I have found comfort in theses thoughts and words. Therefore I pray you too will be comforted.
Let’s go ahead and read the lengthy scripture for today.
Revelation chapter 21
11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rodof gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia[c] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits[d]thick.[e] 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls,each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.
22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.25 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Wow! Heaven is full of splendor. A city made of gold and extravagant jewels. A place of peace and love. A place we can spend eternity! A place not made with human hands. A perfect place. A place complete with mansions. A place of splendor and wonder. A place where it is constant with light and the Son of God.
Now! -Have you ever thought about the short phrase “no more”? Maybe just today you have used this phrase when completing a difficult duty, solving a troubling problem, or suffering pain of some sort.
Often times, I think “No more will I have to do that for another few weeks, or months, or some other period of time. It gives me some encouragement as I complete tasks that are demanding or go through trials that seem to take away my very breath of life.
Try to imagine all the difficulties that a person could possibly face on this planet earth. Now, try to think of what it would be like to say “no more” one last time and good riddance to them all. It can happen. It will happen . . . for those who make Christ Jesus their Lord and Savior.
As I look around the world, watch the news, listen to social media, and read the newspaper I groan in my spirit!
I grow tired of hearing all the cries of others.
I grow tired of witnessing sadness everwhere.
I grow tired of of all the injustice, murders, hypocrisy, and problems in our country.
I asked God “when will be the end of this.” Then, He opened my mind and gave me a tremendous understanding.
First He said “In heaven there will be “NO MORE” SADNESS and no more crying!”
Here happiness is only temporary, but just ahead is a time of eternal joy.
Psalm 30:5 “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
No matter what season of life we are in Jesus is with us and He will go with us all the way.
Our sadness and bouts of crying will cease and there is an end in sight.
When we get to heaven we will here words like what is stated in Matthew 25:21 “His Lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” – and we will have pure Joy!
Secondly, in heaven THERE WILL BE “NO MORE” WICKEDNESS!
Psalm 104:35 “Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.”
Proverbs 10:25 “As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.”
Life on earth is short when compared to eternity. In essence our life is like a whirlwind that passes. Then, we will either experience a reunion with our loved ones in heaven; or we we be led into eternal damnation in a place called hell.
Thirdly, in heaven THERE WILL BE “NO MORE” VIOLENCE.
Isaiah 30:19 “For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.”
Isaiah 60:18-20 “Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (v. 19) The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. (v. 20) Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.”
Isaiah 62:4 “Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called the land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee,
Isaiah 65:19 “And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.” (Millennial Reign)
Fourthly, heaven THERE WILL BE “NO MORE” “NO MORE” HARM BY MAN
Isaiah 54:14 (New International Version) In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
Revelations 3:12 “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”
Revelations 7:15 – 16 “Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. (v. 16) They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.”
5th In heaven THERE WILL BE “NO MORE” “NO MORE” DEATH”
A. Revelations 21:4 – 5 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (v. 5) And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.”
Being earthy and being heavenly are 2 different ideas.
Our bodies are asleep, but our souls will not be dead, but all be changed
1. What is sown corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
2. What is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory.
3. What is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
4. What is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
C. There will be:
1. Worship
2. Singing
3. Light
4. Love
But there shall be “no more” death.
6th A TIME OF “NO MORE” PREACHING AND TEACHING OF GOD’S WORD.
Jeremiah 31:34 “for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Teaching and preaching are currently understood—and aimed at evangelism, repentance, and correcting sin. Since there is on repentance and sin in heaven it is not likely we will have teaching and preaching heaven. Those missions will be accomplished here on earth.
However I do believe learning will take place. I ask you to consider Ephesians 2:6-7: “God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace.” The word show means “to reveal.” The phrase in the coming ages clearly indicates this will be a progressive, ongoing revelation, in which we learn more and more about God’s grace.
7th NO MORE” REMEMBERING OF SIN
A. To enjoy the many things that I have talked about, you must be forgiven, you must be
born again. God will “no more” remember your sin.
1. Because of His Mercy.
Hebrews 8:12 “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”
2. Because of His Blood
Matthew 26:28 “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Ephesians 1:7 “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
The 8th thing to consider is that in Heaven there will be no more curse!
A. Currently The World Is Under A Curse
1. Genesis 2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
“No More Curse”: The curse resulting from Adam and Eve’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden is completely lifted. This signifies the total eradication of pain, death, sin, and separation from God.
