Notes of Faith October 16, 2024
Don’t Get Down!
Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child. Isaiah 65:20
One elderly man said to another, “I’m so old that my blood type has been discontinued.” The other replied, “Yes, but you can’t let aging get you down. It’s too hard to get back up!”
Isa 65:17-25
17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
18 "But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for gladness.
19 "I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.
20 "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days,
Or an old man who does not live out his days;
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred
And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred
Will be thought accursed.
21 "They will build houses and inhabit them;
They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 "They will not build and another inhabit,
They will not plant and another eat;
For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.
23 "They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord,
And their descendants with them.
24 "It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 "The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the Lord.
We laugh about getting older, and we take great comfort in God’s promise to care for us all our days. The Bible says, “Even to your old age and gray hairs…I am he who will sustain you” (Isaiah 46:4, NIV).
Yet there are two things better than living to a ripe old age. The first is living to be hundreds of years old; the other is enjoying eternal life. Both blessings will be present during the Golden Age. When Jesus sets up His Kingdom, lifespans will return to the patterns we see early in Genesis—hundreds of years. Meanwhile, those who have been raptured and resurrected will have ageless, glorified, eternal bodies.
Today is only the most recent installment in a life that never ends. Enjoy it!
The Second Coming of Christ will be so revolutionary that it will change every aspect of life on this planet.
Billy Graham
There is coming a day when we (believers and followers of Jesus) will be made new. We will not be old. We will never wear out, be weary, worn out, or broken. God will not just heal but make us perfect to dwell with Him. We must then be without sin! The world will be so different, but more beautiful than we could possibly imagine. Keep looking up…your redemption is near!
Pastor Dale