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Turn to Rev. 21
Tonight we are finishing up the series on Eternity.
If you remember we looked at the scope of eternity a few weeks ago, the idea of forever.
Then last week we looked at the unfortunate place of hell.
But tonight we get to talk about the fun stuff—heaven!
Let me pray and let’s get started:
God thank you for your presence, and that we can experience you here in our time of worship of You.
Help us to dive into your Word and learn from you tonight.
Speak to us tonight.
Amen.
Intro:
I know we had a little fun with the Time Travel Trivia earlier [Game sold on downloadyouthministry.com]
Do you ever think about that?
About whether or not time travel was real?
[Leader Note: I used the following personal illustration about the Back to the Future movies.
You can easily adapt and edit my words to make the illustration work for you.]
To be honest, this series all started out of realizing that we are currently living in the future.
I was driving around during Christmas break and realized it is now 2015…
That is the future!
You guys know that my favorite movie of all time is Back To The Future (actually all three of them together!)
Someone gave me this little McDonald’s Toy from 1991 that they found at a thrift store of the DeLorean time machine, and it still sparks out the back!
See I grew up when that was the big movie!
Now it’s a classic (Makes me feel old!)
But you see in Back to the Future 2, the main character Marty travels to 2015 and sees the “future.”
Of course there are hover boards, flying cars, hologram movies, crazy colorful outfits, also bionic implants, and, oh yeah, flying cars!
[Could show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d68yRIE9OvQ but cut for time]
The future has always amazed me.
I have always wished I could travel in time, but I know that will never be possible.
But thinking about the future makes me think of the expanse of all of time, all of the past behind us, and all of the future ahead of us.
In the space of all of that, how significant is the time we actually do have in the greatness of eternity?
We’ve looked at this each week, but remember
yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.
What is your life?
For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
In the greatness of time, in the space of all eternity, our life is like the fire from this match.
[Repeat the illustration from the previous weeks, lighting a match then shortly blowing it out]
It burns bright for just a short while, and then its done.
All that is left is a small trail of smoke, and the rest just vanishes into the expanse out here.
See we have to remember that eternity is far beyond what our minds can actually comprehend.
Eternity is forever.
When will eternity end?
Never.
That makes no sense to us, because we only understand time.
But you see, in the same way we try to understand eternity, I want to talk tonight about heaven.
Before we really get into it, just try to remember, we can only grasp things based off of our own understanding.
This means that for anything in existence, if you can’t compare it to something you know, then you can’t really understand it.
So tonight as we talk about heaven, we will talk about it in ways we can understand, even though it is beyond our true capability to grasp.
Let me remind you too, though, that heaven is our eternity only if we choose to surrender our lives here on earth to God and receive His forgiveness through Jesus.
But if we choose to reject God, and go through life without Him, we will spend eternity in that same way—separated from God.
[Leader Note: Here again, adapt the following for your own setting.]
We did this last week, and I think you guys had some fun, so what I want you to do is grab those outlines at the table.
Flip it over to the questions on the back and check out question number 1.
In the space provided, draw a picture of heaven.
Try to think of things that will be there, and what you expect.
Draw whatever comes to mind as I read you these Scripture passages that talk about heaven.
Then in a few minutes you will get to share your pictures with the people at your table.
So go ahead and start drawing, as I read these verses.
(NLT)
11 And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it.
The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.
(NLT)
1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
(NIV)
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom.
Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
(NLT)
19 Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple.
Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm.
(ESV)
18 For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it empty,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
(NLT)
6 “You alone are the Lord.
You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars.
You made the earth and the seas and everything in them.
You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.
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9 After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb.
They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands.
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2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.
If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
(NLT)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared.
And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people!
He will live with them, and they will be his people.
God himself will be with them.
4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain.
All these things are gone forever.”
Ok, just like last week, I want you to pass your papers around.
This time, though, vote on whose drawing is the best and then bring it to me up front here.
[Spend a moment enjoying the pictures.
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