1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.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:4 And they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] in their foreheads.5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.Revelation 22
Ever been to a theatrical production? The kind where you go with someone all dressed up in your nicest outfit to a show in the nicest looking theater you have ever seen. You take your seat and anticipation builds every minute you look toward the stage at the closed curtain. As you watch the curtain between talking with your friend and looking at your cell phone clock your anticipation builds for the curtain to be drawn back and the scenes now hidden come to life.
I had this thought while watching the after game activities of a recent girl's volley ball game. A friend shared with me how he misses his brother and wonders what he is doing in heaven. I mentioned the same thing about my daughter Maria. Both of us are in the same Sunday school class where for the last month we had a series of lessons on heaven. We knew from those lessons that heaven is a great place to be where there will be plenty of things to do and see.
Anticipating the things we know about heaven is like sitting in a theater waiting for the curtains to be opened where we will be able to see all that our mind could only imagine. Heaven is going to be a wonderful place and the more we spend with Jesus Christ by reading his word the more our vision will be made clear about the things we will experience once the curtain that separates us from heaven finally opens.
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