For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. (Philippians 3:20, 21, NKJV).
Our future home and existence is in view with these verses, along with the corollary thought that we are merely sojourners here and now, in a state of active waiting, not for something, but for Someone.
As pilgrims in the earth during this present age, we abide in a temporary dwelling, described as a tent elsewhere, awaiting relocation to a permanent (eternal), glorified body that will neither age, feel weakness, experience pain, or die. The power which ensures this destiny for all children of God by faith is that same power that flung the Universe into existence through the mere speaking of words, and that governs and maintains the cosmos in all its vastness and complexity.
It is power freely given in exchange for the simple acceptance of the free gift of salvation offered by the One who became one of us for the sole purpose of paying the debt of our sin. A pretty good deal, if you ask me. Particularly in view of the alternative.
Our future home and existence is in view with these verses, along with the corollary thought that we are merely sojourners here and now, in a state of active waiting, not for something, but for Someone.
As pilgrims in the earth during this present age, we abide in a temporary dwelling, described as a tent elsewhere, awaiting relocation to a permanent (eternal), glorified body that will neither age, feel weakness, experience pain, or die. The power which ensures this destiny for all children of God by faith is that same power that flung the Universe into existence through the mere speaking of words, and that governs and maintains the cosmos in all its vastness and complexity.
It is power freely given in exchange for the simple acceptance of the free gift of salvation offered by the One who became one of us for the sole purpose of paying the debt of our sin. A pretty good deal, if you ask me. Particularly in view of the alternative.
