A LOOK INTO HEAVEN "FOUR"

 

PART FOUR

HE PROMISED

Acts 1:11 who also said "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

In the chapters before this, Jesus had just told His disciples what was about to take place. And He knew their hearts were troubled by what He had said. Can we even comprehend what they were thinking, the Messiah they had been waiting for to free them from Roman rule, just said He was going to be betrayed by one of His own, and would be put to death, and rise again. How could they really comprehend what was soon coming. He encouraged them not to lose faith. "Father's home, many mansions"; when we think of mansions we think in the natural of what we have seen in photographs. Yet, the word "Mansions" in the Greek means "Rooms" "Dwelling Place". Basically He was saying there was plenty of rooms for everyone. How did Jesus prepare a place for us? To understand that we have to look at how God established the manner of what the High Priest would do on the Day of Atonement. The High Priest would take the blood of the sacrifice and sprinkle it over himself then as the blood was an atonement of the sins of the people, he would then sprinkle the blood over the mercy seat that the sins of the people would be forgiven. Jesus is our High Priest, once and for all, His blood cleanses us from our sins, most theologians say to fulfill the role as our High Priest, He would have had to take some of His own blood and sprinkle it on the mercy seat in heavens Throne Room. I suggest you read in God's word:

Hebrews chapters 8,9,10.

Why is there a delay from when He spoke this to His disciples, 2000 years ago? I will give you a couple of verses and add this: " you and me" the gospel continues today because God is long suffering and desires all to come to repentance. And there is coming a day when the last person will hear and receive the gospel message and God the Father will say "Son go get Your bride!"

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness , but is long suffering toward us, not willing any should perish but that all should come to repentance

Matthew 24:14 And the gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all nations.

The people and the disciples were expecting the end of Roman rule, but Jesus came to set up the kingdom of God first.

CORRUPTIBLE BECOMES INCORRUPTIBLE

The word corruptible biblically speaking means "Decay"

These bodies we are all in, age, get disease, they are known as corruptible. I suggest you read 1 Corinthians chapter 15 in it's entirety. Here are some verses:

1 Corinthians 15:50-54

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed----in a moment in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead in Christ will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruptible, and we will be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory".

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

Notice "shall be caught up together with them", Reunion Day!!!! 

The event known as the Rapture will take place, and if you are one who follows the prophetic teaching in the scriptures, we know that this event could happen at anytime. All prophecy has been fulfilled. But what this does not mean is we sit down and wait, quiet the opposite we continue to walk with Jesus, we continue to be His witnesses, we in faith keep doing the last thing He told us to do. 

As we continue in this Look Into Heaven, we now will begin to look at what will take place in heaven as we unite with our saved loved ones, Oh behold the glory of heaven, what about the judgment seat, what will we be wearing, will we eat in heaven, will we sleep in heaven, will we have jobs to do in heaven. So much we have to look forward to, like the old song says "When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be"!

Be blessed, Jesus loves you ❤️❤️