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Serving God in the Eternal State.


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Ever wondered how Heaven would be like? and what goes on in the Eternal State. The apostle John (in Revelation) had a vision of this where the angels showed the Holy City. And there shall see his face; and his name name shall be in; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. (Revelation 22:3-4)

If you can't live for Christ, then you can't die for Christ. On another note: the word for "serve" is in a religious context, and the Greek verb is "Latreuo", and denotes a high form of worship. Not only that because it applies to both the Father and the Son.

First, there is so much more about eternity that we do not know than what we do know -- and there is a good reason for that. Until we experience the resurrection, until we see God in His glory face to face, until we are liberated from this corruptible world, we lack all frame of reference for the surpassing joy that will be ours on that glorious day to come. God doesn't need anything.  And He has supplied everything.  And the most important thing He supplied was the Gift of His Son, without whose sacrifice we would all be lost.

In terms of service to the Lord here and now, what the Lord wants and what He is getting are largely two different things.  He wants us to grow spiritually and to progress in our walk with Him -- without which two things all "service" the way the church visible usually defines it will be at a very low level necessarily. Secondly, the service we are  supposed to be doing has everything to do with the truth, making it available and understandable for others, since that is the bedrock of everything we are supposed to be doing personally.  But the church visible sees service mostly through a materialistic rather than a spiritual lens.  Thirdly, true service -- sharing the gospel with someone who really wants it, ministering the Word to those who desire it, helping these efforts until one comes into one's own life ministry -- is a gift and a blessing for us.  We are merely "unprofitable servants" (Lk.17:10); anything we are granted to be able to do -- to do in truth -- for the Church of Christ is a great blessing.

The angels worship the Lord and we will worship Him for all eternity (Heb.1:6). He needs nothing. We will be fulfilled and thrilled by our ability to worship Him, to fellowship with Him, to appreciate and thank Him for all He's done for us . . . dying for us and bearing our sins. Will there be other aspects to all this?  Undoubtedly.  But we really can't know until the time.  

But as it is written, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM. (1 Corinthians 2:9)

God Bless,

Daniel 

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When I think of what God has in store for us my mind remembers Ephesians 2:7, "That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus."   God, in His own way, will show all of us the exceeding riches of His grace, and kindness, to us through His Son, the Lord Jesus. Someone has said, and I will have to paraphrase as I do not completely remember the phrase, "He will show the trophies of His grace."

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