The Prophetic Messenger
A Newsletter From
Mysteries From The Word Of God Ministries
March/April 2008 - Volume 10/Issue 2
Heaven, A Prepared Place - Part I
In my
Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also. John 14:2-3
In this issue of The Prophetic Messenger we will begin a
message about heaven, a prepared place.
1. Heaven Is A Place Of Rest
In II Timothy, Paul
spoke about his work on the earth being finished, and about
his rewards in heaven. II Timothy 4:6-8 says "
6 For I
am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is
at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid
up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me
only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."
In the week of creation, we see how God rested on the
seventh day. In Genesis 2:1-3 it says
"1 Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he
had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day,
and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from
all his work which God created and made." In II Peter
3:8 it says
"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,
and a thousand years as one day." From this passage,
as God rested on the seventh day, in the future Christians
will reign with Jesus Christ and God the Father for 1,000
years. In Revelation 20: 4-6 it says
" 4 And I saw
thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded
for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image,
neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in
their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a
thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again
until the thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in
the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no
power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and
shall reign with him a thousand years."
2. A Better Country
In the book of Hebrews 11, the
scriptures were talking about the faith of Abraham and his
children and how they desired a better country, and that
country was heaven. In Hebrews 11:13-16 it says
"13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them,
and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers
and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things
declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if
they had been mindful of that country from whence they came
out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:
wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he
hath prepared for them a city."
3. A Place Of Rewards Which Are Secure
Jesus Christ
shared how our treasures are secure in heaven. In Matthew
6:19-21 it says
"19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart
be also." In II Corinthians 5:10, it talks about the
judgment seat of Christ, which is for the Christians who
are judged for their works on the earth, and where they
will also receive rewards for their works done on the
earth. In II Corinthians 5:10 it says
"For we must all
appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one
may receive the things done in his body, according to that
he hath done, whether it be good or bad." In I
Corinthians 3:11-15 it says
"11 For other foundation
can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work
shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall
try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's
work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive
a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall
suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by
fire." This shows the judgment seat of Christ. Also,
in Revelation 11:15-18 it says
"15 And the seventh
angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms
of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever
and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat
before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and
worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God
Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and
the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that
thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets,
and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and
great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."
Coming Up In The Next Issue
Heaven A
Prepared Place -Part II. Read this article in the
next issue of The Prophetic Messenger.
Memory Verses
As Christians if we want to live in
victory and if we want to be able to share the Word Of God
with others we must know the Word of God ourselves. Let's
see what the Bible says about this. "Thy word have I hid in
mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." Psalm
119:11. " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
John 15:7. "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on
him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed." John 8:31. We encourage you to put the following
scriptures in your heart: Ephesians 1:3-5, II Thessalonians
1:10-11, Job 12:13-14, Colossians 1:16-17, Romans 8:10-11,
Proverbs 3:13-15, I Peter 4:10-11, Deuteronomy 28:6-7,
James 3:17-18, II Corinthians 9:8-9. Use only the Old King
James version of the Holy Bible. (If you have any questions
about this please see the book New Age Bible Versions, by
G.A. Riplinger ©1993, ISBN 0-9635845-0-2.)
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