1 Chronicles 6:1-81; Ezekiel 8:1-9:11; John 2:1-22
Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Numbers 23:9
We with heavenly citizenship will not be accepted in this world, and neither should we expect to be. We represent a Governor who is holy, a Lord who is just, and a Master who is morally perfect. Why would those bent on self-gratification without consequences want us around? Once we are called upward, the celebrations will be global in scope and unanimous in purpose. Yet after three and a half years, their rejoicing will turn to regret, with the lament of despair: “What have we done to ourselves?” —Rick Morse
‘Tis conflict here below,
‘Tis triumph there, and peace;
On earth we wrestle with the foe,
In Heaven our conflicts cease. —Thomas Kelly