WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN (5 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
When the Saints Go Marching In (5 of 5)
Series: A Little Bit of Heaven
Scott Maze
Isaiah 60
Apple founder, Steve Jobs was asked to address the graduations of Stanford University just shortly before his death. He said these memorable words: ''Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've encountered to help me make the big choices in life.'' Yes, remembering I will be dead soon is an important tool in helping me make the big choices in life. In fact, if we consider our deaths, we can know what can make us happy both in this life but also in the life to come.
For the last time in our series, I want to speak about Heaven. Locate Isaiah 60 with me. The people of God have long been fascinated with the topic of Heaven. And scattered through your Bible is all kinds of imagery to bring hope to God's people about the kind of life they'll spend in Heaven. Heaven is pictured from a garden to a city to the Father's House to a place where life and joy itself resides, the Bible is replete with beautiful imagery that paints for us hopeful, bright scenes of our future days. Central to the Bible's vision of the future Heaven is a pristine Jerusalem, a place of political harmony.
Now, utopian dreams and visions of utopia have a long history. As far back as the Genesis, we see humans seeking to build a utopia city when they constructed the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9). Many of you are familiar Plato's The Republic, written nearly four centuries before the time of Christ. Plato lays out how the society of the future should be arranged: with definitions of the ideal system of parenting, education, as well as law and government. A little closer to the present as well as near my personal history, is New Harmony, Indiana. Just a short drive from where my wife, Traci, grew up. The community was built up around 800 devoted built the town in hopes of delivering Heaven on earth. No one was husband and wife but all were brothers and sisters. It was built ...
Series: A Little Bit of Heaven
Scott Maze
Isaiah 60
Apple founder, Steve Jobs was asked to address the graduations of Stanford University just shortly before his death. He said these memorable words: ''Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've encountered to help me make the big choices in life.'' Yes, remembering I will be dead soon is an important tool in helping me make the big choices in life. In fact, if we consider our deaths, we can know what can make us happy both in this life but also in the life to come.
For the last time in our series, I want to speak about Heaven. Locate Isaiah 60 with me. The people of God have long been fascinated with the topic of Heaven. And scattered through your Bible is all kinds of imagery to bring hope to God's people about the kind of life they'll spend in Heaven. Heaven is pictured from a garden to a city to the Father's House to a place where life and joy itself resides, the Bible is replete with beautiful imagery that paints for us hopeful, bright scenes of our future days. Central to the Bible's vision of the future Heaven is a pristine Jerusalem, a place of political harmony.
Now, utopian dreams and visions of utopia have a long history. As far back as the Genesis, we see humans seeking to build a utopia city when they constructed the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9). Many of you are familiar Plato's The Republic, written nearly four centuries before the time of Christ. Plato lays out how the society of the future should be arranged: with definitions of the ideal system of parenting, education, as well as law and government. A little closer to the present as well as near my personal history, is New Harmony, Indiana. Just a short drive from where my wife, Traci, grew up. The community was built up around 800 devoted built the town in hopes of delivering Heaven on earth. No one was husband and wife but all were brothers and sisters. It was built ...
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