Homecoming!

Zephaniah 3:17-20New International Version (NIV)

¹⁷ The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”

¹⁸ “I will remove from you
    all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
    which is a burden and reproach for you.
¹⁹ At that time I will deal
    with all who oppressed you.
I will rescue the lame;
    I will gather the exiles.
I will give them praise and honor
    in every land where they have suffered shame.
²⁰ At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring you home.
I will give you honor and praise
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes^[a]
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

 So the reason I picked this passage is because this week, at my school, we had homecoming. It's been a great week filled with lot's of fun activities, but it got me thinking about our REAL homecoming. The one where we get to finally be in Heaven, the most beautiful, perfect place in the presence of our Saviour, FOREVER! That coming again battle that is referred to in Revelation, will be won for sure by our Lord. That is already foretold. We just have the victory over death to look forward too! In my opinion Satan should just surrender now, but it can't happen like that to really be won. When Jesus went to hell after He died, that's what He was talking to Satan about. Let me paraphrase my own version of what Jesus might have said to Satan: "So I just saved the whole world from their sins and you just kinda lost, people will come to faith in My saving grace and you're just gonna have to deal with it. When I come again to end this world, we are gonna have one LAST battle, but you're going to lose once and for all to rid my children of your disgusting lies. Soon everyone in Heaven and on earth will know that I AM TRUTH and you are a lie." So that's probably not at ALL what He said but I like to think it's around those lines. Anyway, I hope this excited you a little for the day to remember that this world is not our home, but Heaven is our forever home!

"This is my temporary home
It's not where I belong
Windows in rooms that I'm passin' through
This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this is my
Temporary home."  -Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood

Your Sister in Christ- Melody :)