~~AFTER YOU CLOCK-OUT ON EARTH...


written by Jonathan Edwards....


This world is a valley of tears, a world filled with sighs and groans.
One is groaning under some bodily pain.
Another is mourning and lamenting over a dear departed friend.
Another is crying out by reason of the arm of the oppressor.
But in heaven there is no mixture of such sounds as these. There is nothing to be heard amongst them but the sweet and glorious melody of God's praises.
There is a holy cheerfulness to be seen throughout that blessed society. Rev. 21:4, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying."
They shall never have anything more to do with sighing and crying; but their eternal work henceforward shall be praise.

This should make us long for heaven, where they spend their time so joyfully and gloriously.
The saints especially have reason to be earnestly breathing after that happy state, where they may in so joyful a manner praise God.

....There is a down side, for those who reject the plan of salvation here on earth.

You are not one of the people of God.
You do not belong to their society that are to spend their eternity after that joyful manner, which you have now heard.
You have no right nor portion in heaven. If you hereafter come and offer yourself to be admitted into this blessed society, in your present state; if you come and try to be admitted, you will be thrust out. You will be driven away.
If you come and knock, and cry to be admitted to the wedding, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us, all will be to no purpose!
You will hear no other word except DEPART!
You shall be shut out into outer darkness. You shall not be permitted to sing among the children, but shall be driven out, to howl among dogs. Rev. 22:14, 15, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city; for without are dogs," etc. You are in danger of spending eternity, not in joyfully singing praises, but in a quite contrary manner; in weeping, in wailing, and gnashing of teeth, and blaspheming God because of your pains and because of your plagues.
You shall see others coming from the east and the west, and sitting down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of God, taking their places among that blessed, happy society, and joining their voices in their heavenly music.
But you see your lot. You shall have other work to do.
Isa. 65:14, "Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart; but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and howl for vexation of spirit."

~~NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR YOUR PERSONAL ETERNITY!!!

When the saints have finished their course and done the works appointed them here in this world, and are got to their journey's end, to their Father's house, that they will have nothing to do.
It is true, the saints when they get to heaven, rest from their labors and their works follow them.
Heaven is not a place of labor and travail, but a place of rest. Heb. 4:9. There remaineth a rest for the people of God. And it is a place of the reward of labor. But yet the rest of heaven does not consist in idleness, and a cessation of all action, but only a cessation from all the trouble and toil and tediousness of action.
The most perfect rest is consistent with being continually employed. So it is in heaven.
Though the saints are exceedingly full of action, yet their activity is perfectly free from all labor, or weariness, or unpleasantness.
They shall rest from their work, that is, from all work of labor and self-denial, and grief, care, and watchfulness, but they will not cease from action. The saints in glory are represented as employed in serving God, as well as the saints on earth, though it be without any difficulty or opposition. Rev. 22:3, "And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him." Yea, we are told, that they shall serve God day and night, that is, continually or without ceasing.

In this world saints labor, as it were, in the wearisome heat of the sun. But there, though they shall still serve God, yet shall the sun not light on them nor any heat. In one sense, the saints and angels in heaven rest not day nor night, Rev. 4:8, that is, they never cease from their blessed employment.
Perfection of happiness does not consist in idleness, but on the contrary, it very much consists in action.
The angels are blessed spirits, and yet they are exceedingly active in serving God.
They are as a flame of fire, which is the most active thing that we see in this world. God himself enjoys infinite happiness and prefect bliss, and yet he is not inactive, but is himself in his own nature a perfect act, and is continually at work in bringing to pass his own purposes and ends. That principle of holiness that is in its perfection in the saints in heaven, is a most active principle.
So that though they enjoy perfect rest, yet they are a great deal more active than they were when in this world.
In this world they were exceedingly dull, and heavy, and inactive, but now they are a flame of fire.
The saints in heaven are not merely passive in their happiness. They do not merely enjoy God passively, but in an active manner. They are not only acted upon by God, but they mutually act towards him, and in this action and re-action consists the heavenly happiness.


---Editor's Note: This daily dose was a bit longer than most, but as I read it, it was so good I wanted to share as much of it with you as I could. It does have a lot of important truths to say..Hope you enjoyed it...---Kenny.