B. When God Has Redeemed His People From The Earth, There Will Be “No More” Curse.
1. Revelations 22:3 “And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:”
Revelation 22:3 describes the final state of heaven (the New Jerusalem), where the curse from Genesis 3—sin, death, and suffering—is completely removed. God and Jesus (“the Lamb”) reign jointly, and redeemed believers enjoy intimate, unhindered service and worship of God, perfectly restored to his presence without sorrow.
The brokenness of creation has been reversed. The harmony lost in Genesis is restored in Heaven.
The servants shall see His face (v. 4), meaning intimate fellowship with God, a privilege previously denied even to Moses, is granted to believers.
The “throne of the Lamb” highlights that the salvation won by Jesus on the cross is the basis for this perfect, eternal new world.
CONCLUSION
The last battle will be fought concerning dominion of Earth. God will devour the last of His enemies with fire: Rev. 20:9 “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”
In Heaven there will be NO MORE:
Death –
No more Graves –
No more Temptations –
no Sickness –
no Fear –
No more Night –
No more Depression –
No more Disappointments –
No more Pain –
no more Separations –
no Divorce –
no Betrayal –
no Aging –
no Disease –
No more Bills to Pay –
No more Loneliness –
No more Hate –
No more Devil –
No more Bad Memories –
No more Not Having Enough.
How can we be sure there is a Heaven? – Because God says there is such a place. – There are 582 references to Heaven in the Bible in 550 different verses.
There is a LONGING in every person’s soul for Heaven. Whatever culture you come across, whatever time period in history, you will find some sort of belief in a life after death.
I don’t believe God would plant in the soul a universal longing like that without making some provision for it. There’s a FEELING in every person’s soul that there is a Heaven.
If I can give you a few words to comfort you today, it would be that your loved ones still lives. They live because Jesus lives.
He lives because God has resurrection power
He lives because what the Bible says is true.
He lives because God made a place for us to go to.
He lives because God made heaven for those who have accepted Jesus in their lifetime.
Finally, let’s take great comfort in the following verse: Romans 8:18 (English Standard Version) “18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
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Will we be reunited with our loved ones in Heaven?
Based on Christian theology and biblical interpretation; consider the following information:
- The Transfiguration: When Jesus appeared in heavenly glory, Moses and Elijah appeared with Him and were recognizable, despite having died centuries earlier.
Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–8, and Luke 9:28–36. In these passages, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a high mountain—traditionally believed to be Mount Tabor—where he is glorified, appearing with Moses and Elijah.
In Matthew 17:1–8, Jesus is the one who is glorified during the Transfiguration. His face shines like the sun and his clothing becomes dazzling white, revealing his divine nature and glory to the disciples Peter, James, and John. The Transfiguration confirms that Jesus is the Son of God, and the glory he showed was a temporary unveiling of his eternal divinity - Resurrection Evidence: After His resurrection, Jesus was recognized by his followers, suggesting we will retain our identities in our new, glorified bodies.
- “Knowing” in Heaven: The Bible states that we will know as we are fully known (1 Corinthians 13:12).
1 Corinthians 13:12 (ESV) states: “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” It contrasts current, imperfect spiritual understanding with the future, complete knowledge of God.
Key Themes and Interpretations:
“In a Mirror Dimly”: Ancient mirrors were made of polished metal rather than glass, providing a dull or fragmented reflection. This symbolizes our limited earthly understanding of divine truth.
“Face to Face”: This represents the future, perfected state (heaven or the return of Christ), where believers will have direct, immediate, and clear understanding of God.
“Fully Known”: The verse promises that just as God fully knows us now, we will fully understand him and his plan later, moving from “partial” to “complete” knowledge. We will know others in heaven, suggesting perfect awareness and understanding.
2 Corinthians 5:7, (For we live by believing and not by seeing. we live by believing and not by seeing.) which speaks of walking by faith, not by sight. This phrase emphasizes the contrast between our present limited understanding and the complete clarity we will experience in the future.
This future hope is often associated with the eschatological fulfillment of God’s promises, as seen in Revelation 22:4, where believers will see God’s face in the new creation.
Now I know in part;
Paul acknowledges the current state of partial knowledge, reflecting the limitations of human understanding in the present age. This partial knowledge is a result of living in a fallen world, where sin and human frailty obscure the full comprehension of divine truths. The acknowledgment of knowing “in part” is consistent with the humility that characterizes Paul’s teachings, as he often emphasizes the need for reliance on God’s wisdom rather than human understanding, as seen in 1 Corinthians 2:9-10.
then I shall know fully,
The promise of full knowledge in the future is a source of hope for believers. This complete understanding will be granted in the eschatological fulfillment of God’s plan, when believers are glorified and fully conformed to the image of Christ. The idea of knowing fully is connected to the transformative power of the resurrection, as described in Philippians 3:21, where our lowly bodies will be transformed to be like Christ’s glorious body. This future state of full knowledge is also linked to the perfect love and unity that will characterize the eternal kingdom of God.
even as I am fully known.
