Thinking this morning and talking to my Father God, about a different way of living than what we’ve every known, I started to imagine, from what I learn from within His written Word a little of what it might be like. I depend on the indwelling Holy Spirit to guide my imagination. (We have a deceiver you know, who is called “the counterfeit” and “the ancient Liar.”)
For instance, I thought, Father God You are infinite, You had no beginning and there is no end to You, therefore, since you started (Created) our universe and planet earth for people to live on with all Your blessings and bounties, did you ‘start’ or create anything else before, or will, in the distant future – that we are not able to know/understand, or discover? You’ve only allowed us to know what You have written down for us – to know! We also know that we only use a small part of the mind You gave us. You have place boundaries on everything that concern us for this ‘temporal’ life.
Why the universe so vast and without end? Galaxies just existing – but for what? For man to discover and to be in AWE over, recognizing that THERE IS a Creator for sure? Yeah, but I’m certain You have a greater plan for all the ‘eternal’ things You have created; things yet to come that we can only “imagine.”
You gave us in Your Word some information about the future, what life would be like without the curses You put on mankind, and on the earth itself when the first blood was spilt on it. Why would you tell us that one Day a lamb will lie down next to a lion without fear? You said that a child will play with a cobra without harm. How would that happen unless there is no fear and things that can kill our body? If there is no threat of harm or fear of death – what will come that makes that true? The Bible tells us.
You say in Your Word, there will be no more sickness. We know from Your Word that our sickness and diseases come from being “sinners.” So then, if there will be “no more sickness” in the new world – that would mean there will no more sin, people with the “sinful nature.” From what You say, the sinful nature is passed down through man’s seed – ever since Adam rebelled against Your Word to him in the Garden of Eden, so that “ALL have sinned” and fall short of living with You forever in Your Kingdom.
We learn that until the Day you lift all Your curses: sickness and disease, death, man’s toilsome labor, woman’s pain in childbearing, and throw all things deadly and altogether evil into the eternal lake of damnation (fire), even death itself – mankind desperately needs the Savior of this world to be forgiven and renewed in soul and spirit, that we be welcomed into Your new world to come.
We hear so much these days about UFOs and people wanting to know if there is life on other planets. So, we go on discovery missions up into space. But what man needs to learn is that the demonic ‘spirit-world’ is all around us working to deceive us and make us believe things that just aren’t true! Satan, God’s number one angel over all the angels, was thrown out of Heaven with 1/3 of all the angels that followed him, because he rebelled against his Creator’s purpose for him. Satan envied God’s Son and sought His place of authority and honor. Satan was cast down to the earth where he has been able to deceive people, starting with Eve in the Garden: “Did God really say/mean what He said?” Thus, bringing on us all God’s curses until the Day God throws Satan and his followers into the Lake of Fire forever – no longer around to deceive man. (It’s all written down for us – so we won’t be fooled.)
Perfection! We know nothing about perfection as life should exist. We can although, know Him who IS perfect: Jesus Christ who came in bodily form, and Who is the “exact representation” of Father God. We know God by faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world; who then pours His eternal Spirit into us so that WE CAN KNOW HIM ‘personally and intimately.’ The Bible tells us all this. Faith comes from knowing what God’s Word says.
BUT! Why do I like to imagine the things to come and wonder what it will be like? Because God says in His Word that “He has set eternity in our hearts!” Man will always ‘wonder’ about all God’s wonders to come! And, man will always fear death too, and not knowing what to expect after he dies, until he/she comes to know the Creator in truth and Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ.
God has given us enough to know in His Word so that we would not miss what could be ours by faith, hope and love in Him (Father/Son/Spirit). But He has also said to live up to each revelation He gives of Himself, that He will allow more understanding if we do what is right with it. Wisdom knows what to do with what you know about God and what you’ve been given from God. True wisdom comes from God, and so does true love as we’ve seen in His Son’s sacrifice for us on the Cross.
Yes, it’s hard to imagine a ‘perfect’ world. But God has also given man alone the ability ‘to imagine’ and expect things to be just as God said they will be, according to His Word. This is the hope that people want, and more-so, as things increasingly get worse in this sin-sick world (as God says it will) before He sends His Son back to end all evil and renew all things God once called “GOOD.”
If you are one who lives with this UNSHAKEABLE joyful hope about eternal life with God, and who gets asked by someone: “What is that HOPE in you?” you then will have the greatest honor there is – to lead them to the Savior of the world: Lamb of the PERFECT sacrifice – Jesus Christ – King of kings and Lord of lords! Then they will have to decide what do with “THE PERFECTION,” just like you did. Glory to God!