8/23/2016 Grace After We're "Home" Stanza 5 Yes, when - - PDF document

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Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Living With Dying

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease…

Ecclesiastes 7:2 & Psalm 90:12, NLT

After all, everyone dies—so the living should take this to heart… Teach us to realize the brevity of life so that we may grow in wisdom.

8/23/2016 2 Life After Death

…I shall possess within the veil a life of joy and peace.

Hebrews 6:19, NLT (see also 1 Kings 6:20 & Revelation 21:16)

This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.

Life After Death

…I shall possess within the veil a life of joy and peace.

Hebrews 6:19, NLT (see also 1 Kings 6:20 & Revelation 21:16)

This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.

Psalm 16:11, NIV & Malachi 4:2; Isaiah 9:6-7, NLT

You will fill me with joy in your presence with eternal pleasures at your right hand…And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture…The government will rest upon his shoulders… his government and its peace will never end.

Our New Home

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow The sun forbear to shine. But God who called me here below Will be forever mine. Stanza 6

8/23/2016 3 Old Earth  New Earth

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow…

2 Peter 3:10, NIV

The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be laid bare…But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwells.

Old Heavens  New Heavens

The sun forbear to shine.

Revelation 21:23 & 22:5, NIV

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its Lamp…There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.

Life In The New Perpetual Daylight

But God, who called me here below, will be forever mine.

Revelation 21:2-3 & 22:3-5, NIV

I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God…Look! God's dwelling place is now among his people… The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve them. They will see his face, and his name will be on their forehead…And they will reign forever and ever.

8/23/2016 4 Grace Forever! And Ever!

When we've been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we'd first begun. Stanza 7