When I was younger, I watched a television series called, “Tarzan.” He was quite the character; a “noble savage” who was abandoned as an infant in the jungle and raised by apes and later discovered his human roots.
I was fascinated to watch how
trick photography made it appear as if he was swinging higher in the trees on
vines and branches—up up and away, as it were.
It was one of those shows that was fun to watch and perhaps challenged
kids to get out of the house and swing on a tree branch like Tarzan.
As a boy, I enjoyed playing
outside instead of sitting in the house all day on my ‘do nothing’ like kids
today. They should be encouraged to get
up up and away from the couch to inhale fresh air outdoors, while swinging on a
tree branch or two. Any kind of exercise
is better than none.
Talk about swinging; in my
teens I loved, “The 5th Dimension” a swinging American vocal group. Only one person from the original group is
with them presently. Their music
encompasses sunshine pop, pop soul, and psychedelic soul.
One of their songs I enjoy was
made popular in 1967, “Up Up and Away.”
Some of the lyrics are: “Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon—up
up and away, my beautiful, my beautiful balloon” of which inspired me to jot
down a few thoughts regarding a beautiful trip I am looking forward to someday.
Trust me, if you haven’t made
the necessary arrangements to go on this trip, you don’t want to miss this ride
for anything. Everyone is invited, but
there are those that choose to procrastinate and not make the required
reservations. They prefer to do other
things and say, “I’ll take care of it tomorrow.” but tomorrow never comes to make
that all-important plan. It will affect where
they live in the future.
These people refuse to
consider the consequences of waiting and failing to get their ducks in line for
that up up and away trip that would have taken them through yonder clouds to an
unbelievable destination.
The price of admission for
this trip has already been paid in full.
We need only to believe it’s paid for and receive this gift that is free
for the asking. When the time has
arrived for departure, all that’s left for us to do is get on board the soul
plane and we’re off. It will take us up
up and away to a beautiful place that our minds cannot comprehend its
magnificence.
An incredible man who owns the
cattle on a thousand hills is the one that knew we had nothing tangible to
offer in exchange for the fare. He had
compassion on us and paid the price so we could enjoy the journey without the
worry of indebtedness…I owed a debt I could not pay; he paid a debt he did not
owe.
The peaceful environment of
the destination is a place like nothing we have ever visited or can conceive of
in our finite minds. The Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World cannot begin to compare to the beauty and majesty of this
amazing place. Are you ready to go up up
and away to a monumental establishment that’s awaiting our arrival?
On the appointed day when we
go up there, all heartache, worry, pain, and questions about tomorrow shall
cease. This remarkable environment is
somewhere beyond the horizon in the eastern sky. The trip is soon to come, so we must be ready
or be left behind with many regrets.
This one-time event was
predicted many years ago that would take place.
I do not know the day nor the time of departure; it is an unknown mystery
known only to the one in charge who established this wonderful place.
He gave us clues that were
written down in a very popular book. The
information he shared pertains to the season of this monumental happening. Not even the owner’s son, the one who paid
our way there, knows the time.
The horizon I alluded to will
be displaying the most beautiful clouds in that area of the sky. When those arriving see the majesty of the
clouds, they will call them ‘clouds of glory’, because of the person that is in the midst of them.
On this day that we were made
aware of in the Bible, the event will involve the owner’s Son who was and is a
VIP that changed the destination of people that desired to go up up and away.
This place of eternal life,
not made with hands, has many mansions.
The gates to the city are made of pearls and the streets paved with pure
gold. There is a registration book at
the entrance called, The Lambs Book of Life.
The people that received the
entrance fee, paid for with blood, death, and the resurrection of that special
person, Jesus Christ, will certainly recognize Him, because of the nail scars
in His hands and feet.
People that are committed to
God and accepted the gift of life, His Son, will have their names written in
that book of life and enter through the gates into heaven. We will know the season, but not the exact
time that the trip to heaven will take place, which is the second coming of
Jesus. The Bible is clear on this.
There is another place for those individuals that missed the soul plane whose names are not written in The Lamb’s Book of Life. The up up and away trip is known as the rapture.
Departure date is near at hand! DO NOT procrastinate to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life. You don’t want to be left behind! It's the trip of a lifetime that born-again Believers are going on. It will not be in a beautiful balloon, it will be instantaneous, in the blink of an eye. It’s the journey of all journeys. The person that bought our ticket made it possible for us to live with Him in heaven—Jesus, the Son of God.
(1 Corinthians 15:51-52),
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed—” (vs 52) “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
Jesus died on the cross for
our sins and paid the price for our sin-debt that was impossible for us to pay,
because our righteous is as filthy rags is the sight of God. It is Jesus that we are going to see in all
His glory and power in the clouds that we will pass through as we enter the
gates of pearl into the place prepared for the children of God.
Our destination is God’s
creation, called heaven where Christians will live forever in the presence of
the Creator of all things, God Almighty.
What a day that will be when the family of God experiences a great
welcoming home celebration!
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Written by,
Papa Boyd
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