双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：12月30日 天堂一瞥

12月30日

天堂一瞥

神要擦去他们一切的眼泪；不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀，哭号，疼痛，因为以前的事都过去了。

启示录21:4

这是个何等美丽的地方。当使徒约翰瞥见它时，他唯一能比拟的，就是一位年轻女子在她生命中最荣耀的一天：她的婚礼之日。他说圣城就像“新妇妆饰整齐等候丈夫”。

圣经教导我们，天堂将是一个幸福的家。我知道许多美丽的家却并不幸福，这些家只是被文化和财富所能提供的一切装饰所美化，但却缺少一些东西，存在一些问题。这些家使人想起智者所说的话：“设筵满屋，大家相争，不如有块干饼，大家相安”（箴言书17:1）。

神的家将是一个幸福的家，因为那里没有任何事物会让你得不到幸福（启示录21:4）。对于那些知道如何找到幸福的人来说，这个世界也有很多幸福。

然而，迟早都会有一些干扰，不能十全十美，难免会有瑕疵。每一朵玫瑰都有刺，每一杯甜酒都苦涩。但是在天父的家中，没有任何什么能破坏幸福。

想想一个没有罪恶、没有悲哀、没有争吵、没有误会、没有伤害、没有痛苦、没有疾病、没有死亡的地方。那就是天堂！

今日祷告：

天父，祢的天堂何等荣耀！我们想象着与祢同在，在祢面前，在祢的圣洁面前，会是多么美好，这一切都使我们惊叹不已！奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

December 30

A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4

It is a place so beautiful that when John, the apostle, caught a glimpse of it, the only thing to which he could liken it was a young woman on the crowning day of her life: her wedding day.He said that the holy city was like“a bride adorned for her husband.”

The Bible teaches that heaven will be a home which is happy. I know many beautiful homes that are not happy. They are homes made beautiful by everything that culture and wealth can do, yet there is something wrong, something lacking. They are homes that bring to mind the wise man’s words,“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife”(Proverbs 17:1).

God’s house will be a happy home because there will be nothing in it to hinder happiness(Revelation 21:4).This world has in it much happiness for those who know how to find it.

Sooner or later, however, something interferes. No fact is so perfect but that it has some blemish. Every rose has its thorn, every cup of sweet has its drop of gall, but in the Father’s house there will be nothing to mar the happiness.

Think of place where there will be no sin, no sorrow, no quarrels, no misunderstandings, no hurt feelings, no pain, no sickness, no death.That is heaven!

Pray for the Day:

Father,Your heaven is glorious! We imagine what it will be like to be with You, in Your presence, the presence of Your holiness, and it gives us awe!We pray these things in Jesus’Name, Amen.