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One believer ran a race against the grain of his day. In an era of spiritual darkness it almost cost him his life. But his allegiance to the scriptures led to a breakthrough of faith that still reverberates today.

In Israel, you can stand on the very mount from which Jesus Christ ascended to His father in heaven. Prophecies foretell his return to that same Mount of Olives to set up his kingdom. Let’s look at how Jesus is ruling in heaven even now. 

For 40 days the resurrected Jesus walked the roads of Israel. But then the time came for a journey into the sky. Angels attended as Jesus rose into the air until the clouds took him out of sight. Here is more about what it means for Jesus to be in heaven. 

The event at the Mount of Olives was unforgettable: Jesus rose into the sky and out of sight. His ascension marked the beginning of a new ministry: interceding for His people at God’s right hand. In this message, Dr. Lutzer explains what that role is all about.

We can’t comprehend the transformation that awaits us. With glorified bodies, we’ll see all of creation reborn in a cosmic chorus of praise. Let’s examine the transcendent finale to the symphony of God’s glory: the end of time, and the beginning of a radiant eternity.

One day, the chaos of earthquakes and tsunamis will be no more. All of creation will resound with the glory of God, free from the curse of the fall that left creation groaning, waiting for its rebirth. God will reign supreme over a new earth.  

Our sins slow us down in the race of life. But for believers, sin will be no more in the eternity yet to come. With nothing between us and God, our joy will be boundless. Let’s discover more about the way things will be one day. 

Believers know they’ll be raised at the return of Jesus, and that all who have ever believed will reign with Him for the ages to come. Here is a look at the end game of the glory of God: what’s ahead after all is said and done.  

Believers have a realistic view both of life, and its conclusion. They know that God has prepared for them a life that never ends. Let’s look at how we can bring glory to God, both in our life and in our death.

Those who say there’s no God have little hope on their deathbed. But those who believe in Jesus know that their times of death are in God’s hands. Here are more ways we can glorify God when it’s our turn to die.

Believers count on an eternal life beyond this one. Meanwhile, we live to bring glory to God. Whether our days are many or few, all of us will die. Let’s look at the how and why of living in such a way that when life is over, God receives glory.

Through the Holy Spirit, a believer embarks on a journey whose end is being like Christ:  transformed from the inside out by the glory of God. This is how beholding God leads to our becoming like God.  

In the Old Testament, God’s glory was only seen by a few. Moses saw it, crying out to see more. But Paul wrote that “when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.” Now we can behold, and be changed by the glory of God.

“And we with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.” That change depends on believers renouncing sin in their lives.

The trials of Job would make any of us give up. Ten dead children is a tragedy so difficult to imagine. His wife said, “curse God and die.” But Job persisted until he could say to God, “I had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen you.”