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Our Daily Bread - Monday, November 29, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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HAPPY ENDING

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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
-Revelation 21:1

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ezekiel 35-36
2 Peter 1

In its "plot," the story of the Bible ends up very much where it began. The broken relationship between God and human beings has healed over at last, and the curse of Genesis 3 is lifted. Borrowing images from Eden, Revelation pictures a river and a tree of life (Revelation 22:1-2). But this time a great city replaces the garden setting - a city filled with worshippers of God. No death or sadness will ever darken that scene. When we awake in the new heaven and new earth, we will have at last a happy ending.
Heaven is not an afterthought or an optional belief. It is the final justification of all creation. The Bible never belittles human tragedy and disappointment - is any book more painfully honest? - but it does add one key word: temporary. What we feel now, we will not always feel. The time for re-creation will come.
For people who feel trapped in pain or in a broken home, in economic misery or in fear - for all of us - heaven promises a timeless future of health and wholeness and pleasure and peace. The Bible begins with the promise of a Redeemer in the book of Genesis (3:15) and ends with that same promise (Revelation 21:1-7) - a guarantee of future reality. The end will be the beginning. - Philip Yancey
Beyond earth's sorrow, the joys of heaven;
Eternal blessing with Christ my Lord;
Earth's weeping ended, earth's trials over,
Sweet rest in Jesus, O blest reward! - Gilmore

The gains of heaven will more than compensate us for the losses of the earth.

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