This phrase highlights the intimate and complete knowledge that God has of each individual. God’s omniscience means that He knows us fully, as seen in passages like Psalm 139:1-4, where the psalmist marvels at God’s thorough understanding of his thoughts and actions. The assurance that we will one day know God as fully as He knows us underscores the depth of the relationship that believers will enjoy with their Creator. This future state of mutual knowledge reflects the ultimate fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan, where the barriers of sin and misunderstanding are removed, and believers experience the fullness of God’s presence and love.
• No mediator, veil, or dim glass will stand between. The intimacy of Eden will be restored and surpassed.
• This hope fuels perseverance (1 John 3:3). We fix our eyes on the unseen until the unseen becomes seen.- Scriptural Examples: Stories like King David looking forward to seeing his son again,
King David expressed his hope to see him again in 2 Samuel 12:23, saying, “I shall go to him, but he will not return to me”. This statement is widely interpreted as David’s comfort in a future reunion in the afterlife, showing submission to God’s will and hope beyond death. - Luke 8:49-52 Jairus ‘s daughter. Her body was asleep (dead) Jesus called her spirit back.
Luke 16:22–25: Jesus describes a paradise-like compartment of Hades where the poor man, Lazarus, was carried to Abraham’s side (or “bosom”) to be comforted after death.
Matthew 22:31–32: Jesus refers to Abraham as alive in the context of the resurrection, stating God is “not the God of the dead but of the living”.
Context of “Gathered”: Bible scholars often interpret being “gathered to his people” as joining his righteous ancestors (like Noah or Shem) in a state of comfort.
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This scripture has caused me to have much investigation:
Psalm 141:7
portrays a scene of deep despair or severe persecution, where the bones of the faithful are scattered at the edge of the grave (Sheol), often compared to dirt or wood broken and scattered by a plow. It illustrates a moment of extreme mortality or suffering while in the context of seeking God’s protection.
Key Interpretations of Psalm 141:7:
- Imagery: The verse uses the analogy of plowing and breaking ground to describe bones scattered at the “mouth of Sheol” (the grave).
- Context: This is a lament within a prayer (Psalm 141) requesting God to protect the speaker from the traps of the wicked and to keep them from falling into sin.
- Translation Variations:
- KJV: “Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth”.
- NIV/ESV: “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave”.
- NLT/TPT: Focuses on the scattering of bones like rocks or broken earth.
- Significance: It serves as a desperate plea to God to preserve the psalmist’s life from falling to the same fate as those destroyed by evil.
There is so much interesting Biblical information about death and the afterlife in the Bible. The picture is far more complicated than most people assume.
For example, two important Hebrew words in this debate are qeber and Sheol.
A qeber is a physical grave, sepulcher, or tomb. It’s where you place a corpse.
Sheol seems to mean something more. It canrefer to “the grave” in the sense of being the place where you might find bones (e.g., Ps 141:7), but it generally has a wider, more abstract, meaning. The Biblical uses of Sheolare varied: it is portrayed as an enemy, a power, or as a shadowy underworld located someplace beneath the earth.
The two uses are so very different. You have many qebers, but there’s only one Sheol.
I believe the two words refer to two different “places” where people went after they died. Before the cross, when you died, your body ended up in a qeber and your soul went to Sheol.
Knowing there are two places makes sense of Gen 25:8 and Luke 16:19-31.
In Genesis we read:
Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre (Gen 25:8-9).
When he died, Abraham was “gathered to his people,” and later he was “buried” in the cave of Machpelah. Is that the same event or two separate events?
Notice that the timing seems to be different. Abraham was gathered to his people when he died; then he was buried. Those events are sequential, not simultaneous.
So what would it mean for Abraham to be gathered to his people if it does not mean he was buried? That brings us to Luke 16:22-23:
Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (Luke 16:22-23).
Where was Abraham? His spirit was in the underworld, what the OT called Sheol and what the NT calls Hades.
Specifically, based on this passage in Luke, I believe the Bible teaches the underworld has two compartments: a fiery one and a paradisaical one called “Abraham’s bosom.” A gulf separates the two.
