Philippians 3:20-21
Christian Standard Bible
20 Our citizenship is in heaven,
and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there,
the Lord Jesus Christ.
21 He will transform the body of our humble condition
into the likeness of his glorious body,
by the power that enables him
to subject everything to himself.
BELIEVERS don't belong to this world.
JESUS has reserved a place for us.
We are deluded if we think earth is our real home.
Our citizenship is in heaven.
And there's nothing dual about it.
JESUS is preparing a place for me.
As well as many other believers.
Do you love Him?
Have you accepted Him?
Do you obey His commandments?
Have you repented of your sins?
Do you live by Scripture?
If so, pack your bags!
Or maybe not.
1 Timothy 6:7
King James Version
7 For we brought nothing into this world,
and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
Where we're going, we won't be needing anything.
Travel light.
In GOD's LIGHT.
You won't be needing a passport.
JESUS is our PASSPORT.
John 14:6
King James Version
6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Acts 4:12
King James Version
12 Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.
He will come for us -- soon!
He did say:
John 14:2-4
King James Version
2 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.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again,
and receive you unto myself;
that where I am,
there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know,
and the way ye know.
In those verses alone, JESUS revealed many things already.
"In my Father's house are many mansions:"
"I go to prepare a place for you."
Tell that to a child and his eyes will grow big, imagining so many rooms, or houses, knowing God's house is certainly big, for there are so many people in the world. That's why JESUS loves children. They get it.
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself;"
This is what you call the RAPTURE, where the dead and living will meet JESUS up in the air, on a day GOD chooses -- which could be ANY moment.
"that where I am, there ye may be also."
We are welcome in GOD's house, and we will enjoy eternal life with JESUS. What could be more magnificent than having no pain, grief, hardship, or evil anymore ("The MAGNIFICENT city"). I say, let me outta here!
"And whither I go ye know,"
JESUS did say He will never leave us, nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV, Hebrews 13:5 KJV).
"and the way ye know."
Of course believers know the way, for JESUS is the WAY (John 14:6 KJV). Only THROUGH Jesus can we find our way BACK to GOD.
Ready?
Come aboard!
Oh, you need to take the "BAT mobile".
The BORN AGAIN TRAIN.
On hand for true believers.
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Updated 14 September 2024
