Ed Hindson - Future Glory: Living in the Hope of the Rapture, Heaven, and Eternity

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Future Glory

Copyright 2021 by Ed Hindson

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97408

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ISBN 978-0-7369-8350-1 (pbk.)

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Names: Hindson, Edward E., author.

Title: Future glory : living in the hope of the rapture, heaven, and eternity / Ed Hindson.

Description: Eugene, Oregon : Harvest House Publishers, [2021] | Summary:

Identifiers: LCCN 2020050001 (print) | LCCN 2020050002 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736983501 (pbk) | ISBN 9780736983518 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Future lifeChristianity. | Eternity.

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To

Dr. David Jeremiah

Americas pastor

Bible expositor

prophetic preacher

and

lifelong friend

CONTENTS

When the Chief Shepherd appears,
you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away
To Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever.

Amen.

1 P ETER 5:4,11

G od has planned an incredible eternal experience for every believer. We were created for eternity and redeemed for eternity. But life has a way of focusing our attention on our immediate cares and not our ultimate goal. We are easily caught up in our daily tasks that take most of our time and attention away from the ultimate purpose for which we were created. The Bible reminds us that while God has made everything beautiful in its time, He has also put eternity in [our] hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11). No matter how hard we try, we are never satisfied with anything less than that which is eternal. Joe Stowell said, Life is most disappointing, most despairing when it is lived as though this world is all we have.

Jesus said of those who believed in Him, And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish (John 10:28). As He prayed the night before His crucifixion, Jesus said, And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent (John 17:3). In his first letter, Jesus disciple John said, These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life (1 John 5:13).

Eternity is a long time. It lasts forever. Sometimes people ask: What will we be doing all that time? They assume once we die and go to heaven thats all there is to your eternal life. But the Bible promises so much more. In fact, there are at least seven things predicted in Scripture that every believer will eventually experience. In the pages that follow, we will examine those seven promises and all that they will mean in your amazing future.

Once we understand the sequence of events that God has planned for our eternal future, we can face the future with confidence. If we can trust Him for heaven, we can trust Him for eternity. The last thing we will be doing is floating around alone on a cloud. In the vast expanse of the universe, we will serve the Lord forever. We will be busy, active, and living in a redeemed community in perfect fellowship with the entire family of God.

In recent years, I have had the wonderful privilege of speaking about our eternal destiny to vast audiences of believers in some of Americas greatest churches. Once people grasp all that God has planned for their eternal future, they are thrilled, blessed, and amazed beyond all their expectations. In the pages that follow, I want to take you with me on an incredible journey into our prophetic future and our eternal destiny.

G od has planned an amazing future for every believer. What we have already experienced of Gods grace in our lives is just a glimpse of all that He has prepared for us. We have more living ahead of us than behind us. We have only just begun our eternal journey. The Bible reminds us:

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard

The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

(1 Corinthians 2:9)

I have been in the ministry for over fifty years, trying to help people go to heaven. While Ive discovered most people want to go to heaven, they are not in a hurry to get there. Most of us go out of our way to delay the inevitable. If the destination is so great, why do we go kicking and screaming? If heaven is real, then we should have a driving passion to be there. We dont want to rush the timing of God, but neither should we dread all that the Lord has for us.

There is a joke told about a married couple in their fifties. They were in terrible health and ate all the wrong things. Finally, the wife became convicted of their ways and told her husband, We have to start a really serious diet or were not going to live much longer.

She put him on a strict diet of water, kale, bananas, and not much more! Sure enough, they lost weight and looked great. About ten years later they were tragically killed in a car accident. As they arrived in heaven, they discovered it was more phenomenal than they could have ever imagined. Heaven was more beautiful than they had ever dreamed. There was food everywhere! You could eat all you wanted and never gain weight. There were golf courses and swimming pools. It was unbelievable.