Psalm 119:10 – With a Whole Heart

Psalm 119

With a Whole Heart

(Psalm 119:10)

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. (Psalm 119:10)

  With my WHOLE HEART have I sought thee, this is the center point of the redeemed for with the heart man believes. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:10) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrew 11:6)

   It is with a new heart that man seeks after the Almighty. God uses His eternal Word to confirm that relationship so that the heart seeks a greater understanding of his God and Savior, Jesus Christ. In the transition of the new birth, the heart is changed, and the soul and the spirit follow. This tripart being that we call man has both and outward form and an unseen inward form that makes man unique in his creation. For man has heart, soul, and spirit which man cannot comprehend. Mankind only considers the heart as a mechanical organ for man cannot see the spiritual link that God has implanted in every heart of mankind. The heart (in the spiritual sense) has a much greater function than the mechanical. It ties and joins the soul and spirit to the unseen, and through the new birth, it is through the heart that this unseen spiritual being is united to God. It is through the heart that man believes, and by this belief the spirit and soul seek after God.

   Faith is not a resident in the heart; faith (like grace) must be a gift from God. Through faith the unseen being answers the call of God, and receives salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ, through and by the work of Calvary. In Hebrews 11:6 it is recorded that before seeking God, one must believe that He IS. The psalmist in Psalm 119, was not blind to this fact: that he, in his own heart, soul and spirit could seek His divine Creator with a whole heart, and with a diligent spirit.

      Many today have a wonderful opportunity to know God through one little wire 24 hours a day. Both my wife and I, in the service of the Almighty God, send the gospel throughout this whole world via the internet freely in hopes of seeing precious souls come to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. And then, they can seek Him with a whole heart to know God, to know the Center of the creation of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, to not only KNOW His creatorial power, but His saving power as the Redeemer of man. There should be no question in the heart of the redeemed for God has given complete assurance in the value of the sacrifice (His Son the Lord Jesus Christ) that He gave on the cross of Calvary. Declare with me, I will seek the Lord with a whole heart, and with this whole heart I will sing praises unto my God. <<To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.>> I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. (Psalm 9:1)

    The whole heart becomes the center of praise unto God. It is the heart that cries out and declares all of God’s wonderful works. It is the shadow of the cross over the heart that speaks volumes of God’s mercy. Each heart that has been touched by the divine finger of the Savior of men rejoices in the mighty works of the God of Jacob. For all the redeemed are connected to the body of Christ, every heart, soul and spirit of the redeemed are held by the works of Calvary in the bosom of the Father because the Lamb of God shed His precious blood. It was Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who sought you out. He was seeking for you when you knew not His Person. When God touched your heart He gave you a whole heart so that with a whole heart you could seek after the Lord Jesus Christ.

   We are guided, as the children of God, by the Spirit of Christ through this evil world. We have a complete connection to the heart, to the soul, and to the Spirit of Christ, and this is for all eternity. Mercy and grace are centered in the heart of God, His mercy and grace are surrounded by His divine love, and the outward pouring of this love is the Son of His love, the Lord Jesus Christ.

   God has a divine heart. How do we know this? He tells us . . . listen to His voice as He cried out to Ephraim  in the book of Hosea. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hosea 11:8) O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. (Hosea 6:4)

   Is this not a God of mercy, a God of love? He encompasses the whole nation of Israel (the ten tribes of the north are designated as Ephraim, and the two tribes of the south are designated as Judah). He encompasses all of Israel in His plea for them to turn from their wicked ways. As today, the Spirit of God hovers over the hearts of men to call them (with a true heart) to the God of love and mercy. The very heart of God TURNED in agony for the people of His covenant as the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of men, TURNED on the cross of Calvary. When we see the words, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do, we get just a small glimpse of God’s great mercy and love. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. (Luke 23: 34) Here the heart of God was turned within Himself for the hour had come for God, in Jesus Christ, to meet death in battle, and to overcome the kingdom of sin and evil, and the works of the devil. He divinely made a way, made a path, to draw the heart of mankind unto Himself, and give new life in a whole new creature by divine birth, by the divine Creator. In the path that He has set for us, He had to endure the travail of His own soul. His OWN soul was made an offering for sin.

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (Isaiah 53:10) He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (Isaiah 53:11)

   In the finality of His work on the cross of Calvary, He commended His Spirit to God the Father. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. (Luke 23:46) In these portions of Scripture God has enlightened us, He has revealed to us a heart of love, and a soul and Spirit within His being, and in the manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ He brought the heart, the soul, and the Spirit of God to man, and offered Himself (both outwardly, and inwardly) as a sacrifice for the sin of the world.

