From: Beverly French [frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us]
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 6:59 AM
To: Heritage
Subject: Greetings to All

Home again!  I missed you!

"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make YOU stand in the PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY blameless with great joy."  Jude 24 (My emphasis)

Have you ever thought about standing in the presence of Almighty God?  It is too awesome to contemplate.  I think of John in Revelation 1:17, "And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as a dead man..." This is the Apostle John who heard, saw, touched, talked with and walked with Jesus.  What a stunningly awesome view he beheld!  In verses 13,14,15,16 John uses the word 'like' seven times.  He was describing the Lord in the only words he knew, but in reality I do not believe there are human words to describe our glorified Lord.

 Be assured, however, God's Word tells us,
"He is able to make you to stand in the presence of His glory!" And so He did with John for verses 17,18,19 continue, "And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, 'Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One...Write therefore the things which you have seen...'"

This is why the Apostle Paul could confidently say in Colossians 3:3-4 "For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ, WHO IS OUR LIFE, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in
glory."   (My emphasis)

"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory..."  Philippians 3:20-21

"Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be.  We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is."  1 John 3:28

Hallelujah!  Jesus Christ is Lord and we are His!
"To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."  Jude 25