![]() ![]() ![]() My favorite feature of Jesus’ statement is the double down of His message. My Father’s house has many rooms if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? - John 14:2 In the last chapter, I quoted Jesus’ promise to His disciples about the mansions He was preparing for them. “For we know,” wrote Paul, “that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in Heaven, not built by human hands” (2 Corinthians 5:1). ![]() And so he wrote about a physical place that will house a resting place for those who know Christ as Savior. Given the rigors of his work and the persecution he endured, the apostle Paul knew something about this. Luke Stamps, Tweet, February 13, 2022Įven though the title of this book connotes a physical activity, a race with beginning and an end, you and I know that we’re a lot more tired at the end than we were at the start. We imagine reunions with loved ones, no disease, no pain, no sin, no suffering, no tears - all gloriously true! But Heaven is Heaven because God is there. Our views of the afterlife often make God an afterthought. ![]()
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