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편집장이신 마빈 무어(Marvin Moore)는 11월에 별세했습니다.

시조지는 오직 순수한 기별로 가득했었습니다.

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MY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

You’ve heard the saying, “The only things that are sure

in life are death and taxes. Of course, some people escape 

paying all or most of their taxes by using loopholes in the

tax law. But there’s no loophole in the law of death.

Or is there?

Well, it’s true that sooner or later, death will catch up with 

all of us. But the bible promises eternal life to those who

believe in Jesus. “the wages of sin  is death,” the apostle

Paul wrote, “but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus

our Lord”(Romans 6:23). Even if they die, those who accept

Jesus as their Savior will live again, for a resurrection day

is coming.

The Bible promises that “the Lord himself will come down

from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the 

archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the death 

in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and

are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds

to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord

forever”(1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17)

Shortly before His crucifixion, Jesus told His disciples that 

He would soon be leaving them, and “ where I am going, you

cannot follow now”(John 13:36). He meant, of course, that 

He would be leaving this earth and returning to His home in

in heaven. the disciples were terribly unsettled by this news

and asked why they couldn’t follow Jesus immediately.

“Do not let Your hearts be troubled,” Jesus reassured them.

“I am going… to prepare a place for you(meaning in heaven).

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back

and take you to be with me that you also may be where I

am”(John 14:1-3).

the promise Jesus made to His disciples is also for you and

me. He will return to this earth someday and bring back to

life those who have died trusting in Him. And Paul said that 

these, along with those of His people who are privileged

to be changed in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the

last trumpet”(1 Corinthians 15: 51,52)

the chang Paul spoke about is wonderful good news: “The

perishable,” he said, “must clothe itself with the imperishable

and the mortal with immortality”(verse 53). So those who

have put their faith in Jesus will live forever!

That’s good news only if the heaven where Jesus will take

us is better than our environment on this earth right now. 

And it will be! Here’s how Revelation describes God’s new 

world : “ ‘ There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying

or pain, for the old order of things has passed away”(Revelation

21:4). That’s the ultimate benefit of being a Christian!