Job 19:25 I know that my redeemer lives and that in the end, he will stand on the earth.
Notwithstanding Job's intention when he wrote these words, we are confident that our Savior will return to this earth to set up His earthly Kingdom. As we learn in Revelation, Jesus will return to this earth as Lord of lords and king of kings. Job was confident that His redeemer was alive and not some spiritual concept in the mind of humanity.
1 John 3:2-3 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
John goes a step farther in letting us know that Jesus is alive and that He is coming back. Although John is telling us that at this time, we do not know in what form we will spend eternity, however, the Apostle assures us that we will see Jesus as He is. Even though, as born-again Christians, we are children of God, we are not yet privy to the condition of our eternal state of being. Anyone who comes to Christ Jesus in faith and trust in His sacrifice on the Cross for eternal salvation is forgiven immediately of all sin, past, present, and future (John 1:12). Salvation comes only through Christ Jesus and is not progressive; it is in a blink of an eye (John 5:24). There will never come a time in any truly born-again, saved believer's life that they will lose their salvation (John 10:28).
Our instantaneous salvation is a Promise from God that we can bank on in our eternal future. However, we are not what we will become when Christ returns to the earth. Instead, we are becoming like Christ, although we will never reach that goal in this life, our daily desire should be to become more like Him day by day.
Although God's Word does reveal somewhat of our eternal existence, it only gives us a partial glimpse, not a total revelation. God's word uses typically negative metaphors such as no more pain and suffering, no more sorrow, and no more death. We will all go through pain, suffering, and mourning during our stay in this life. However, God uses our suffering and tribulation to help us grow in Christ Jesus and become more like Him. The Apostle Paul referred to this pain and suffering as "light and momentary troubles" that outweighs any future glory we will experience when we are in the presence of Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 4:17).
We can praise God that we are not the same as before His precious blood saved us. We can also thank and praise God we are not what we will become when we are in the presence of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.
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