In today’s reading, Psalm 93, we read about how the Lord reigns, He is robed in majesty, and His throne is everlasting (Psalm 93:1-2). I’m not sure whether it was the recent passing of my Uncle Tim, our recent readings in Bible Journal of 2 Thessaloniansn on end times when conflict in Israel is in the news, a recent sermon/podcast on angels, or likely a combination of all of them…but I have definitely been thinking more as of late about what Heaven will be like.
Once one develops a healthy fear of God and yet an understanding of how great God’s unconditional love and grace is and reads their Bible…it’s exciting to imagine what it will be like to meet Him in Heaven and what Heaven will be like. Although there is still more God has not yet revealed to us, there is lot throughout the Bible, including in the book of Revelation, that tells us what it will be like there. One of those places in Revelation is Revelation 7.
Revelation 7:9 tells us…
“After that I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.”
Revelation 7:10-12 goes on to say how the angels will join in and singing praises and worshiping God. And later in Revelation 7:14-17, John tells us our robes will be white washed with the forgiveness from His blood and none of the things that cause us pain and sorrow will be there in Heaven. We will be as God intended us to be, one with Him in peace.
With all the division we see in the news and on socal media both in the US and abroad, it so encouraging to think about the peace and unification that will come for all believers from all nations, tribes, and languages in Jesus in Heaven worshipping Him together…a “great multitude”…with angels! Here on Earth, I feel a connection to God and a oneness with Him and others when we sing worship songs in church and I’m in awe when I see a large stadium doing so. How much greater will this be in Heaven when we don’t have the distraction of pains here on this Earth weighing on our minds, when we are one with our Savior, and we are singing with billions of other saved souls and the same angels who sang at Jesus’ birth in Luke 2:14…”Glory be to God in the highest!”
As the famous song says, I can only imagine…
If you are feeling sad, hurt, or anxious today, I pray you can find peace in the temporal reality of this life here on Earth and the eternal reality of joy and oneness without pain in Heaven with Him.
My encouragement is to listen to the song Home by Chris Tomlin and I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me.
