Freedom and glory of the children of God

Jesus Waves

1 Corinthians 15:44, 50 (NIV): "it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body... I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable."Romans 8:21 (NIV): "...that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God."Isaiah 65:25 (NIV): "The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD." From Chapter 12:"Redeemed humanity is still young, it has hardly come to its full strength. But already there is joy enough in the little finger of a great saint such as yonder lady to waken all the dead things of the universe into life."Romans 8:19-21 (NIV): "For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God."Revelation 21:4 (NIV): "‘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."From Chapter 13:"Listen to reason. Did you think joy was created to live always under that threat? ... Here is joy that cannot be shaken. Our light can swallow up your darkness: but your darkness cannot now infect our light."Revelation 21:23-25 (NIV): "The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there."Isaiah 60:19-20 (NIV): "The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.""Yes. All Hell is smaller than one pebble of your earthly world: but it is smaller than one atom of this world, the Real World. Look at yon butterfly. If it swallowed all Hell, Hell would not be big enough to do it any harm or to have any taste."Revelation 21:1a, 4-5a (NIV): "Then I saw 'a new heaven and a new earth...' '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!”" From Chapter 14:"Shadows deepened. All the time there had been bird noises, trillings, chatterings, and the like; but now suddenly the full chorus was poured from every branch; cocks were crowing, there was music of hounds, and horns; above all this ten thousand tongues of men and woodland angels and the wood itself sang. 'It comes! It comes!' they sang. 'Sleepers awake! It comes, it comes, it comes.'"Revelation 22:5 (NIV): "There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever."Isaiah 60:1 (NIV): "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you."Revelation 19:6-7a (NIV): "Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: 'Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!'"C S Lewis uses imaginative allegory to explore profound theological truths. Thanks for reading and watching.

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