Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good
morning. It is Thursday, December twenty eight, twenty twenty three. Hello,
my name is Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this
is your Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, and
today is no exception. We are continuing in the last moments of our Lesson
study series, God's Mission My mission under the caption mission complete, Mission Complete.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I would like
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This is a way that we can build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank
you for this day and for the privilege you have entrusted to us to do
your will. Please teach us to love you, Please give us holiness,
help us to look forward to the completed mission that you have put in us.
And then finally, finally, finally, we look forward to the day
that Jesus comes in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.
Mission complete. Hmm. I am so happy that we can even look at
this concept. Right, But let me not get too far ahead of myself.
Let's just read simply from the Book of Revelation, chapter twenty one,
verses one through four, and I will say, as people who are looking
forward to the coming of Jesus Christ, we're called adventists. People looking forward
to the coming of Christ. The advent, the Second Advent of Christ,
are often focused on that time, and we should be. We should be
the second Advent. But you know there is a third advent, right,
and maybe you don't want to put it that way because it sounds weird,
like some new doctrine. No no, no, no, no, no
no. Listen, when Jesus comes, according to Revelation chapter twenty, when
we see him come with clouds, and every eye shall see him, them
also who pierced him according to Revelation chapter one, and all the kingdoms of
the earth shall mourn because of him. When that happens, that's what we
know as the second coming of Jesus Christ and God's people. Those who are
are resting in the grave will be awakened at the appropriate time. Those who
are alive and remain. Both sets of people will be caught up together and
then go to heaven and live there for a thousand years. I often tongue
in cheek call it a vacation, a thousand year time that we will live
in heaven. But what we're going to look at today is when God will
wipe away all tears from our eyes. So after the thousand years are finished,
now we're moving to Revelation chapter twenty one. This happens according to verse
one, I saw a new heaven and a new Earth. Oh this is
good for the first heaven and the first Earth were passed away and there was
no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City New Jerusalem coming down
from God out of heaven. So this is after the thousand years are finished.
We're in heaven with God for a thousand years. During that period,
not that it takes that long, but during that period, we're looking over
the books of record of people and evil angels, people who chose to say
no to God ultimately and are not saved. Yeah, and the devil and
his evil angels. We look over those books. We will judge with God
during that time, awaiting the execution of judgment which will take place afterward.
And now John is seeing this time the Holy City New Jerusalem coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, behold, that Tabernacle of
God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be
His people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.
And then finally, for the very first time, it's almost like drum roll,
like we're anticipating something we have never seen ever at any point in time
in history. God will wipe away all tears, how many tears He will
wipe away all tears from their eyes. There shall be no more death.
You see, when God destroys the enemy, he destroys his evil angels,
and then those who will have chosen to separate themselves from God are also destroyed.
That is still death, you understand. So after the thousand years are
finished, we're in heaven, we come down. There has to be a
final execution of judgment, and there will be death at that time. But
finally, somebody type in the chat, come on, But finally God is
gonna put death to death, as in First Corinthians chapter fifteen, the closing
verses beginning at verse about fifty. And so there will be no more death,
there will be no more sorrow. Finally, there will be no more
crime. Are you looking forward to that day? Mission complete? There shall
neither be any more pain for the former things, Thank God will be passed
away. Thank God that he will give us amnesia. If you want to
say, we will never ever contemplate the evil effects. And maybe I'm going
a little overboard. I don't know the details of sin. Like we will
not remember the day that we God forbid got cancer, like we will not
remember the day that we experienced church hurt like we will not remember the day
that we got stabbed or shot or beat or imprisoned. We will not remember
the day we were abused by that neighbor or so called family friend or so
called family member, like. We will not remember the day that we were
in the hospital for days and weeks and months, and some for years,
and abandoned in hospice care. We will not remember any of those things.
Why because the former things will be passed up. Yeah, mission complete.
We will have done what God said. We will have finally, finally done
everything that God said and led as many people as possible to him. And
now we receive the reward finally that Jesus promised in Matthew chapter five. He
said, the meek shall inherit the earth. The meek shall inherit the earth,
not heaven. The meek will inherit the earth. So at the third
coming, if you want to call it finally, we will experience this.
And the Bible does continue in chapter twenty one, beginning at verse twenty two,
and I saw no temple Therein the second time we saw that concept.
For the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. I
wish I had the time. We talk about the sanctuary, and I am
a firm believer in the sanctuary message. Do you realize, however, that
Jesus Christ, when he lived on planet Earth, said destroy this time,
and in three days I will raise it up, And he was speaking of
his body. Do you realize that the Old Testament Bible writers said that God
is a little sanctuary to us. Do you realize that the heavenly sanctuary,
the very real place wherein Jesus ministers, has an ultimate goal and ultimate revelation,
which is Jesus Christ himself. And I saw no temple therein the Lord
God Almighty, and the Lamb are the temple of it. I wish I
had the time Verse twenty three. And the Holy city in the city had
no need of sun, neither of moon to shine in it, for the
glory of God did lighten it. And the Lamb is the light thereof.
And you want to know, like when God said in the beginning, let
there be light on the first day of Earth's creation, and there was light.
You're like, but Dave, the sun, moon and stars were only
created on the fourth day. Well, what was that light? I think
we just read that Jesus is the light of the world right, and it
says the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof, and all the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the
light of it. And the kings of the earth do bring their glory and
honor into it, because God said, let your light so shine among people,
so that when they see your good works, they will glorify your Father,
which is in heaven. The Bible says in Daniel chapter seven that God
will give dominion and the kingdom and power and glory to his people after the
judgment is set. So God is sharing something so beautiful there with us.
And then the Bible just teaches us that the mission is complete. Bottom line,
I'm looking forward to the day when the mission will be complete. Are
you thanks for joining us listening? Friends, Always remember we cannot live by
bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
This has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great
day. Yeah.