Quote from Forum Archives on June 6, 2003, 5:55 pm

Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

My father-in-law, Leon Pruet, passed away Monday, June 2nd after a lengthy
illness and his funeral was yesterday. Our third grandson was also born on
June 2nd. Because of this I have been unable to focus on writing the
devotional this week. It is also likely that I will be away for a few days
next week to visit our new grandson. Thank you for your understanding and
prayers.

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06.06.03

Our Mansion In Heaven

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I
will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. - Psalm 23:6.

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. - John 14:2.

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a
building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. -
II Corinthians 5:1.

According to the apostle Paul while we are upon this earth we live in tents
and this human body that now contains us is only a temporary dwelling place.
Some day if we know Jesus as our Savior we will no longer live in a tent but
in a house. The house we will live in after leaving behind our "tent" will
be a permanent residence that will never be "destroyed."

The NKJV and the old KJV of the Bible speak of the place the Lord has
prepared for us in Heaven as being a "mansion." More modern translations
have put this as being "rooms" or "dwelling places" or "abodes." However, I
believe the old KJV of "mansion" may actually be more accurate. If you had
lived all your live in an undeveloped country where you had no running water
in your home, or electricity, or any modern convenience with only a thatch
roof and a dirt floor you would be shocked to arrive in a place that had all
of those things. Any home that had modern conveniences would seem like a
mansion compared to one without those things. The "place" that our Lord has
prepared for us in Heaven will be multiplied times better than the
difference between the living conditions in an undeveloped and a developed
country.

The apostle John attempts to describe his vision of Heaven in the book of
Revelation: "and he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as
crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle
of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which
bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of
the tree were for the healing of the nations. 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. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on
their foreheads. There shall be no night there: they need no lamp nor light
of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever
and ever (Revelation 22:1-5)."

The greatest and most important feature of our mansion in Heaven will be
that God Himself will be the light of all of Heaven. We will continually be
in the presence of the Lord God forever and ever. Some bright shining day
we will fold up our "tent" and trade it in for a mansion. What a wonderful
day that will be!

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