Eleventh Mountain Peak

"And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.' Isaiah 34:4

WE ARE REMINDED HERE HOW the Lord has made us His possession. The sun, moon and stars are His. but He has not made them His portion. They will pass away (Psa. 102:28). just as we throw away a dirty piece of garment after using it. When we buy a garment we are careful with it for two or three months, but. however good the garment may be, one day it becomes old. and when garments are torn after much wearing or after they are used for other purposes, we throw them away.

Before God however, we are very precious. By receiving the Lord Jesus Christ we can say truthfully, joyfully and boldly, we shall live forever with glorified, immortal bodies in a heavenly kingdom which wi!i not pass away. This is another peak of salvation. Very dry leaves do not require much wind to make them fall. They will fall of themselves without shaking. Just as dry leaves fall easily without wind, so a day is coming when what we see now will all fall down and disappear. Then there will be a new creation which will speak of God's glory Rev. 21:1. We are being prepared now for that new creation, for something which is eternal and which will not pass away. and our Lord Jesus uses His own way and methods to prepare us for that new creation.