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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6


WHAT WILL BE

READ:
Revelation 22:3
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No longer will
there be any curse.
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You and I have something in common. We live in a mixed-up, tarnished world and we have never known anything different. Adam and Eve, however, could remember what life was like before the curse. They could recall the world as God intended it to be__free of death, hardship, and pain (GEN. 3:16-19). In pre-fall Eden, hunger, unemployment, and illness did not exist. No one questioned God's creative power or His plan for human relationships.

The wrold we have inherited resembles God's perfect garden only slightly. To quote C. S. Lewis, "This is a good world gone wrong, but [it] still retains the memory of what ought to have been." Fortunately, the cloudy memory of what the earth should have been is also a prophetic glimpse into eternity. There, just as Adam and Eve walked and talked with god, believers will see His face and serve Him directly. There will be nothing between God and us. "No longer will there be any curse [Rev. 222:3). There will be no sin, no fear, and no shame.

The past and its consequences may cast a shadow on today, but a believer's destiny carries the promise of something better--life in a place as perfect as Eden. ___Jennifer benson Schuldt

**Dear God, help me to remember that even though this world
does not measure up to Your original design
there is much to enjoy and much to do for You and others.
Thank You fie the promise of life with You in a perfect setting.
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One day God will put everything right.

***************************Today's Bible Reading __ Revelation 22:1-5********************
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of
life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God
and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of
the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life,
bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month.
And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

3 No longer will there b any curse. The throne of God
and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve
him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their
foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need
the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will
give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In this description of our eternal home, what
will be absent from that place is as important as what will be
present. Notice that in verse 3 we are told that there will be no
more curse, and verse 5 adds that there will be no more night.
The curse of sin will no longer be present because sin and its
consequences will be removed forever. There will be no more
night or darknes because we will dwell perfectly and eternally
in God's wonderful light. No more curse and no more darkness.
Our eternal home will clearly be a marvelous place!
____Bill Crowder