“Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.”~ Lk. 10:20
You can count on one thing never changing, human nature. How like the Disciples we all are. We find more joy in the immediate and temporal, than the future and eternal. Paul, it seems, didn’t fall into this trap (2 Cor. 4:18). Do we not realize someday all our earthly ministering will be over? The devil and his demons, along with his angels, will be consigned to their own places of torment, and we will be everlastingly with our Father and God.
Our names are indelibly written in the Lambs Book of Life; there is a family record in Heaven. But with Judas and his like (Matt.7:22), their names are “written in the earth” (Jer.17:13). Many there be today who rejoice with God’s people over earthly blessings. They have their names written on the church books, but not in God’s Book!
I am told that He loved me and chose me before the foundation of the world. And that my name was recorded in the Book of Life, before time began. You can use all the theological arguments you want, BUT THAT IS WHAT IT SAY’S! Contrary to the old gospel song, there was not a new name written down in Glory when I was brought into His fold.
In Philippians, Paul mentions his fellowlabourers whose names are in the book of life. And in the very next verse says, “Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.” Don’t you think we need to get with it?
“Some people say Heaven is their home, but are never homesick.” rds