Revelation 21:22-27 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; 26 and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; 27 and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. Time, talent and treasure are things will all have to some degree and we are all limited as we live in a sin cursed world. Some people make the most of what they have and multiply it, some are happy just getting by and still others either foolishly spend it all or happily give it away. Either way we know that we are limited to what we can do. It use to be limited to what someone could do as long as there was light outside. This is why we set our clocks forward in summer for daylight savings so our days are longer. I don't know how practical it is anymore since we have artificial light but the truth is that we need the vitamin D. :)
The Temple was where God met man but here it says there will be no more temple for God will be with us. In the time of the Temple there was also no outside light in it, only the light of the menorah. It was looking forward to what we read in our passage this morning. There will come a day where God Himself will be our light there will be no more night! It is almost impossible it is to image a time like this. God will be physically with us. Not that when Jesus walked this earth He wasn't Immanuel- God with us, but He was veiled and only James, John and Peter saw Him in all His glory. There will come this day when we will be with Jesus and see Him in His glorified body and it will be like never before and eternal. What do you look forward to the most when you think of eternity? Is it the beautiful city? The ability to go anywhere in the world without fear or the limitations of time? There is so much that we may feel we are missing out on this side eternity but eternity is quite long :) and we'll have the time to do things we were limited to because of the time, talent and treasure we have now. Until that time, let's make the most of what we have been given as good stewards of the grace of God. Have a great day Loved Ones and God bless you real good!
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