Mga Kapatid,
Up to this time, I’m still so mesmerized by my Bible reading the other day revealing to us how glorious would we become when God brings us to our eternal home. Ezekiel inscribed the fabulous beauty of Lucifer before his pride caused his Maker to banish him from the Garden of Eden and was thrown to earth. It’s astounding that only fools can ignore it and won’t desire to experience such awesome beauty and be warned of the terrible consequence that pride brings. Ezekiel 28:12-19 says, “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth . . . . you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.”
If Lucifer, as a guardian cherub was made so beautiful in appearance how much more fascinating would we become when we reach our eternal home as children of God. As John said in his First Letter 3:2, “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, for we shall see Him as He is.” With this blessed hope, John continued saying, “Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies Himself, just as He is pure.” Oh, what a wonderful inheritance we have in Jesus for eternity. The glory that Satan coveted before his fall is now revealed to us that our Almighty Father God will give it to us after refining us in this temporal world as Paul made it clear to us in the Book of Romans 8:28-30, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, HE ALSO GLORIFIED.”
SO, “REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN: REJOICE!” (Phil. 4:4)