"Eternity Is Forever"

Picture captured by Hubble Telescope

"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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"Ordained Strength"

 

"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast

thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou

 mightest still the enemy and the avenger."

(Psalm 8:2)

"And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say?

And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read,

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou

hast perfected praise?"

(Matthew 21:16)

Samuel

What is "Ordained Strength?"  The Bible sends us directly to the scripture in Matthew 21 and explains it; it is "perfected praise!" Beautiful, isn't it?  It comes from the mouths of babes; it comes from the innocent heart of a child, that pure heart that just believes.  Samuel was given to the Priest at a young age, and he was called at that young age; his first words to the Lord God Almighty were those powerful words that the Lord longs for all of children, young and old, to say, those profound God moving words, "Here am I."  

  

Samuel's father was Elkanah, a Levite, a Priest unto Almighty God, and he had a wife named Hannah, who was barren, but she prayed a prayer in her distress that was drastic; the Lord answered and gave her a son, but He gave Himself a Prophet:

"And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look

on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine

handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give

him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor

come upon his head."

(I Samuel 1:11)

When Samuel was weaned, Hannah took him to Eli the Priest, just as she had promised, and left him to be raised by Eli in the temple.  Samuel heard the voice of the Lord even as a young child.  Children have a way of reaching God very simply and without fanfare.  

  

David was another one who worshipped the Lord as a young lad, while he was out in the pasture, playing his harp, staring at the stars, cooing the sheep, and cooing His Lord in the moonlit nights.  He was just a young boy when he killed the lions to protect the sheep and the new little lambs.  He strummed and sang love songs to the God of his soul, as the tall grasses swayed in the lilting winds of David's psalms.  He had a heart after God.  "What does that mean?" you ask.  It is someone whose every thought, whose continual existence is spent in worship and praise to his Creator; it's someone whose every action is to please his God and do His will; it's a person who is lovesick for the lover of his soul, and this starts young.  Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."

    

"But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise;

God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong."

(I Corinthians 1:27)

And a little child shall lead them  ...  We have entered the time in God's providence when children shall do exploits; children shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover; children shall prophesy and speak God's Word.  Acts 2:17 says, "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams." 



"At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and

earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned,

and revealed them to little children."

(Matthew 11:25)
 

Children receiving the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God gives the utterance is the most beautiful thing you can ever see in this world.  When you see it, you know it's real.  I saw the children in our Sunday school classes one Sunday some years ago, as the Lord moved and filled them with His Spirit.  It was a powerful move of God down in the sanctuary for Adult church, and as we came upstairs, we realized the Lord was moving among the children as well.   Parents stood in the hallway crying at the sight and the feel of this move of God.  The air was thick with the mighty presence of our Lord, and they were speaking in a language they never learned as God filled them with the Holy Ghost; their little hands were raised, with tears of joy streaming down their faces.  It was much like this picture, only the children were much younger, around four and five years old.  Powerful, beautiful, precious, and wonderful is our God!

Do we want to receive everything God has for us?  We can learn from the little ones; they have no preconceived ideas, no outward or inward inhibitions, no embarrassment in a crowd, no analysis of the situation, no religious debating configurations, no trying to explain it in human terms  ...  just an approach as a little child:  "Jesus said I can have it, and I want it."  "Jesus said I will speak in a language I never learned, so I will."  It's the pure heart of innocence.



All the Nations of the world have come to the time of Joel 2:28, when God will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh.  It's what we've been waiting for, revival and rebirth of planet earth!  It will open the door for the greatest move of God the world has ever seen and it will start with Adults seeing the value of becoming as a little child, and as we do, we obtain the thing that will help us endure to the end, the thing that makes us stand tall in times of persecution, the thing that lifts us to the presence of God:



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