Dial 311 by David Jeremiah

Thursday, June 22

Dial 311 

Behold, I am coming quickly! 
Revelation 3:11a 

Recommended Reading Hebrews 11:13-16

Few scenes are as stunning as standing on the Brooklyn Bridge and scanning the glittering skyscrapers of New York. The starry city spreads out like a sparkling earthbound sky, glamorous and glorious. But what you don’t see are the rats—millions of them. They can squeeze through tiny openings, leap distances of four feet, survive falls of fifty feet, tread water for three days, and spread a medical encyclopedia of diseases. New York City has a special Hot Line (dial 311) so residents can report infestations.

When we read in the Bible about the Celestial City of God, we realize it’s a city with unsurpassed beauty but without any corruption or impurity. It’s the only city in history with no ugly underside. It is a pure and holy city, glowing with the glory of God, illumined by the light of Christ, as clear as crystal, with diamond walls, golden streets, gates of pearl, and foundations of the most beautiful jewels imagined (Revelation 21:10-21).

This is a city of holiness, so nothing impure can enter. It’s only for those who have been purified by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Even when we allow our imaginations to run wild on the joys of heaven, we find that our minds are incapable of conceiving what it will be like.
Billy Graham