I met Jesus in the heavenlies and asked Him to show me something new. He took me to an area of lush green vegetation with a waterfall. At the base of the waterfall was a pool. When the bible speaks of no death, this was a picture of that. Not a leaf on the ground, not a dead stick to be seen. Green, in all its diverse hues engulfed us – except for the path behind us; gentle, meandering and flat. I’d mentioned to Jesus moments earlier how life was difficult at times. Jesus was showing me, this path of His was not at all a hard path to walk when you enter the valleys with Him by your side.
We sat on a large boulder; the waterfall opposite, lofty and long. There were people swimming in the pool below. They looked up and waved. Children laughing, everyone having a wonderful time. Deer came and ate the vegetation at our shoulders. Rabbits sat nibbling on grasses by our side. Soxx and a rabbit played joyfully together. Kai watched on. Ami at my feet.
I asked Jesus for a bible verse and heard the gentle song; as the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You. Psalm 42:1. Plus Jerimiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplication (prayer and appeal – personal note) I will lead them. I will cause them walk by the rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph given first place blessing by Jacob in his final moments. In time, Ephraim was chastised for idolatry, but he is still a child in whom the Father delights. In other words, no matter what you’ve done, God still delights in you. Jerimiah 31:20 Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him I earnestly remember him still, therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
The scene changed and it then appeared as if we were in three places all at the same time; The Sea of Galilee at sunset, the mountain of God at sunrise and the streams of living waters. All beautiful, serene, vibrant in colour; the soft pastels of the setting sun, the intense variety of green foliage, the lustrous orange, red and yellow of the morning and the effervescent crystal-clear waters. This is the place the Trinity resides.
A minute snapshot of each area, as we traversed the various and varied regions where Jesus abides. There’s no haze, no smog, no pollution, no hatred. Peace, joy and love abounds. The beauty is challenging to convey in words. What we see on earth is a fraction of what heaven has to offer. On earth there’s always an element of death; flood, fire, carnage of wildlife on the roads. The hatred of race between race.
There’s none of that when we cross the threshold into the other realm, unless of course, we’ve made the wrong choice in who we follow. Where the beauty is magnified a hundred-fold in heaven, the death and destruction of hell is also magnified a hundred-fold. Choose wisely my friend, who you follow.
John 10:1 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
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