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ing to HisWord, He’s there. Solomon prayed to God, “Hear in heavenYour dwelling place” (1 Kings 8:30). And, not only does God reside there, but Jesus as well. After His death, burial and resurrection, Christ entered “into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us” (Hebrews 9:24). Regarding the presence of angels in heaven, Paul writes about that point in the future, “When the Lord will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire” (2 Thessalonians 1:7). Reporting on his vision from Patmos, John tells of “Myr- iads of myriads, and thousands of thousands” of elders and angels gathered around the throne . . . “A great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the Lamb,” just a couple of such references too numerous to mention here (Revelation 5:11, 7:9). Take comfort in knowing that family and friends who have died in the Lord are among that group.They wouldn’t come back to this fallen world even if they could.Yet you will see them again one day if you have received Christ as Savior. Next, heaven hosts peerless, perpetual praise. So much of our worship on earth is watered down, often too pre- dictable, scripted, and brief.We honor God with our lips but our hearts are far from Him. (Isaiah 29:13).We come to Him in praise, despite unconfessed sin in our lives. Our minds are prone to wander. Such is not the case in heaven. In His vision from the isle of Patmos, John saw living creatures, or angels, at God’s throne saying: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS ANDWHO IS ANDWHO IS TO COME” (Revelation 4:8). Later , the beloved disciple saw a countless multitude standing at the throne before the Lamb crying out, “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” (Revelation 7:10). The book Psalms of the Heart contains the story of mis-

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