Christ Himself with all His glory will be really and continually with us. We shall no longer have to be satisfied with the mere descriptions of Him that we have in the gospel. We shall see Him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12) and as He is (1 John 3:2). We shall see Him with our bodily eyes, for Job says: “In my flesh shall I see God (my Redeemer), whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold” (Job 19:25-27). Our bodily senses will be restored and glorified in a way we cannot now understand, in order that we may be able to look at Christ and His glory forever and ever. We shall see not only His human nature but His divinity also in its infinite wisdom, love and power. That glory will be a thousand times more than anything we can imagine.
— John Owen (1616–1683), Theologe
Related Bible passage: 1JN.3.2
Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: Comfort
John Owen
John Owen (1616–1683) war ein englischer puritanischer Theologe, Prediger und Vizekanzler der Universität Oxford. Er profilierte sich durch einflussreiche Schriften zur reformierten Sühnelehre und praktischen Heiligung, während seine Unterstützung der Parlamentspartei und die Rolle als Berater Oliver Cromwells historisch umstritten blieben. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt sein Werk eine streng dogmatische Schriftauslegung und eine tiefgründige theologische Beschäftigung mit dem geistlichen Kampf gegen die Sünde.
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
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God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
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C.S. Lewis
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
Jim Elliot
Martin Luther King Jr.
Whoever knows Easter cannot despair.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Helmut Thielicke
Charles Haddon Spurgeon