1 00:00:01,556 --> 00:00:05,630 Paul says, "having a desire to depart 2 00:00:05,630 --> 00:00:06,979 and be in heaven..." 3 00:00:06,979 --> 00:00:08,137 No, he doesn't say that. 4 00:00:08,137 --> 00:00:12,176 "Having a desire to depart and be with Christ." 5 00:00:12,176 --> 00:00:14,636 That's what he was looking forward to. 6 00:00:14,636 --> 00:00:16,396 So when he's saying all these things 7 00:00:16,396 --> 00:00:18,991 about our light afflictions and so on, 8 00:00:18,991 --> 00:00:21,647 he's thinking of Christ. 9 00:00:21,647 --> 00:00:23,155 2 Corinthians 5:8, 10 00:00:23,155 --> 00:00:26,476 "Willing rather to be absent from the body 11 00:00:26,476 --> 00:00:28,348 and to be in heaven..." 12 00:00:28,348 --> 00:00:30,765 No, "absent from the body, 13 00:00:30,765 --> 00:00:33,756 present with the Lord." 14 00:00:33,756 --> 00:00:35,985 "Father, I desire that they also 15 00:00:35,985 --> 00:00:38,195 whom Thou hast given Me 16 00:00:38,195 --> 00:00:40,591 be in heaven..." 17 00:00:40,591 --> 00:00:42,655 "Be with Me where I am 18 00:00:42,655 --> 00:00:47,059 that they may behold My glory." 19 00:00:47,059 --> 00:00:49,555 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places. 20 00:00:49,555 --> 00:00:51,538 If it were not so, I would have told you. 21 00:00:51,538 --> 00:00:53,725 For I go to prepare a place for you, 22 00:00:53,725 --> 00:00:56,406 and if I go and prepare a place for you, 23 00:00:56,406 --> 00:01:00,286 I'll come again and receive you into heaven..." 24 00:01:00,286 --> 00:01:04,139 No, "I'll receive you unto Myself." 25 00:01:04,139 --> 00:01:06,175 Steven as he's dying: 26 00:01:06,175 --> 00:01:07,375 "I'm going to heaven." 27 00:01:07,375 --> 00:01:11,531 No. "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 28 00:01:11,531 --> 00:01:13,945 Death for the Christian is not going to heaven. 29 00:01:13,945 --> 00:01:15,807 Death for the Christian 30 00:01:15,807 --> 00:01:18,729 is going to be with the Lord. 31 00:01:18,729 --> 00:01:20,555 The bride eyes not her garment, 32 00:01:20,555 --> 00:01:22,988 but her dear Bridegroom's face. 33 00:01:22,988 --> 00:01:25,165 I will not gaze at glory, 34 00:01:25,165 --> 00:01:28,356 but on my King of grace. 35 00:01:28,356 --> 00:01:29,990 Not at the crown He gifteth, 36 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:31,477 but on His pierced hand. 37 00:01:31,477 --> 00:01:37,240 The Lamb is all the glory of Immanuel's land. 38 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,825 Payson, that thing he wrote: 39 00:01:39,825 --> 00:01:43,226 "The Son of righteousness (Christ) 40 00:01:43,226 --> 00:01:46,347 has been gradually drawing nearer and nearer, 41 00:01:46,347 --> 00:01:48,646 appearing larger and brighter as He approaches. 42 00:01:48,646 --> 00:01:50,906 Now He fills the whole hemisphere 43 00:01:50,906 --> 00:01:53,368 pouring forth a flood of glory." 44 00:01:53,368 --> 00:01:56,478 That's heaven. 45 00:01:56,478 --> 00:01:58,332 People say when I see Jesus, 46 00:01:58,332 --> 00:02:00,156 I'm going to ask Him such-and-such. 47 00:02:00,156 --> 00:02:02,778 I doubt that. 48 00:02:02,778 --> 00:02:08,226 John, who rested in the Lord's bosom, 49 00:02:08,226 --> 00:02:10,886 he said when I saw Him, I fell at His feet 50 00:02:10,886 --> 00:02:13,765 like a dead man. 51 00:02:13,765 --> 00:02:15,875 The King there in His beauty 52 00:02:15,875 --> 00:02:19,847 without a veil is seen. 53 00:02:19,847 --> 00:02:21,476 It were a well-spent journey, 54 00:02:21,476 --> 00:02:23,224 though seven deaths lay between. 55 00:02:23,224 --> 00:02:25,279 Isn't that true? 56 00:02:25,279 --> 00:02:28,545 Suppose you had to die seven times. 57 00:02:28,545 --> 00:02:30,283 Well-spent journey. 58 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:32,666 It will be worth it all when we see Jesus. 59 00:02:32,666 --> 00:02:36,495 Life's trials will seem so small 60 00:02:36,495 --> 00:02:38,356 when we see Christ. 61 00:02:38,356 --> 00:02:42,045 One glimpse of His dear face, 62 00:02:42,045 --> 00:02:44,103 all sorrow will erase. 63 00:02:44,103 --> 00:02:47,709 So gladly run the race till we see Christ. 64 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:51,531 The Lamb is all the glory in Immanuel's land. 65 00:02:51,531 --> 00:02:54,806 And heaven is to be with Him where He is.