The Daily Guide
Rewards to come
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
Daniel 12:2-3 - NKJV
What does your knowledge of God's Word and your faith in it show you? Do you see by faith the saints reigning for a millennium with Christ? Do you see by faith those saints who are faithful in stewardship being given governorship over many cities? Do you see by faith rewards for the saints and punishment for the wicked in the world to come? 1Thes.4:13-18, Rev.20:4, Luk.19:17, Luk.14:14, Rev.20:12.
The scripture passage I quoted at the beginning is a prophecy of Daniel! In it Daniel tells us how it will be at the end of the age when Christ returns. We hear of those raptured and those resurrected and of their reward for their lives lived here. He declares that the wise and the soul-winners among them will shine eternally. Their lives remind me of Noah's. He faced the end of his world but he believed the word he had received from God. God told him that things as he knew them were coming to an end. Noah, by faith in that word, built the ark. The ark was to rise above the coming flood and save mankind! Heb.11:7.
What does faith do? Faith gives you evidence of things not yet seen. Faith is your Christian sense. A Christian walks by faith and not by sight. Faith like this changes the way you walk! When your faith is like Noah's your plans and priorities are different from those around you. Live by faith as Noah did and like Noah you'll shine forever in heaven! 2Cor.5:7.
Live today for God's tomorrow!
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