Heaven is a Magnificent Place

Heaven is not only a real place, it is a magnificent place! Apostle Paul was caught up to the Third Heaven and was not able, even with all his brilliant words, to describe it. It took his breath and he declared that it was unlawful for him to tell us what he saw. The Psalmist David said that the castles were made of ivory. We know that the richest items on earth are the building materials in Heaven. A wonderful example of what heaven must be like is the description of New Jerusalem, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst” (Revelation 21: 21-1, 19-20). That’s just a portion, but it reveals the grandeur and beauty. I get amazed when the world tries to make the Book of Revelation a picture of calamity and destruction. The sorrows of that book are only a picture to the end of sin and the finishing of Satan. There is not any book in the Bible more perfect and beautiful than this closing prophecy. This book is the last written words of Jesus Christ. To reject it is to be damned eternity. Do not be mad at me, Jesus said it!