** One day all of this too shall come to Pass! **

Date:   10/19/2018 10:41:09 AM ( 6 y ago)

** Someday, all of our trials will seem like nothing


John 14:2 "In my Father's house are many mansions {wonderful places}: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."

This is Jesus' last teaching to His disciples before His crucifixion.

Jesus' disciples were about to go through the greatest test of their faith that they had ever encountered. Jesus said that He was saying these things so His disciples would not be offended. Jesus was preparing them for what was to come. Why then speak of preparing them a mansion in heaven?


The reason for this was to comfort the disciples and help them put things in perspective. {Often perspective is lost as people search for the Truth of Eternity! We are only here in this earthly existence temperately - so why get all perplexed and upset with the what, when, and where - because life here was never meant to be our eternal residence!}


In 1 Thessalonians 4:18, Paul tells us to comfort one another with words about being gathered unto the Lord in the air. Paul said again, "I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Rom. 8:18).

Someday, all of our trials will seem like nothing and this can be a great comfort to us now.


Also, when we think about being with the Lord through all eternity, it helps us to put things in proper perspective. It is easy to get fearful about our problems and think all is lost. However, for those of us who are born again, if worse comes to worse, we still have the promise of Jesus wiping all the tears from our eyes and preparing a habitation for us where all our former sorrows will have passed away. This keeps us from despairing and makes us much stronger in our faith.


In heaven, there are many dwelling places and Jesus is preparing one for us.


The thing that is going to make heaven "heaven" is the fact that we will be with Jesus. No doubt, there will be things to see and do that will be wonderful, but nothing will compare to being with the one who loved us and died for us.


A preoccupation with the details of what things will be like in heaven is entirely missing the point. Because someday, all of our trials here will seem like nothing.

 

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