“For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known” (1 Corinthians 13:12).
In our current state of life, faith is a necessity. We serve a God whom we cannot see with our physical eyes and the Bible tells us we need faith because we cannot come to God without first believing that he exists (Heb. 11:6). However, faith is only necessary because what we are believing for has not happened yet. We know that heaven is our future home and until we reach it, we have faith knowing that when we pass from this life, we will go to be with the Lord forever.
While we believe this, we have not experienced it yet. Our faith is the hope that bridges that gap between what we have prayed for and believed, and the time when those things will come to pass. When we get to heaven, the realization of everything we have believed will shift and, at that point, our faith will become sight. Our hope will become our reality and from that point forward, we won’t need to hope or believe because we will live in what we have longed for and hoped for.
7. We Won’t Experience Darkness
“There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 22:5).
Every day, we experience light and darkness. The sun rises in the morning, bringing with it the hope and expectation of a new day. In the evening the sun sets, and we rest, hopefully having made that day a productive one. This cycle will continue as long as this earth exists. But this is not what we will experience in heaven. We will live forever in the light of the glory of God, which is a light that far outshines this noon day sun.
On some mornings I drive my daughter to school and when we make the turn towards the school, the light of the morning sun is blinding. I can only imagine what the light of God’s glory will be like. Yet one day we will know, and we will never experience darkness again.
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