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Paul says, "having a desire to depart

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and be in heaven..."

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No, he doesn't say that.

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"Having a desire to depart [br]and be with Christ."

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That's what he was looking forward to.

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So when he's saying all these things

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about our light afflictions and so on,

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he's thinking of Christ.

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2 Corinthians 5:8,

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"Willing rather to be absent from the body

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and to be in heaven..."

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No, "absent from the body,

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present with the Lord."

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"Father, I desire that they also

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whom Thou hast given Me

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be in heaven..."

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"Be with Me where I am

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that they may behold My glory."

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"In My Father's house [br]are many dwelling places.

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If it were not so, I would have told you.

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For I go to prepare a place for you,

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and if I go and prepare a place for you,

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I'll come again and [br]receive you into heaven..."

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No, "I'll receive you unto Myself."

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Steven as he's dying:

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"I'm going to heaven."

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No. "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

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Death for the Christian [br]is not going to heaven.

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Death for the Christian

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is going to be with the Lord.

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The bride eyes not her garment,

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but her dear Bridegroom's face.

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I will not gaze at glory,

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but on my King of grace.

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Not at the crown He gifteth,

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but on His pierced hand.

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The Lamb is all the [br]glory of Immanuel's land.

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Payson, that thing he wrote:

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"The Son of righteousness (Christ)

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has been gradually drawing [br]nearer and nearer,

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appearing larger and brighter [br]as He approaches.

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Now He fills the whole hemisphere

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pouring forth a flood of glory."

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That's heaven.

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People say when I see Jesus,

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I'm going to ask Him such-and-such.

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I doubt that.

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John, who rested in the Lord's bosom,

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he said when I saw Him, I fell at His feet

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like a dead man.

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The King there in His beauty

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without a veil is seen.

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It were a well-spent journey,

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though seven deaths lay between.

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Isn't that true?

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Suppose you had to die seven times.

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Well-spent journey.

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It will be worth it all when we see Jesus.

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Life's trials will seem so small

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when we see Christ.

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One glimpse of His dear face,

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all sorrow will erase.

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So gladly run the race till we see Christ.

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The Lamb is all the glory [br]in Immanuel's land.

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And heaven is to be with Him where He is.