Rachel
(18
Apr 2005)
"HEAVEN"
AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE
I Pet. 1:4. To an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.
Rev. 21:7. He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
AN ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY
2 Cor. 4:17-18. For our light affliction, which
is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory;
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at
the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal;
but the things which are not seen are eternal.
SALVATION
1 Pet. 1:9. Receiving the end of your faith, even
the salvation of your souls.
SINLESSNESS
Rev. 14.5. And in their mouth was found no guile:
for they are without fault before the throne of God.
LIKENESS TO CHRIST
I John 3:2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he
shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
ASSOCIATION WITH CHRIST
John 12:26. If any man serve me, let him follow
me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me,
him will my Father honour.
REIGNING WITH CHRIST
Rev. 3:21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit
with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my
Father in His throne.
--22:5. And there shall be no night there; and
they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth
them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
VISION OF GOD
Rev. 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his
name shall be in their foreheads.
PERFECT KNOWLEDGE
1Cor.13.12. For now we see through a glass darkly;
but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
also I am known.
FULLNESS OF GLORY AND JOY
Mat.13:43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
Rev. 21:4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there by any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
NO MORE SICKNESS
IS. 33:24. And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick:
the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
NO MORE HUNGER NOR THIRST
Rev. 7:17. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters:
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
BUT EATING OF THE TREE OF LIFE
Rev. 2:7. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat
of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
--17. He that hath an ear. let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the
hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name
written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
AND DRINKING OF THE WATER OF LIFE
Rev. 21:6. And he said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him
that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
PRAISING GOD
Rev. 15:3-4 And they sing the song of Moses the
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous
are thy works, Lord God Almighty: just and true are thy ways, thou King
of saints.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?
for thou only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee;
for thy judgments are made manifest.
ETERNAL LIFE
Mat.19:29. And every one that hath forsaken houses,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit
everlasting life.
Rom. 6:23. For the wages of sin is death: but the
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gal. 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that
soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.