Philippians 3:20-21 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them in to glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.
Children eagerly wait for Christmas, or we may be eagerly waiting for a holiday or family visit. All those things are lovely but they're tied to this earth and are only temporary. Paul is lifting our eyes up to something much bigger and awe inspiring that we're waiting for.
He reminds us, although we live here, we're not citizens of earth any more, this is not our home, instead God has made us Christ's ambassadors here on a temporary residency, for however long we live.
If Jesus is our Saviour then our real citizenship is in heaven which is quite mind boggling! We are citizens of heaven, not will be, we are now! He gives us such hope as he continues to remind us we've got new glorious bodies coming like Jesus' resurrected body and that is really something to look forward to, don't you think!?
Yesterday we looked at rejoicing in the Lord and that is definitely something to rejoice about.😊 No wonder Paul says 'we are eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Saviour.' Jesus also talked about the day He would be coming back for us when He's made everything ready.
The Rapture of the Church could be any time and Jesus asked if He would find faith on the earth when He returns. So let's encourage each other to stir up our faith and remember we're already citizens of God's heaven, He's preparing us a place there which will be amazing, and Jesus is our soon coming King. Hallelujah! Thank You Jesus, we're eagerly waiting. 😊
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