   When Adam was created not only was there an outward man in the image of God, but within this creation (mankind) God breathed, and therefore, man became a living soul with a heart, soul and spirit given by his Creator to reflect WITHIN mankind the very essence of His divine Creator. And the very center of the creation of God is the Lord Jesus Christ. In the very manifested image of God, on the cross in divine agony, He cried out, My God, my God, was hast thou forsaken me. The very depth of these words are unfathomable to the children of Adam, and even the redeemed cannot enter into these thoughts of the Savior, nor enter into the travail that the Lord Jesus endured on the cross of Calvary for us. My God, my God, was hast thou forsaken me is part of the travail of His soul. He has declared that He will never leave us, nor forsake us. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5) This small phrase in the book of Hebrews, Chapter 13 stretches throughout all eternity for the redeemed will always have the abiding presence of the Son of God through His Spirit, the very Spirit of Christ. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8:9) With His abiding eternal Spirit He entered into darkness, and commended His Spirit to the Father. It is by THAT Spirit that He was raised from the dead.

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: (Romans 1:4)

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:14)

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1 Peter 3:18)

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Romans 8:11)

   By this wonderful work of the Almighty God, the divine work of mercy on the cross, I will praise Him with a whole heart, and seek His heart and mind through His Word, and by His Spirit I will declare all His wonderful works. Should not the works of God be told to the children of men? Should they not be aware of the glories of the Creator of all things?

    The same Spirit that raised my Savior from the realm of the dead hovered over the darkness of the deep. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2) Everyday man sees the wonder of the Creator in the very creation around him. Should not the redeemed declare His marvelous works and rejoice in the things that God has made? We should not let the world take the Creator away from the children of men. One of the most important aspects in the simplicity of Genesis Chapter 1 is to understand that God is revealing Himself  as the DIVINE CREATOR, and that He is the ONLY Divine Creator, and that He Himself has created all things. This is confirmed in Colossians 1:16 and 17. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (Colossians 1:16) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:17)

The Express Image of God

   The Creator is revealing Himself through His Word so that mankind can know how unique mankind is. Only Adam, of all the creatures including Eve, was made from the dust of the ground. God formed the dust (which was a miracle in itself) then God BREATHED His own breath into the image of man, and man became a living soul. Within man was a heart, soul, and spirit. Man’s outward image was after the image of God. This image was of the pre-incarnate Christ. Christ was not fashioned after man, but man was fashioned after Christ. This was the pre-incarnate image, and this was the image of His manifestation among men to be the Savior of the world. Yes, He was found in the fashion of a man, but He was not made after the fashion of mankind. He was the divine Man from heaven totally separated from the children of Adam. He WAS and IS the Son of God. The man (Adam) in the garden bore the image of God, the express image of Christ, and Christ is the express image of God.

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:2) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; (Hebrews 1:3)

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (Colossians 1:13) In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (Colossians 1:14) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Colossians 1:15)

   But the outward image of Adam was not all, for Adam was so unique that God gave Adam a different heart then all the other creatures, a different soul, and a different spirit. Adam’s heart, soul, and spirit were to reflect the mind, and thought of God within his inner being; therefore,  the very image of Adam outwardly (the things that are seen) and inwardly (the things that are unseen) within would reflect the image of God. Faith has brought the redeemed to the new birth. God has redeemed and removed this inner man that was lost in the garden when Adam brought sin into the world. For faith is the substance of things hoped for. Faith is the outward, the tangible, the seen, however, faith is also the evidence of things not seen. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) Both the outward and inward image of Adam were to resemble His Creator. Adam was made in the image of Christ to reflect the image of God. In the redeemed child of God, the inward man has been renewed with a new heart, with a new soul, and with a new spirit. The outward man will be conformed to the image of Christ when Christ receives His inheritance, the adopted sons of God.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2)

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18) 

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8:29)

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (2 Corinthians 4:17) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:18)

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: (Philippians 3:20) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (Philippians 3:21)

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. (1 Corinthians 15:49)

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2 Peter 1:4)

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. (2 Corinthians 4:7)

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. (1 Corinthians 13:12)

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4)

The Image of God Reflected in His Church

   Do you see the glorious image in this wonderful Man from heaven — the Man of glory — the Man Jesus Christ? Even though He has always had the power of an endless life as the Man Christ Jesus, He went into death to be victorious, and to give us life, His endless life through His resurrection. Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. (Hebrews 7:16) All the Scriptures that we have been considering lead us to the final presentation of His Church when His Church is presented to Him as a glorious Church in the image of God. But for now, our future life in Christ is hid in God in Jesus Christ. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4)

