“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them. Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD."
"The sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more" - oh, how wonderful that will be. I stumbled across a couple of really neat songs about this; one just tonight, the other a few months ago. The first is "Soon" by Hillsong United/Brooke Fraser, the second "Heaven Song" by Phil Wickham.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI8G5ToRXKU&feature=related
...Does my heart know him well?
I will be with the One I love / there my soul will be satisfied....My sin erased, my shame forgotten...soon and very soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQVQaERVric&feature=related
My soul is getting restless for the place where I belong...
"Well done, My child, enter in and rest."
In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul writes of our heavenly dwelling...."Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done in the body, whether good or bad. ...We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." (1-10, 20b, 21)
"Oh what a day that will be, when we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory!" "Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King!" ... there are so many songs/hymns written about the return of Christ/heaven. I've noticed that the last verse of many hymns has to do with the topic, as well. ...It's because "we groan and are burdened...and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord." Amen!! This world is so...shallow, empty, lacking, and heaven is the opposite! Deep, full, and far more than enough!! Brother, sister, be encouraged! Be confidant and "long for His appearing."
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