Revelation 22: 6 “Then he said to me, ‘These words are faithful and true.’ And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.”
Dear God,
I give You thanks for another day of life and strength to give You praise. With the desire to live in a way that brings You honour. This is especially so as I read the word pictures of heaven, that John wrote under inspiration. I am so happy that many of these word pictures include Your own victorious followers from earth. There will be no sin in heaven and all these redeemed followers will have transformed bodies. It will be Jesus Christ who will forever bear His crucifixion scars, which forever testify of His sacrifice on our behalf, whilst on earth.
Your throne, Father God and the throne of Jesus the Lamb will be there, and we His transformed servants, will delight to serve Him, Revelation 22:3. These privileges I look forward to, even though I believe, as yet I do not fully understand Your purity and other attributes; and cannot whilst I am here on earth, because I am limited by my sinful finite mind. But I do believe John’s account of heaven, as given to him, at Your instruction, by the angel.
Now at this present time in our bodies of sin from this place of sin darkness; no man could see Your face of purity and extreme brightness and live, but this will not be so in heaven, V4 and 5 “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.”
To be pure of mind and body, and to see You face to face, and join the angels in song and worship, is way more attractive and to be desired, than the most enticing thing on earth. I am sad that my actions are not always in line with my hope and desire, to be thus privileged. But I am heartened by the knowledge, that Your ‘still small voice’ has not given me up, and at any time I can in repentance come to You, and be welcomed and redirected as Your child.
I am reassured that my hope for an eternal life in heaven is well founded, for my opening text, John not only relates what he saw, but that the angel said, all his words were ‘faithful and true’ and that the author of his words, was ‘the Lord God of the holy prophets.’ Jesus also gives a message, in V7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
How could I or any one on earth ignore the words of Jesus the All-Conquering One? Revelation of what is to come and prophecy in general, are given special importance in this book, please dear God, guide my understanding of these words and teach me to be truly faithful and reverent to You, the One who inspired these words for mankind; as Your time for the end for this earth seems to be upon us
Amen