Ephesians 1:20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
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We spend our lives on the surface (or occasionally flying through the atmosphere) of this average sized planet. All the issues, all the nations and turmoil of war, of politics, of daily existence and subsistence seem to be limited to this narrow layer of life. And this earth is the platform upon which life enters, moves through the stages of growth and decline and then returns to the soil.
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But within the heart of humans there is this sense that there is another, higher dimension that we were fashioned for... a place above petty conflict and short term plans and goals...a place where justice is true, peace is permanent and life forever blooms.
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This is the place that Jesus proved existed when He was raised from the dead. He is now in the heavenly places, which transcend "all principality and power and might and dominion" and even "every name that is named". Our compass has been expanded from North, South, East and West to Up. This is where Father and Son are enthroned. It is the place that will always be, in "the age which is to come".
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And we can be raised as well. Our faith and His outstretched arm of grace ensure we, also, will be raised...to the place of eternal life.
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much love,
Rob Smith
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"Death is inevitable. Life is a choice!"
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."
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