  This draws us to Romans, Chapter 8, verse 23 where Paul stated the time of the redemption of our bodies. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. This body of redemption will be in the image of His glorious Body. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2) Even the earthly creation, and the creatures are waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (Romans 8:19) The Almighty God will manifest the redeemed of the Lord as His children, His adopted sons, in the redemptive work of the Son of His love, the Lord Jesus Christ. This will be the explosion of glory. For truly, at this point we will look on Christ as the brightness and the fullness of God’s glory, the express image of His Person. (Hebrews 1:3) All will see the finality of Calvary made manifest in the children of God. These are the sons of God, not born of blood, nor the will of the flesh, nor the will of man, but of God. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (John 1:12) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:13) This section is very important in the gospel of John, notice that in verses 12 and 13 that we are dealing with the redeemed who are called ‘the sons of God.’

The Image of God — Deity in the Flesh

   Also notice how verse 14 begins, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) In the Word we have the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the ‘flesh’ we have the image of God. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Colossians 1:15)

  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4:4) And He dwelt among us, He dwelt among us, He was the manifested image of God who walked with Adam in the garden, and now from heaven’s glory returned to earth to walk amongst mankind. His eternal glory was revealed to Peter, James, and John on the mount of transfiguration;  wherein, John declared that ‘we beheld His glory.’ The glory of the only begotten Son, notice the word ‘only’ not many, but ‘only’ — not many angels, but ‘only’ one Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) The Holy Spirit expresses that IN Him, IN His image, IN THAT glory was the fullness of grace and truth. This should make every heart desire the presence of the Lord to SEEK Him with a whole heart, and to love Him with all of one’s heart, soul, and spirit. Like the hart in Scripture, that panteth after the water brook, in this glorious life of redemption our hearts should pant after the Savior of mankind, for He is the Well, and the Water of everlasting life. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (Psalm 42:1)

   In Christ is the authenticity of life, for IN Him IS life, and His life is the light of men. Today, this Light shines in the darkness, it shines to bring forth ‘Let there be light and life.’ Every redeemed soul has been taken into God’s divine light; therefore, the Holy Spirit opens the Scriptures to our hearts, souls, and spirit when He brings forth the glories of Christ from Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, things portraying the glories of Christ. In the New Testament we have the hours of darkness that descended on the whole world. The darkness overspread the cross; however, the darkness could not put out the Light of God. When Christ declared, ‘It is finished,’ He was also proclaiming spiritually, Let there be Light. And as a shadow of God’s majesty the darkness withdrew from the earth, and light broke forth. At this time, the eternal Spirit of Christ, with His mighty right hand, drove sin and darkness into the abyss, and today, He cries out with that same Light, Come unto me, Seek me with a whole heart, soul, and spirit. Answer the call of God’s faith, and embrace His redemption with a whole heart as Job in Chapter 19, verses 25 thru 27.

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: (Job 19:25) And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: (Job 19:26) Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (Job 19:27)

   Job had faith in a Redeemer. Job could only have faith in THAT Redeemer through the knowledge of a redeemed man who was redeemed from his sin. He KNEW His Redeemer. Job had been changed by His Redeemer, and Job is a great example of a redeemed man seeking God with a whole heart. As all the redeemed, Job was not redeemed till touched by the finger of God’s Spirit. Job entered into the wonderful transition of the new birth, and therefore, he had a heart that was given to God, and God could say this about His servant Job as documented in the book of Job, Chapter 1 and verses 1 and 8. 

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. (Job 1:1)

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? (Job 1:8)

The Heart Transformed to Seek

   Man (in Adam) has a heart of imperfection because he is linked to Adam, and to the sin that Adam brought into the world. This is very important to understand. Adam’s heart, which was once glorious, because of sin became alienated from God Almighty. As Adam had lost the outward image of Christ, so he also lost the inward image which was transformed by sin to the heart of wickedness as Jeremiah tells in Jeremiah, Chapter 17, verses 9 and 10. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9) I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jeremiah 17:10) It is God who tries the wicked hearts of man through conviction of sin to bring them to a point of repentance toward God. Then by faith all is changed in the new birth. God transforms the heart, the soul and the spirit to be conformed to His will, and at a later date to be transformed to the glorious image of His Son — the Man in heaven for us. Christ is on the throne at the right hand of God for all power in heaven, and all power on earth has been given unto Him. Should not this make you confident in your Savior? He is there patiently waiting for His inheritance. (Hebrews 1:2) And we are waiting for the final adoption of our new being to be conformed to the image of Christ. We are not alone for God has given us the first fruits of the Spirit that we might KNOW that our salvation is sure, and will endure throughout all eternity. For the power that is on the throne in Jesus Christ will not let us go; therefore, with a WHOLE heart we SEEK Him. No deception, no malice, no guile, it is out of a pure heart, a whole heart, that we seek after the Lord Jesus.

