13
Jan '22

Preparing For the Life Hereafter

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 in Devotions |

13
Jan '22
Introduction: Have you considered the benefits of the life hereafter? Take a moment and compare them with this life. What did you discover? This verse, although sandwiched during the time of tribulation, it gives us full confidence that there are going to be heavenly benefits “Out of this World”!
 
Check out the benefits:
 

1. A Place of REST!

“13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” (Rev 14:13)

The word rest “ἀναπαύω (an-ap-ow’-o), means to give intermission from labor, by implication refresh. Sounds good.
Also, it means rest, take my ease. Of course this does not mean inactivity. Instead, it means worship and service to our Lord Jesus Christ.
 

2. A Place where we are BLESSED!

“13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” (Rev 14:13)

The word “Blessed” is μακάριος,(mak-ar’-ee-os), which means happy, blessed, to be envied. “Everybody will be HAPPY over there”!
 

3. A Place with no more TEST!

“13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” (Rev 14:13)

No more tests. No more test of faith…we will have made it HOME! “HOME SWEET HOME!”
 
Conclusion:
Obviously this gives us, who are believers in the living God of the Bible, great…
HOPE
PEACE
ASSURANCE &
REST
 
So take heart my brother & sister…the BEST is yet to come!
 
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese

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