GraceLife Thoughts – Forever and Ever

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GraceLife Thoughts – Forever and Ever

How long will this future of ours last? According to Revelation 22 – forever and ever! That is a long, long time, though I don’t know if time as we know it now will even exist in the new heaven and new earth. We know time from the movement of the sun around the earth as day and night, hours and minutes; but what does Revelation tell us about that?

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.

What will we do forever and ever?

His servants shall serve Him.

We will serve God. How will we serve Him?

And they shall reign forever and ever.

Reigning is one of the primary ways we will serve God. We will reign with Christ forever and ever. We will be with Christ forever and ever. That is our future.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Millions of Christians who died before the Lord’s return will rise from the dead first, then those Christians who are alive at the time of the Lord’s return will be “caught up” (seized, snatched up, raptured) with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. All Christians will be with Christ “aways.”