A Thousand Years

The Youth had a question one night about Heaven, and if we would know who made it and who didn't. I told them that once we get to Heaven for eternity, we will not know who didn't make it. The reason I believe this is because we know there will be no sickness or sadness in Heaven; if we knew who didn't make it, we would certainly be both.

Another thing they wondered was won't I miss my family and friends if I go first. The continued by saying, "If I'm there for sixty years without them, won't I really miss them?" Those are really good questions, which I thing today's word will answer...

Today's word is 2 Peter 3:8, NIV, which reads, "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the LORD a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day."

GOD developed time for us humans. We are so driven by time: sixty seconds in a minute, sixty minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, at least 365 days in a year, etc. But, GOD is eternal - no beginning and no end. He isn't merely immortal; He is eternal. He is not driven by time. But, let's expand on the time thing for a moment.

Let's say that you live 100 years here on earth. If we take today's scripture and expand on that, we find that if you live 100 years, you have lived one tenth of one eternal day. If you live one hundred years, and if you take today's word literal, you have lived 2 hours and 24 minutes in "Heaven time". So, you'll never know they weren't there with you.

When we get to Heaven, we will be so enraptured with all that is around us that surely we won't notice 2 hours and 24 minutes elapsing. I dare say that we won't notice the first 10,000 years passing by. The point is that we get hung up on time. For GOD, though, time means nothing. In the interim, let's make the most of the earthly time we have, then, let's go to Heaven and enjoy eternity.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T