110 Heaven Is Not My Home (Sean Finnegan)

This world is not my home I’m just a passing through My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore Oh lord you know I have no friend like you If heaven’s not my home then lord what will I do The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore

So goes the classic hymn, “This World Is Not My Home.”  However, the bible frequently portrays the final destination of the righteous as occurring on earth.  In this message we’ll take our cue from Daniel’s vision in chapter seven to see what God’s plan is for his people.  Ultimately, he wants a restored world without suffering and sin so that he can enjoy a relationship with his people forever.  This world is your home.  You were born here.  You currently live here.  And your hope is to remain here.

 

Notes:

Vision Daniel 7.1-8: Vision of the four beasts: a lion, a bear, a leapord, a dreadful beast, little horn

Daniel 7.9-12: The Ancient of Days passes judgment against the dreadful beast

Daniel 7.13-14: The Son of Man rules over all peoples forever

Daniel 7.15: Daniel’s response

Interpretation Daniel 7.16-18: first clarification – the beasts are kings, but saints will receive a kingdom and rule forever

Daniel 7.19-27: second clarification – the fourth kingdom and the little horn who persecutes the saints

Daniel 7.28: Daniel’s response

The Saints Will Reign Matthew 19.28; 20.21-23; 1 Corinthians 6.2; 2 Timothy 2.12; Revelation 2.26-27; 5.9-10; 20.6

Kingdom Driven Luke 4.43; Matthew 24.14

 

Links:

• Check out the kingdom of God class podcasts
• More posts about conditional immortality (the sleep of the dead)
• Get the book Heaven Is Not My Home by the late David Burge or listen to my interview of him here
• Check out these additional audios, videos, articles, and ebooks on conditional immortality
• Intro music: “District Four” by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.