What is important about the future and why this is a good time to think beyond ourselves.

The early chapters of the book of Genesis tell us about who we are, what is our purpose and why we do things that are wrong. There is also a pointer here to the remedy and how that would come about through the cross.

The final chapters in Scripture, at the end of the book of Revelation, tell us about the future. In these passages we find out about the perfect nation. It is called the holy city and the New Jerusalem. In it we see that God’s grace from the throne and of ‘the Lamb’, Jesus Christ, flows like a river. There will no longer be any curse causing wrongdoing and there will no longer be any night. God is the light who gives illumination.

This is the culmination of the well- known gospel message of John 3:16. All who trust in and turn to Jesus will not perish but have eternal life. It doesn’t get any better than this. The message is for every person in every nation who comes to Him for forgiveness and life. This is the most important matter of life.