REVELATION 18<\/b><\/p>\n
Rejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets!<\/i><\/p>\n
(Rev. 18:20 niv).<\/i><\/p>\n
A few questions commonly asked about heaven are \u201cWill the saints remember their former lives on earth?\u201d \u201cWill they see the events taking place on earth?\u201d and \u201cWill they see hell?\u201d<\/p>\n
First, the saints do remember their former lives, but these memories do not cause them grief, but fill them with joy as they remember their redemption in Christ, the forgiveness of God, and the fellowship they enjoyed with brothers and sisters in Christ. Christ certainly remembered His former acquaintances after His resurrection; and if we are raised to be like Him, would it be too much to assume that our memories, which are essential to who are are, will remain with us?<\/p>\n
Second, we learn from David that in some way the saints witness the goings on of the world, for he took great consolation in God\u2019s promise that he would witness the establishment of his kingdom. As the church triumphant witnesses the travails of the church militant, it will rejoice in the wisdom and glory of God in bringing about His glorious purposes in ways beyond the understanding of those still on earth. As far as the sins and evil remaining on earth, observation of this will not disturb the tranquility of heaven any more than it disturbs God\u2019s tranquility, for the church in heaven will see how all things truly work according to God\u2019s purposes and for His glory.<\/p>\n
As for the saints beholding hell, the same principle applies. The heavenly church will not mourn over the wretchedness of those in hell, but will praise God for His purity and righteousness. Their rejoicing will not be a morbid delight in suffering, but will flow from a love of God\u2019s wisdom and justice. Beholding hell will also keep them humble as they are reminded that except for God\u2019s grace, they too would be in hell. Verses support the saints in heaven rejoicing in the state of the wicked. Speaking of the fall of wicked Babylon, the prophet, in Revelation 18:20, writes, \u201cRejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you.\u201d Isaiah wrote, \u201cAnd they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind\u201d (66:24).<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
1 Chronicles 17\u201319<\/p>\n
John 10:1\u201321<\/p>\n
WEEKEND<\/b><\/p>\n
1 Chronicles 20\u201325<\/p>\n
John 10:22\u201311:16<\/p>\n
If the heavenly saints in Scripture are portrayed as praising God for His righteous judgments, what should your attitude toward His judgments be? How can you practically rejoice in God\u2019s judgments, yet remain sensitive to the suffering of others? What is the best thing you can do for someone under God\u2019s judgment?<\/p>\n
For further study: Pss. 9, 37, 94 \u2022 Isa. 66<\/i><\/p>\n
WEEKEND<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
REVELATION 18 Rejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! (Rev. 18:20 niv). A few questions commonly asked about heaven are \u201cWill the saints remember their former lives on earth?\u201d \u201cWill they see the events taking place on earth?\u201d and \u201cWill they see hell?\u201d First, the saints do remember their former lives, … Continue reading “HEAVEN BEHOLDING HELL”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}