floating in ethereal space; it's wise to oil our lamps, cleanse our hearts, wash our souls, fill our spirits, and get ready! How? Repent, be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and receive the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance. Then, live right, live holy, read the Word of God, the Holy Bible, pray, fast ... and walk in the breath of God, or Spirit of God ... come out from among them and be ye separate saith God. Huh? We are "in" this world, but not "of" this world, if it so be that Christ dwells in us.
Repentance "awakens" the soul to the realization that "WE" answer to One greater, the One who created us from "dust" and the One who is the only One who can "fix" us. We "all" need fixing ... Huh? There's not a person alive who does not need love, peace, joy, kindness, and the Spirit of the Lord. Some may not readily know it, but that's what they're looking for; they seek it in drugs, in premarital sex, in deviant behavior of all kinds, in dabbling in the forces of evil, in Sin of all types ... and it only leaves them empty ... But, this is what happens when You are delivered from evil by the heavenly touch of the beautiful, powerful, mighty, incredible Spirit of our Lord and King, Jesus Christ:
Until we reach eternity, until we burst through those lustrous gates of pearl, until we dip our feet in the Rivers of Life, until we kneel and kiss the feet of Jesus Christ, until we cast our crowns before the throne, until we are escorted by Angels to the face of God ... God thought of everything; we can have a little bit of eternal here, in earth, and we can taste "forever" ... By the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ ... it's Heaven in earth ...
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