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Heaven Our New Home
Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Aug 4, 2011 (message contributor)
Summary: How great it will be to go there and live for ever.
HEAVEN OUR NEW HOME
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Sweet part about heaven there will be joy and peace, happiness forever.
1. A place of good company.
Matt.8: 11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus
Family
Friends
Saints of old
God the father
2. There will be many present
Matt.8: 11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Jews
Gentiles
Hebrews
Mothers
Fathers
3. A place of rest
Hebrews 4: 9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Our of the tribulation
Rest from their labor
Rest from the battle with Satan
Departed from lure of sin
4. A place of joy.
Rev. 5: 9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
New song
Book of life open
Saints of old
All kindred and nation
5. A place of peace
Luke 19: 38Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Peace
Joy
Glory
Forever and forever
6. Service for the king
Rev.22: 3And 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:
We will serve with gladness
We will serve with all our hearts
Just to be at the throne
Just to praise the lamb
7. A place of recognition
Rev.22: 4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
We may have never seen him but now we will
Face to face with the king of king
Hand and hand with Jesus
His name in our foreheads
What glory to know he knows us
