1 For
we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a
building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For
in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if
indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. 4 For
while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be
unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be
swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God,
who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
NOTE: The mortal,
our current life, is going to be swallowed up by life. The implication is that
we are not really experiencing life in this mortal tent we call our current
life. Somehow, our future life is so much more glorious that it swallows up our
paltry existence of today. You see, death does not cause us to miss out on
anything, other than an opportunity to glorify God on earth. If he has placed
us here, we need to live for him here. But if he takes us home because our work
is done, we lose nothing. We do lose though, if he takes us home because we are
doing more harm than good. Or if we, through poor choices, cause our own death.
We lose many opportunities to live God, to impact others for God and to do
God's will. The one thing we don't lose is a better life--maybe we lose
heavenly rewards--that is true-- but we don't miss out on life, real life.
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