Come Reverent

Let the cloak of judgment happily screen
The squabbles between redeemed and dragon;
Draw the blinding curtain on earth's sad scene,
And turn your thoughts to God's brimming flagon*!
The promised land welcomes those of new birth---
True Eden where good by choice fills the day;
Gone the evil that plagued the erstwhile earth;
Love of the Golden Rule keeps it that way!
Praises freely rise; doffed are shoes of clay;
None but pure in heart walk on golden ground;
Gaze in awe at what God's made for the day,
After sin's judgment, that the saints have found!
Come reverent; His presence you now share,
Amid wonders He's prepared for you there!

*flagon = cup

I am interrupting my series of poems on the Ten Commandments temporarily to get the revolting taste of the multitude of sins from our mouths. Here is a refreshing taste of heaven.

"No eye has seen; no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him---" (1 Corinthians 2:9)

A while back I wrote a comment containing some of the wonderful things we will find waiting for us in heaven, but I left so much out. It is a truly unexhaustible subject. Heaven will not have policemen, judges, or jails, because God is making sure that there won't be anyone there not content to live by the Golden Rule. "Do unto others what you would have them do unto you," or, "Love your meighbor as yourself," is the rule, the only rule, in heaven.

Not a large number of people will be accepted into heaven. Far fewer are to be redeemed than those who think they are, or that attend church regularly. The Bible says that before the end of time, many who seem to be faithful now will fall away. Jesus told us in the Sermon on the Mount that the road to heaven is narrow, and few will find it. He also said that many who call Him "Master" now are not true believers; Paul said we should work out our salvation in "fear and trembling". He did not mean to "labor at good works", but to plot out our lifestyle so that it would conform to the teachings of the Bible. All this warns us that getting to heaven is not as easy as some preachers proclaim. The sound way is to reduce it to "love and service to others---every other in the world". Examine your own lifestyle: How much love and service do you show for others, compared to love and service for yourself and family?