Hope Eternal!

(Job 17:15)  “Where then is my hope?”

What a privileged it is to be able to communicate in a language that allows us to convey certain words that are so full of hope! The word itself speaks volumes, what comes to mind when we consider the word “hope”? It is a confident desire, it sparks a feeling that something desirable will happen and yet with hope on the back of God’s promises it takes on a whole near dimension, or so it should! The world is full of hope with a somewhat distorted reality attached to it, the world is full of promise and we see great men like Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela and many others. They all are and were driven by hope to achieve. Everyone will face death, well almost everyone; those involved in the rapture will not, but for the rest it is a given. Death has called out Einstein’s name and as brilliant as he was he now awaits judgment, eternal judgment! I wonder how much time he spent considering life after death whilst captivated by endeavouring to prove his “theory of relativity” or many other scientific truths we now hold too. Yes, a brilliant man in deed, but what of it if he no longer has any hope. He no longer houses a human body as he died many years ago, but his soul is well and truly alive, he is in a spiritual conscientious state of mind but I can assure you that he is not contemplating any of his “relativity theories” or his political view which was, “I advocate world government because I am convinced that there is no other possible way of eliminating the most terrible danger in which man has ever found himself. The objective of avoiding total destruction must have priority over any other objective.”  (Albert Einstein, 1947) – And yet he never flew the gospels banner. 

Judgment awaits all who reject Christ sacrifice on Calvary; now whether he accepted it or rejected it I have arrived at a conclusion, but I will not voice my opinion, God will judge in righteousness and His judgments will be perfect, for He is perfect! Did Einstein’s efforts help the world, yes! But did he call upon the name of the Lord to find forgiveness for his sin? Time will tell! You see there are many different things we hope for, a student hopes for a degree; a married woman for a child, a sportsman for a trophy and a politician for votes. Once those dreams have arrived we then need to look for new hope, until eventually we breathe our last and then what? The world and most of its inhabitants have been duped into believing the greatest of all lies; we “hope” all will be well when our loved ones pass from this life into the next; this type of hope is futile! I tell you on the authority of God’s Word, without Christ’s blood covering our loved ones they will be doomed to an eternity of torment in hell. 

I suggest that if Uncle Albert’s knew what he now knows, most if not all of his time would be dedicated to getting this message out; that without Christ’s sacrificial covering everything ever achieved in live will ultimately be in vain. And there was a wise man, far wiser than most that shares my sentiments, or rather I share his, his name is King Solomon, King David’s son and he had this to say; “and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 12: 7-8) – “My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.” (Ecclesiastes 12: 12-14)

Hope for an existence with God in heaven overshadows every other hope, there is nothing that we must place above this hope, we do loose our way at times but when we remember our hope, how sweet is the reality of that thought. It is sweeter than honey in the rock. Look at a man like Moses, what a great example! He was adopted by Pharaohs daughter when she discovered him amongst the reeds on the banks of the Nile River. He was entitled to ever privileged the palace had to offer and yet he chose to lead God’s people through a barren land without any of those luxuries he was once entitled too. WHY? It should be obvious! He understood “eternal hope” and the potential it has on offer; “By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.” (Hebrews 11:24-28) 

   

Let us then embrace our hope in faith, as God has promise to get us home, we must trust and obey. Help us to learn to obey please Father as we know in whom we have believed, praise the glorious name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone