“For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
2 Peter 1:10-11
[We continue in the last days of this month to set our thoughts on heaven along with previous Anchor authors whose lives drew to a close during or after their writing.]
Peter writes of the eternal kingdom of our Lord. It’s our prepared place without sin, suffering, or death. As a person gets on in years, he thinks more and more of a rich welcome into this magnificent place. I envision the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, together with the redeemed standing at the entrance into glory, welcoming me and you with utter delight into the most precious existence that we could ever imagine—the eternal kingdom.
Earthly kingdoms come and go. They blaze with brilliance for a moment, only to be replaced by another temporary one. The day will come when one realm will remain: the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
Can you feel it? We’re being pulled by the magnet of divine love into the delights of heaven in which Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords, reigns forever and ever. Come, Lord Jesus!
Peter writes of the eternal kingdom of our Lord. It’s our prepared place without sin, suffering, or death. As a person gets on in years, he thinks more and more of a rich welcome into this magnificent place. I envision the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, together with the redeemed standing at the entrance into glory, welcoming me and you with utter delight into the most precious existence that we could ever imagine—the eternal kingdom.
Earthly kingdoms come and go. They blaze with brilliance for a moment, only to be replaced by another temporary one. The day will come when one realm will remain: the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
Can you feel it? We’re being pulled by the magnet of divine love into the delights of heaven in which Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords, reigns forever and ever. Come, Lord Jesus!
Scripture Focus
2 Peter 1:3-11
Insight
After living a long life that had an impact on many, Don Jacobs died in 2020 at age 91. This was from his August 2014 Anchor.
Bible In A Year
- Judges 18-19
- Psalm 118
- 1 Corinthians 11