Life in the ages to come
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What will be taking place in the ages to come? People will be engaging in every conceivable form of activity, depending on their personality and calling. Scientists, teachers, musicians, warriors, artists, builders, rulers—individuals at all levels of authority and responsibility—will be filled with eternal life and serving God in the fullness of love, peace, and joy.
Think what it would be like for a musician, for example, to study music for eternity in a body as strong and quick as needed for the particular instrument, and that never grew tired! Can you imagine what kind of music he or she would be producing after a few thousand years?
How many inventions would Thomas Edison have produced if he still were alive? What kind of spiritual understanding will the Apostle Paul have at the end of the thousand-year Kingdom Age?
It is death, the absence of the Life of God, that prevents the development of the human personality. The Lord Jesus, who Himself is the Resurrection and the Life, came that we might have eternal life and have it in ever greater abundance.
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. (Revelation 22:4)
It would not be possible for any believer, in the present hour, to pass from the earth into the spirit realm and then stand before the Face of God. The purpose of the thousand-year Kingdom Age, as we understand it, is to prepare us for an unheard of privilege—to see the Face of the Father!
Perhaps Moses saw the Face of God. Moses’ face was transfigured so he had to wear a veil when he came back from the Holy of Holies. The flesh of his face had been slain and replaced with eternal life.
There will be no temple in the new Jerusalem, in the Bride of the Lamb. God is establishing His throne in the hearts of His sons, and God will have no temple, no veil—nothing that separates His sons from Himself.
Again, this is an unheard of privilege. We will be so glorified by that time we shall be able to see God’s Face. It is nearly incredible! We ourselves shall be great mountains of fire, of eternal life, of galaxy-creating energy. We shall be the sons of God in truth, and God Himself will be our Father and our God. We shall keep on growing in His image for eternity under the careful supervision of our elder Brother, Christ.
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