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A daily Bible study with Victor Knowles
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HEAVEN IS OUR HOME!

This entry was posted on 06-22-2009 and is filed under HEAVEN.

The other day I was leafing through the bound volume of the 1953 weekly journal, Voice of Evangelism. In the April 17 issue I found this dandy, "Heaven is Our Home."

At our best estate, we are only pilgrims and strangers here. Heaven is our home! Death will never knock at the door of that mansion, and in all that country there is not a single grave. How glad parents are in holiday times to gather their children home again! But I have noticed that there is almost always a son or a daughter absent - absent from home, perhaps absent from country, perhaps absent from the world. Oh, how glad our heavenly Father will be when He gets all His children home with Him in Heaven! And how delightful it will be for brothers and sisters to meet after long separation! Once they parted at the door of the tomb; now they meet at the door of immortality. Once there, let earthly sorrows howl like storms and roll like seas. Home! Let thrones crumble and empires wither. Home! Let the world die in earthquake struggle and be buried . Home! Let everlasting ages roll irresistible sweep. Home! No sorrow, no crying, no tears, no death. Home, sweet home - home, beautiful home! Home everlasting, home with each other, home with God!

"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away" (Rev. 21:3, 4 NKJV).

Hymn: Walking along the road one day, I heard a voice so sweetly say, 'A place up in Heaven I am building thee, a beautiful, beautiful home.' Home, sweet home, Home, sweet home. Where I'll never roam; I see the light of that city so bright, My home, sweet home!"
(N. R. Vandall)