THE WINNERS’ CIRCLE
INTRODUCTION:
THE BOOK OF REVELATION REVEALS JESUS CHRIST IN HIS MAJESTY AND POWER. JOHN, THE APOSTLE, THE LIKELY AUTHOR WRITES OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO CHRIST’S MAJESTIC RETURN. THE TIME AND DATE NO MAN KNOWS, HOWEVER, WE MUST BE FORWARD LOOKING TO THIS EVENT. MOST SCHOLARS DATE THE WRITING AROUND 95 A.D.
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:
REVELATION 22:5 AND THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY NIGHT, AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE NEED OF THE LIGHT OF THE LAMP NOR THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, BECAUSE THE LORD GOD WILL ILLUMINATE THEM; AND THEY WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. (NASB)
AMPLIFIED BIBLE: AND THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT; THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR LAMPLIGHT OR SUNLIGHT, FOR THE LORD GOD WILL ILLUMINATE THEM AND BE THEIR LIGHT, AND THEY SHALL REIGN (AS KINGS) FOREVER AND EVER--THROUGH THE ETERNITIES OF THE ETERNITIES. .
HEAVEN IS A PLACE WHERE GOD’S PEOPLE ENJOY THE ETERNAL. THE PARADISE LOST IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IS RESTORED TO THE PARADISE REGAINED ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 22 OF REVELATION.
HEAVEN IS THE PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO NEED FOR DARKNESS. ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING WILL NOT EXIST. THE ONLY LIGHT NEEDED WILL BE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST THAT WILL LIGHT YOUR WAY FOR ETERNITY.
JOHN 8:12 THEN JESUS AGAIN SPOKE TO THEM, SAYING, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD; HE WHO FOLLOWS ME WILL NOT WALK IN THE DARKNESS, BUT WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” (NASB)
JOHN 9:5 WHILE I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. (NASB)
JOHN 12:46 I HAVE COME AS LIGHT INTO THE WORLD, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL NOT REMAIN IN DARKNESS.” (NASB)
APPLICATION: GOOD NEWS! YOU, BELIEVER, ARE IN THE WINNERS’ CIRCLE.
