Where Will You Spend Eternity?

“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’”  Matthew 25:31-34

“For I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’ Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”  Matthew 25:42-46

Where will you spend eternity? Do you have more than a feeble hope that you will spend it in heaven with God the Father? Are you fearful, not quite sure, but hoping?

From Scripture, we know there are only two options of where we may spend eternity. Although they may make light of it, even the unbelieving are aware, curious, and uneasy about what comes after physical death.

For those who place their trust and faith in Christ’s substitutionary death for their sins and His victorious resurrection in which He conquered the power of death, the fear of death is replaced with a calm expectancy of spending “forever” in the presence of God the Father Who is all love, joy, and peace.

Those with an assurance that heaven is their final home rejoice with the words of Mrs. Frank Breck who penned this much-loved hymn:

Face to face with Christ, my Savior,
Face to face, what will it be?
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ, Who died for me.

Face to face! O blissful moment!
Face to face, to see and know;
Face to face with my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ, Who loves me so.
                           
Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!

Today, if you hear His voice, harden not your heart...