June 7, 2021

Monday

Anything but Boring

2 Peter 3:10-13

 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away…”

Revelation 21:1a 

When headed to an unknown destination on family vacation, children often complain, “It’s going to be boring!” Then, when the vacation is over and it’s time to return home, they don’t want to leave. It’s hard to blame them—we often have pessimistic views of that which we have not experienced. For that reason, some people think heaven is going to be boring.

Granted, we know few details of what heaven will be like. But we have underlying principles that give us reason to believe it will be anything but boring. First, heaven is going to be “a new earth.” Even in its sin-ravaged condition (Romans 8:20-23), earth, as we know it today, is not boring. It is beautiful, varied, exotic, and challenging—yet cursed because of sin. If this earth is exciting, God’s “new earth” will be beyond our expectations (Ephesians 3:20). Second, God’s creation, present, and future reflect God Himself—and God is not boring. Nobody who has read the Scriptures and walked with God could accuse Him of boredom.

Are you ready for heaven? Excited about heaven? It will be Eden and more—for all eternity (Isaiah 11:6-9; 65:17).

A point to ponder

Wisdom opens the eyes both to the glories of heaven and to the hollowness of earth. 
J. A. Motyer

Read the Bible through in a year

Job 21-23

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