Daily Devotional

GOD’S ETERNAL TIME CLOCK

September 7

eloved of your Father in Heaven, when this present age comes to an end (there is a certain actual date in the mind of God in Heaven when this age will end, and the eternal time clock will begin in heaven for all Christians) there will be many people on the earth who will be very humiliated and disgraced. These people will be the scoffers who have said, "There is no life after death!" They have also mocked the idea of the precious blood of Jesus being sufficient to cover the sins of the whole world. These very people will suddenly and without remedy discover that their haughty and self-righteous attitudes will buy them nothing in the presence of the righteous and Holy God of Heaven--- the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a very sad and sorrowful condition for these who have scoffed at the cross and offering of the Lord Jesus. Many people will find that they will have to pay heavily with their eternal destinies being forever separated from a loving and just God in heaven. The luxury of living their lives on earth and of being prideful, self-willed and rejecting of the Lord Jesus will cause these unbelievers to pay the dearest price in the universe--- their own souls which remain unredeemed forever. Beloved, this is very heart breaking for your Father in Heaven. He is sad to think of this! Pray that those around you who are lost without the Lord Jesus as their Savior will wake up and see Him in the true light in which His glory shines! Others will turn in their new-found home in heaven and literally shout for joy at the very idea that having persevered for such a short time on the earth, and having given themselves fully to the Lord Jesus as Savior and King, they now have the eternal reward of living forever in the presence of the Lord God himself! There will be such singing and dancing in the Lord! There will be such joyful welcoming of these into their heavenly homes. They will know that they will never return to the earth, filled with sorrow, hurt and rejection! They will run all over heaven searching for old friends and loved ones and will have unnumbered reunions with all who are in heaven waiting just for them. (Why not name a few of your friends and family members who are already in heaven watching for you and your family to arrive)! Beloved, can you stand the joy and excitement of your arrival in this glorious place called heaven? Get on with your life in Christ. Lay aside the sins of the flesh and "present your bodies a living sacrifice" (Romans 12:1) unto Him who loved you and gave himself for you!

Prayer

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Father, you have such beauty in store for us. Help me to be on fire for you, not just mildly affected by this thought. Help me to witness with power and love on behalf of the Lord Jesus. I pray this in Jesus' name, amen!