Will Vaus

Paul begins the passage we are going to read today with two wonderful words:   we know . But how did Paul know the future? How did he know the destiny of Christ-followers after death? He knew it by revelation. And we have that revelation now in Scripture. As Warren Wiersbe says,   No Christian has to consult a fortune-teller, a Ouija board, a spiritist, or a deck of cards to find out what the future holds or what lies on the other side of death. God has told us all that we need to know in the pages of His Word.   With that in mind, listen for God’s word to you from 2 Corinthians 5:1-10…   For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.  Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,  because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.  For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because w...

  Listen for God’s word to you from Revelation 21…   Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”   for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,   and there was no longer any sea.   I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,   prepared as a bride   beautifully dressed for her husband.   And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.   They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.   ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.   There will be no more death’   or mourning or crying or pain,   for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne   said, “I am making everything new!”   Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done.   I am the Alpha and the Omega,   the Begin...

Today, we are continuing our study of the book of Revelation entitled “Visions of Victory”. Listen for God’s word to you from Revelation 4…   After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God....