HEAVEN & EARTH

By Rick Mathes

Ephesians 3:15 (NASB77) ¹⁵  from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

Being born twice and dying once really has a lot of advantages if you compare earth and heaven. My first essay in college was, “This is hell, heaven lies hereafter” and I wasn’t too far off with that observation was I?

Look in any direction to any person anywhere in the world and all you will see is a sinner. We all fall short and are imperfect Adam really blew it when he let Eve conn him into eating that apple. The let loose a floodgate of original sin that flows through every vein since Cain and Able right on down to you and I. It is impossible for us to obey the law 100% and anything short of perfection is hell bound apart from the blood sacrifice of the last Lamb, Jesus.

You don’t teach a newborn baby to be bad; they are born angry and crying. We continue with a life of suffering and tears. We are despised by Satan’s following and we who are elect are really strangers on a foreign planet. Now contrast that with heaven and it’s no comparison at all.

Heaven is a society of everyone serving the best interests of everyone. No wonder there is so much cause for rejoicing. Love is running rampant; when you are in a sinless society, God’s love rules. There is no cause for war crying sorrow or even hate, revenge or retaliation; a perfect world for the “Savior’s survivors” to be rewarded for their faith.

Can you even imagine no sickness, pain or discomfort? We will all be completely healed physically and spiritually. No mental illness, crime no immorality will ever be found or permitted. Sin will cease to exist. You will only be able to ay yeas to Jesus because there won’t be any temptation to sin or devil to say no to. How blessed can it get?

Everyone will be equally honored because God will love each of us equally with all the love and honor He has. We will all have a threat the same as Paul’s. This will be much cause for singing and celebration. I know I will be singing, “How Great Thou Art” for at least the first thousand years! With such a contrast what choice do we have but to serve Jesus here and then be rewarded there!