Meeting Jesus Face To Face

The Real Beauty of Heaven is Meeting Jesus Face to Face

Have you ever thought about how beautiful Heaven must be?

Pastor and author, the late Adrian Rogers, once said,

The God who sculpted the wings of the butterfly, blended the hues of the rainbow, and painted the meadows with daffodils is the same who made Heaven. – Pastor Adrian Rogers 1

Can you even imagine?

The perfect artistry of God

perfect artistry of God

 

The vibrant colors of God’s rainbows

meeting Jesus face to face

His excellent design

His excellent designAs breathtaking as the beauty of heaven will be, nothing will compare with the heart-stirring beauty of finally meeting Jesus face to face.

Think about it.

To see Him and to hear Him in person!

This is why, as Bible-believing Christians, we have no reason to fear death.

The jaws of evil, so evident in our corrupt world, will be wired shut forever and we will enter eternity with our living Savior.

Meeting Jesus Face to Face

We will meet Jesus face to face.

That is what is in store for those who trust Him as their Savior.

What will He actually look like?

What will His voice actually sound like?

Dear Christian, we’ll find out some day.

Poet Deborah Ann Belka has won a lot of recognition for her Christ-honoring poems.

This particular one caught my eye.

It highlights the joy we’ll have when we finally see Jesus face to face.


If Today I Met Jesus
by Deborah Ann Belka

If today I were to meet Jesus,
and my life here came to an end
I would be so excited
to finally meet my eternal Friend.

I would run up to Him,
and look into His face
I would be so very thankful
for His endless supply of grace.

I would drop down to my knees,
and worship my everlasting King
I would shout hallelujah
and my praises I would sing.

I would leap and jump with joy,
as soon as my feet hit the floor
I would be forever grateful
He opened to me heaven’s door.

If today I were to meet Jesus,
and I were to see my eternal Friend
I know that I would be in paradise
and my bliss would never end.

                     . . .

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, King James Version 
“For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of 
the archangel, and with the trump of 
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise 
first:
Then we which are alive and remain 
shall be caught up together with them 
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the 
air: and so shall we ever be with the 
Lord.”

Let The Redeemed Say So

We are closer to eternity than we think.

Keep looking up.

The joys of Heaven are ahead!

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1 Adrian Rogers quotation, courtesy of Harvest.org/resources. 4 July, 2014 Devotion. para. 5. Web. Accessed April 10, 2021, Retrieved from Harvest.org.

2 Poetry courtesy of Deborah Ann Belka, “If Today I Met Jesus.” [online post], n.d. Web. Accessed April 10, 2021. Retrieved from https://poetrybydeborahann.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/6111/

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Heaven Isn’t Boring

What We Know: Heaven Isn’t Boring

Non-believers need prayer. They will miss out on so much, and don’t even know it yet.

You may have read as I have, some of the ridiculous comments about Heaven offered up by non-believers.

Here’s a big one:

They claim Heaven will be dull.

Huh?

  • Since when?
  • Have you been there?
  • What’s your supporting evidence that it’s boring?

Girls And Guys Just Wanna Have Fun

People, people, people.

I recently saw a blog post where the writer said Heaven is boring because there are no problems there.

Apparently, in this person’s mind, sinfulness equals pleasure.

The writer says, if sin goes away, (like cheating, getting drunk, etc.,) eternal life won’t be any fun.

How Could Anyone Not Want Everlasting Joy?

People, including non-believers, spend their lives pursuing pleasure.  We’re hard-wired that way.

But, ironically, when non-believers talk about Heaven, joy becomes uninteresting.

Their arguments don’t even make sense!

*Scripture repeatedly makes clear that heaven is a realm of unsurpassed joy, unfading glory, undiminished bliss, unlimited delights, and unending pleasures. Nothing about it can possibly be boring or humdrum. It will be a perfect existence. We will have unbroken fellowship with all heaven’s inhabitants. Life there will be devoid of any sorrows, cares, tear, fears, or pain.John MacArthur, pastor-teacher, from Grace To You.

Some Day We Will See Jesus Face To Face

I just don’t get people sometimes. If they continue on their present path of Scripture denial, they will miss out on an eternal lifetime of joy and wonder.

We can see small impressions of the beauty of Heaven, right here on earth.

Yesterday, I looked outside at our bird feeder and saw a painted bunting.

Have you ever seen one? Isn’t he beautiful?

painted bunting

This little guy is just one more exquisite example of the beauty of God’s creation.

If I were to list all the examples I could think of, we’d be here for a long time!

No “random chance” foolishness here.

Heaven Isn’t Boring

How much more beautiful will Heaven be than anything we’ve experienced here on earth?

David’s Psalm 8 comes to mind.

Here’s just a part.

Psalm 8:3-4

What a beautiful testament to God’s magnificence. In this great big universe, He cares about you and me.

How can we not be in awe, and show our reverence to our great and wonderful God?

Heaven Isn’t Boring

Dear doubting blogger (mentioned at the beginning of this blog post), I will pray for you.

You have no idea what you will miss if you continue down that misguided path of self-absorption and unconfessed sin.

There’s so much more in store for those of us who put our trust in Him.

The Cross was not, by any means, a failure.

Through Jesus Christ, we have the ultimate victory.

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*John MacArthur quotation, public domain and as quoted from Christian quotes.info

**Scripture quotation is from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, copyright © 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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