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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
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
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
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
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
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
nearer and nearer,
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appearing larger and brighter
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
in Immanuel's land.
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And heaven is to be with Him where He is.