Building on the concluding sentence of the last posting, consider this thought taken from one of Bob & Debby Dass writings, he wrote, “when it comes to moving into your dream house, an important question is: what kind of people live in the neighborhood?” John the Revelator answers this question in Revelation 7:9-10.

After these things l looked and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes with palm branches in their hands and crying out with a loud voice, saying, Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb [who is Jesus!]

The writer of the epistle to the Hebrews condensed the two issues in Hebrews 12:16-17, 22-24 (TPT).

Be careful that no one among you lives in immorality, becoming careless about God’s blessings, like Esau who traded away his rights as the firstborn for a simple meal. And we know that later on when he wanted to inherit his father’s blessing, he was turned away, even though he begged for it with bitter tears, for it was too late then to repent…By contrast, we have already come near to God in a totally different realm, the Zion-realm, for we have entered the city of the Living God, which is the New Jerusalem in heaven! We have joined the festal gathering of myriads of angels in their joyous celebration! And as members of the church of the Firstborn all our names have been legally registered as citizens of heaven! And we have come before God who judges all, and who lives among the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect in his eyes! And we have come to Jesus who established a new covenant with his blood sprinkled upon the mercy seat; blood that continues to speak from heaven, “forgiveness,” a better message than Abel’s blood that cries from the earth, “justice.”

To close, author Max Lucado tells the story of his friend Joy, who was a Sunday School teacher and had a timid nine-year-old girl named Barbara in her class. 

She was an underprivileged child from an impoverished area of town and Lucado writes Barbara’s difficult home life had left her afraid and insecure. For the weeks that my friend was teaching the class, Barbara never spoke. Never. While the other children talked, she sat. While the others sang, she was silent. While the others giggled, she was quiet. Always present, always listening, always speechless. Until the day Joy gave a class on Heaven, Joy talked about seeing God. She talked about tearless eyes and deathless lives. Barbara was fascinated. She couldn’t release Joy from her stare. She listened with hunger. Then she raised her hands, Mrs. Joy? Joy was stunned. Barbara had never before asked a question. Yes, Barbara. Nine-year-old Barbara asked, Is Heaven for girls like me? The answer is yes! Heaven was made for Barbara—and for you.

Independent of your status, education, know assuredly that Jesus paid it all; all to Him l owe, sin had left a crimson stain, but Christ washed it white as snow making us partakers of this inheritance.

Your hearts can soar with joyful gratitude when you think of how God made you worthy to receive the glorious inheritance freely given to us by living in the light. He has rescued us completely from the tyrannical rule of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom realm of his beloved Son. Colossians 1:12-13 (TPT)

So you can joyfully sing, He set me free, O! He set me free, He broke the bands of prison from me, I’m glory bound now through the completed works of Jesus my Saviour, glory to God, oh He set me free.

Have you become a partaker of this inheritance? Selah.
 

Pastor Afolabi Oladele