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Christians long for our eternal home in heaven. When we look at the scene of the final judgment in Revelation, we notice that the most important consideration that will determine our eternal destiny is whether our names are written in the lamb’s “book of life.” This is a record of all true Christians, those whose sins have been forgiven by Jesus, described in Revelation 20:12-15 (NIV).

“And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. . . . Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”

The next thing God inspired John to write after those words is a description of the destination of those whose names are written in the book of life in Revelation 22:1 (NIV):

“Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”

In this way, God paints a beautiful picture of what eternity will be like for those who have been saved by the grace of Jesus because of their faith in him.

We were created for an eternal relationship with God. Our ultimate hopes, dreams, and desires can only find their true fulfillment in the eternal kingdom with God after death. When the Bible speaks of our lives in eternity after death, it speaks of a glorious existence—a close, intimate relationship with God.

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