A LOOK INTO HEAVEN "SEVEN"

 

PART SEVEN

WILL WE WORK IN HEAVEN

Before we begin, I need to clarify something. From Part Five until now it is speaking of after the catching away of the church. Until we receive our new glorified bodies, we are only in heaven in our spirit/soul form and nothing I have written in Part Six and in Part Seven would pertain to what we may be doing in heaven at this moment. Today we will finish this brief look into heaven. First we will look at our work in heaven, and then New Jerusalem our home in heaven.

Will we have jobs to do in heaven, the scripture does tell us we will have jobs to do here on earth during the thousand year reign. But what about in New Jerusalem?

Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

Who are His servants? In Revelation 22:8-9 John had fallen down to worship at the feet of the angel that was speaking to him. But the angel said for him not to do that "For I am your fellow servant". Angels were created to serve their Creator, at the moment of our salvation we were brought into the kingdom to serve our Creator, our Savior. Each of us were given a calling to serve and though we will not need pastors, teachers, prophets, apostles, evangelist, ambassadors in heaven our calling to serve is still going to be. What we will be doing we do not know, as our finite minds cannot comprehend heaven and all its glory. But it says the curse is no more, the curse of sin, death, pain, suffering and even the curse of the ground.

Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Edom to tend and keep it.

This was before sin. Adam was to cultivate and work the ground, yet it would not be a troublesome work. Then read these verses, after the fall of man:

Genesis 3:17-19 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, "You shall not eat of it", Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return".

Not many enjoy working today, oh perhaps a few, but most can find it a drudgery, just a means to be able to make it in this life. And the thought of having jobs in heaven doesn't sit well. What service we will do for Jesus in heaven I do not know, but I know we are not sitting around all day on fluffy white clouds doing little to nothing. If we are unwilling to serve in His kingdom here, will we desire to serve Him in heaven?

Worship in heaven will be loud and exciting, will we do it all together at certain times probably, maybe. I almost wrote morning, noon and night but those are not in heaven as we know it on earth. Because there will be no sun to give light nor moon and stars at night:

Revelation 21:23 The city had no need of the sun or if the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God will illuminated it. The Lamb is the light.

When God created the sun, moon and stars it is written He created for signs and seasons, to distinguish each day, a cycle that we know as time. But we are now in heaven and time as we know it no longer exist. One day will be forever and ever (eternity). In Revelation 5:9-10 and in Revelation 14:3 it speaks of a new song we will sing, known as the song of the redeemed, we will sing of His worthiness, His faithfulness, His goodness, we will praise Him with a pure heart and a beautiful voice. QUESTION: We will sing our praise to Him in heaven, so why should we not be singing it here, right now, in our homes, our quiet times, in times of our corporate worship. As I have read in the Revelation I noticed that when the angels sang we began to sing also. Let the redeemed worship today and for all eternity.

NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH

2 Peter 3: 10,13 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

The following is a description of New Jerusalem, as it descends from heaven, adorned like a bride, coming to the new earth. Adorned like a bride, announces the beauty of New Jerusalem. The description I am giving is found in Revelation chapters 21-22. Notice our home in heaven now is the same home New Jerusalem that comes down from heaven and rests on the new earth. So the description below is what we would see in heaven right now.

Father, let whatever I write be according to Your word, that I will not add to nor take away from. In Jesus name Amen

12 walls around the city, each wall has a foundation of precious stones. We will begin with the first foundation and go up:

    Jasper, sapphire, chalcedony, emerald, 

     Sardonyx, Sardis, chrysolite, beryl, topaz

     And amethyst.

12 gates each gate made of ONE PEARL.

Streets of pure gold like transparent glass, in one verse it is called a city of gold

A pure crystal river the river of life flowing from the throne of the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.

Tree in the center and on its banks each bearing 12 fruits a month and the leaves are for the healing of the nations.

No temple for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple

No sun, moon or stars

The gates are never shut by day and there is no night. Notice we will be able to go out of the city.

NEW EARTH

Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more seas.

Genesis 1:31 Then God saw everything He has made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

In the beginning of earth's creation, all things were perfect, blessed by God. Man, beast, God lived in fellowship one with another. Then the first Adam listened to Eve who listened to Satan and sin entered the garden of Eden, sin entered mankind, sin entered into whole earth. Fellowship was broken, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, came that that broken fellowship would be no more. He came to dwell in us and with us. In our earthly life we live in a fallen world, a world who is against the One True Living God, a world filled with sickness, and total depravity. But here in our New Earth living in New Jerusalem, it is as God always intended it to be. 

WHO IS NOT FOUND IN HEAVEN

Nothing that defiles or causes an abomination, or a lie, no cowardly, no unbelieving, abomination, murderers, sexual immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, all liars. If their name is not found in the Lamb's Book of Life then they are not in heaven.

Revelation 22:12-13, 16,20  And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to His work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star. He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly". Amen Even so, come, Jesus.

Here is our hope for all that have had loved ones go on before us, because the tomb was empty, and our Lord lives, they will not return to us, but we will go to them. Our hope rests in only One, Jesus Christ, because we have placed our faith in Him alone, we have and will continue to overcome. We are just sojourners traveling through this old world but our names are written down in heaven and we are seated in heavenly places. So keep looking up, keep moving forward, God and Jesus are always working on our behalf. 

THE BEGINNING!