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“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13
If after reading this scripture, my greatest comfort in the death of my spouse is the hope that “I’ll get to see him in heaven one day,” I’m missing the point. Jesus says there will not be marriage in heaven. We may well recognize our family and friends in heaven, and I am sure we will rejoice that they were received, but we will know them primarily as members of the body of Christ, who have been ransomed by the blood of Christ; the focus will not then be on human relationships, but on Christ, who is Himself the great reward of heaven.
In a time of deep loss, my comfort was, and had to be, that God had something better. God takes our loved ones from us, but He gives us an eternity in which hour after hour, year after year with HIM will be filled with joy and a satisfaction greater than the best moments of marriage. I have learned that marriage is but a pointer toward the glory of Christ and the church; and, in the resurrection the picture vanishes into the true reality.
When this life is gone and it’s our time,
To rise up at the sound of His “shout”
Let us move swiftly with great anticipation
To meet this One who spoke about …
The Glory that will be!
Copyright Jettie Hess
