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Just A Passin' Through


My daughter lives in Peru.

My sister lives in Sweden.

My dad, in some of the later years of his life, lived in Saudi Arabia and also in Ecuador.

I live in the United States.

Which is better?  Take your pick!  It really doesn’t matter that much because none compare to a “better country”.

So where is this “better country”?  You won’t find it on an atlas or a map or a world globe but I’ll give you a clue, it’s mentioned in Hebrews 11.

Chapter 11 of Hebrews, as you may recall, is the “Hall of Fame” of faith.  These “Hall of Famers” considered themselves strangers and exiles on earth.  They made it clear that their desire was for a better country. (Heb 11:15)

This “better country” even has a very special city.  Abraham and his family were nomadic and they lived in tents.  These tents were even pitched in the Promised Land.  Yet for Abraham, that was not what mattered.  He looked forward to a city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. (Heb 11:10)

So again, where is this “better country”?  It’s actually a heavenly one.  In fact, when we look at this better country and this special city through the lens of the book of Revelation, we find it will be a city that does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the lamb is its lamp. (Rev 21:23)

So many great countries in the world…but we just a passin’ through on our way to a better country and a special city and nothing else can compare!

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