![]() ![]() For even Gaius Atilius’ best attempt at goodness still ended with him in the grave. As my son Philip says, “There will be no more band-aids in heaven.” And this eternal reality is not dependent upon how good we are. We don’t look to an ending where our bones will lay under piles of dirt rather, we look forward to the day when we will dwell with God in resurrected bodies with no more tears or pain. But God reveals to us in Revelation that for the one in Jesus Christ the end of our story isn’t the grave but an eternal dwelling place with God. Goodbye.”įor Gaius Atilius, the end of his story ended with his grave, and for a traveler to mess with his grave would somehow interrupt his eternal rest. Please traveler, I beg you, don’t mess with my tomb. ![]() ![]() I was a kind man, and I was a lover of the poor. There’s an ancient tombstone in Rome that reads, “Stranger, hang on a minute. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Revelation 21:3-4 He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. ![]()
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