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Glimpse the Splendor That Awaits You Despite today's hardships, the Bible promises a glorious new era is rapidly approaching. God's plan for what's ahead includes our rapture, our rewards, our participation in Jesus' triumphal return, and our eternal glory in heaven. As a believer, you can trust that a wonderful future awaits you. In Future Glory, prophecy expert Dr. Ed Hindson helps you explore the Bible's seven unique promises that outline what's in store for every Christian. You'll gain a better understanding of the timeline for the rapture, Christ's return, the millennium, and the creation of a new heaven and earththe awe-inspiring details of what life will be like in Christ's kingdomyour place in heaven and what it means to live with an eternal perspective Written with attention to biblical details, Christ-minded wisdom, and a gracious compassion for our all-too-human tendency to be absorbed with the here and now, Future Glory will take you on an incredible journey into your prophetic future and the everlasting destiny God has prepared for you.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	24 août 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736983518
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Future Glory
Copyright 2021 by Ed Hindson
Published by Harvest House Publishers
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Names: Hindson, Edward E., author.
Title: Future glory : living in the hope of the rapture, heaven, and eternity / Ed Hindson.
Description: Eugene, Oregon : Harvest House Publishers, [2021] | Summary:
Identifiers: LCCN 2020050001 (print) | LCCN 2020050002 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736983501 (pbk) | ISBN 9780736983518 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Future life-Christianity. | Eternity.
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DEDICATION
To
Dr. David Jeremiah
America s pastor
Bible expositor
prophetic preacher
and
lifelong friend
CONTENTS
Dedication
Preface
1. Does God Really Have a Future for Me?
2. The Rapture: At Any Moment?
3. The Father s House: What Happens When We Arrive?
4. The Judgment Seat of Christ: Our Heavenly Rewards
5. The Marriage of the Lamb: Here Comes the Bride
6. The Triumphant Return: When Jesus Comes as King
7. The Millennial Kingdom: The Thousand-Year Reign
8. The New Heavens and New Earth: Spending Eternity with God
9. The Final Picture: Future Glory!
10. Why Your Future Matters Today
A Final Word: What About You?
Appendix-Escaping the Tribulation: What Happens to Those Left Behind?
Notes
About the Author
Other Great Harvest House Books by Ed Hindson
About the Publisher
When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away To Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever.
Amen.
1 P ETER 5:4,11
PREFACE
G od has planned an incredible eternal experience for every believer. We were created for eternity and redeemed for eternity. But life has a way of focusing our attention on our immediate cares and not our ultimate goal. We are easily caught up in our daily tasks that take most of our time and attention away from the ultimate purpose for which we were created. The Bible reminds us that while God has made everything beautiful in its time, He has also put eternity in [our] hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11). No matter how hard we try, we are never satisfied with anything less than that which is eternal. Joe Stowell said, Life is most disappointing, most despairing when it is lived as though this world is all we have. 1
Jesus said of those who believed in Him, And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish (John 10:28). As He prayed the night before His crucifixion, Jesus said, And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent (John 17:3). In his first letter, Jesus disciple John said, These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life (1 John 5:13).
Eternity is a long time. It lasts forever. Sometimes people ask: What will we be doing all that time? They assume once we die and go to heaven that s all there is to your eternal life. But the Bible promises so much more. In fact, there are at least seven things predicted in Scripture that every believer will eventually experience. In the pages that follow, we will examine those seven promises and all that they will mean in your amazing future.
Once we understand the sequence of events that God has planned for our eternal future, we can face the future with confidence. If we can trust Him for heaven, we can trust Him for eternity. The last thing we will be doing is floating around alone on a cloud. In the vast expanse of the universe, we will serve the Lord forever. We will be busy, active, and living in a redeemed community in perfect fellowship with the entire family of God.
In recent years, I have had the wonderful privilege of speaking about our eternal destiny to vast audiences of believers in some of America s greatest churches. Once people grasp all that God has planned for their eternal future, they are thrilled, blessed, and amazed beyond all their expectations. In the pages that follow, I want to take you with me on an incredible journey into our prophetic future and our eternal destiny.
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DOES GOD REALLY HAVE A FUTURE FOR ME?
G od has planned an amazing future for every believer. What we have already experienced of God s grace in our lives is just a glimpse of all that He has prepared for us. We have more living ahead of us than behind us. We have only just begun our eternal journey. The Bible reminds us:
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
(1 Corinthians 2:9)
I have been in the ministry for over fifty years, trying to help people go to heaven. While I ve discovered most people want to go to heaven, they are not in a hurry to get there. Most of us go out of our way to delay the inevitable. If the destination is so great, why do we go kicking and screaming? If heaven is real, then we should have a driving passion to be there. We don t want to rush the timing of God, but neither should we dread all that the Lord has for us.
There is a joke told about a married couple in their fifties. They were in terrible health and ate all the wrong things. Finally, the wife became convicted of their ways and told her husband, We have to start a really serious diet or we re not going to live much longer.
She put him on a strict diet of water, kale, bananas, and not much more! Sure enough, they lost weight and looked great. About ten years later they were tragically killed in a car accident. As they arrived in heaven, they discovered it was more phenomenal than they could have ever imagined. Heaven was more beautiful than they had ever dreamed. There was food everywhere! You could eat all you wanted and never gain weight. There were golf courses and swimming pools. It was unbelievable.
The wife looked at her husband and said, Isn t this wonderful?
He looked at her and answered, Yes! And if it wasn t for you and that awful health food, we could have been here ten years ago!
I want to remind you, we are on a journey. Our journey has a destination. That destination is heaven. The older you get the more clearly you realize that this world is not all there is in your future.
The older you are, the sooner you want Jesus to come back. Why? Because you re running out of time! On the other hand, my students at university are in no hurry for Him to come. They say things like, I hope Jesus isn t going to come too soon!
Why?
I m not married! I don t want Him to come before I get married. Then six months after they re married they want to know, How soon is He coming?
I like to remind them that a God who loves them enough to send His Son to the cross to die for their sins, loves them enough to come back when the time is right. You can trust Him for His perfect timing. The promises in Scripture are very clear that whoever has the Son has eternal life (1 John 5:12). Once you receive Jesus as your Savior, the Spirit of God comes to live within your heart and soul. You already have eternal life. Believers will simply change the place of our existence with that gift of everlasting life. We will live forever because the eternal God lives in us.
The Bible describes God as the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity and yet, dwells with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit (Isaiah 57:15 ESV ). Think of it! The almighty, eternal God has made us eternally alive by the power of His Spirit and the presence of His person (Romans 8:11). We shall live as long as God lives because He lives in us.
I grew up in a non-Christian home. There was no God, no Jesus, no Bible-nobody attended church. My parents were not raging atheists of any sort. They simply didn t know any better and didn t really care. They were just trying to do the be