    The psalmist also realized that he was a pilgrim on the earth, and he knew that his care each and every day depended on the God who saved him, and who is keeping him. Cleaving to the Almighty draws one closer to His truth. He delights to share things concerning Himself. He delights in opening the Scriptures to His children to give them confidence in their redeemed life. No one Christian has an independent walk apart from his Redeemer. We are dependent on God to lead us through this ungodly world, and to one day present us with ALL the redeemed to His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

   The path of the redeemed is a straight path. So there must not be any wandering. The walk of faith must be diligent, and deliberate. We should not wander or dilly-dally in the things of the world, or the things around us. We should run the race that is set before us. This is a straight path that leads us home to glory where we can say, We will rest in the bosom of the Father. The psalmist declares that God needs to keep him straight in the commandments of God. We should treasure God’s commandments for it is in the heart that God has given us new life. We are a new creature, and in the heart of this new creature He has written His law. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, (Hebrews 10:15) This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; (Hebrews 10:16) And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. (Hebrews 10:17) Hebrews Chapter 10, verses 15 thru 17 are contained in the New Testament. This is in addition to the New Covenant that God will make with the nation of Israel as recorded in Hebrews 8:8-13. This covenant to Israel will be given to the restored kingdom of David’s greater Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

   It is Christ who has the keys of David to rule as the seed of David and their Messiah. God will receive the remnant of Israel unto Himself. They (the nation) will have just come through the fires of the tribulation period, and He (with the brightness of His glory, the majesty of His Person) will reveal Himself to the nation of Israel. At that time, they will realize that they have pierced Him, that they had rejected Him, and they will wail with all the kindreds of the earth because of Him. At this point the heart of Israel will be changed. Jacob will become Israel (a prince with God). The nation must have a new heart to seek God. This will be a wonder among all mankind. For the supplanter (Jacob) will now become the servants of God. The whole nation will be a nation under the sovereign hand of God, for the Almighty will reign in their midst and in their hearts. Every Israelite will have the Light of God in their hearts filled with the New Covenant made with the house of Israel. This is not for the nations, but only for Israel. We have to remember that at the end of the thousand-year reign of Christ, the nations will come up against the nation of Israel and their king, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Lord of Lords, and the King of Kings will destroy all the Gentile powers. In the book of Zechariah, we have the prophecies that confirm this time period. God establishes the nation of Israel, and cares for them. Read Chapters 12 thru 14. Even though this is the beginning of the Lord’s second advent (Zechariah Chapter 12 thru 14), we see the new heart in the nation of Israel as He bestows upon them the New Covenant in His blood of Calvary. At the end of the thousand years, we also have the prophecy of Revelation 20, verses 6 thru 15. This is foretold, and will take place prior to the new heavens and the new earth. Why is this important? It is important because Adam has to be completely eliminated. Only the redeemed are left to enter into the Lord’s glory in the new heaven and the new earth.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10)

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, (2 Peter 3:11)

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (2 Peter 3:12)

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. (2 Peter 3:14)

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Revelation 21:1)

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. (Isaiah 65:17) But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. (Isaiah 65:18)

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. (Isaiah 66:22)

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Revelation 21:2) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:3)

   With all this before us: the evidence of things seen, and the evidence of things not seen, and with a new heart to search the Word of God, let us seek the Almighty with a whole heart. In the new heavens and the new earth there will be a center of God’s presence: a new Jerusalem which is met together with the heavenly Jerusalem (the mother of us all). But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. (Galatians 4:26)

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, (Hebrews 12:22)

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,(Hebrews 12:23)

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. (Hebrews 12:24)

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: (Hebrews 12:25)

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. (Hebrews 12:26)

For our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:29)

   We have such a wonderful hope that God has given to us. It is a divine hope which is sure and steadfast. Through faith our hope, with the Word of God, will accomplish what God wants for each and every one of His dear children; therefore, as children, with a new heart, with the love of God within that heart, let us say with the psalmist, With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. (Psalm 119:10) Amen, and Amen.

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