In 'the world to come', the Jews believed that there would be peace, joy, tranquility, no more strife and envy, fear and pain, tears or sorrow, there would amazing opportunities and flourishing life...Heaven and Earth would be joined together again, Shekinah would envelope creation and there would be no more nakedness, but the knowledge of YHVH would cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea. The writings of the Zohar say, "'Light is sown for the righteous, joy for the upright in heart (Psalm 97v11). Then the worlds will be fragrant and all will be one. But until the day when the world that is coming arrives, it is preserved, treasured away."
This is what most Christendom has reduced to 'eternal life', life that just goes on forever after we die. We have been missing out! The good news that Jesus has been and still does preach is that God's Kingdom, and the life that is found there 'the world to come' is breaking into this one! Receive it as a child! Look to the good God with the trusting, expectant eyes of a child! Smile! Rejoice! God is ruling the world with his loving, saving power and He is setting things to rights!
However, if you are too tied to what you already have, how are you to receive what your Father wants to give you? This has been God's call since Abraham...leave your fathers house and go to a place I will show you. It is a place you must receive and journey to in faith and its rewards, as Jesus makes clear, will far outweigh its costs, both in the present and more so as that age arrives with the life that belongs to that grand reconciliation. Progress and joy, this is the way of faith.
The Light has been sown and has sprouted forth producing fruit all over the world, revealing its treasures stored up for those who love you! Thank you Father! Blessed are you who have hidden these things from the eyes of the wise and righteous in their own sight and have revealed them to the little children. In Jesus name we praise you forever and always! Amen
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