A Great Reunion or Separation

God’s saint closes their eyes, breathes their last breath, and an angel ushers them into the presence of their Lord and Savior. Do they fall face downward in worship before our Maker? Time is immeasurable in heaven; a thousand years is as the blink of an eye. Loved ones and friends await their arrival. What a time of celebration!

Even the most imaginative mind cannot describe what awaits God’s children after this life on earth ends. Other than what the Word of God reveals, until we experience it for ourselves, we can only imagine. According to Revelation 21, there are streets of gold, twelve gates, each made of one pearl, and walls of priceless stones. There are no sun, moon, or stars because God and the Lamb (Jesus) are the light. There is never darkness, sickness, pain, sorrow, tears, or evil—but only those whose names God wrote in the Lamb’s book of life can enter.

“There is a time to be born and a time to die” (Ecclesiastes 3:2a). Even though it is difficult to understand why He “gives and takes away” (Job 1:21) and sends rain on the just as well as the unjust (Matthew 5:45), God is holy and just; He holds and controls everything; He sees everything; He is everywhere; He loves His children—we belong to Him.

When your eyes close in death, they will reopen either in the presence of God or the torments of hell. If you are God’s child, He recorded your name in the Lamb’s book of life; you will one day see Jesus and reunite with loved ones in heaven. But God doesn’t promise us a tomorrow; if you have not yet given your life to Jesus, don’t wait, do it now. Separation from God and those you love is eternal. Heaven is waiting, but so is hell.