The Unseen Life

I grew up singing, "When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be..."  and when its number is called, I still enjoy singing that great song with all the fervor within me.  It is strange that heaven can sound so good, but hardly be mentioned except from the pulpit, but even then, only now and again.  It might be given a soft round of applause on Easter, but other than that single Sunday, it is likely not mentioned at all.    

The Scripture has a goodly share of references which either speak of it directly, or point us to the reality of life beyond this earthly life.  Most folks of our day put more stock in the witnesses of after-death experiences than the testimony of the gospel which tells us of Jesus' great victory over death.  For many the bright light of the after-death witnesses is more compelling and believable than the empty tomb witnessed by those first generation disciples of Jesus.    

As a boy growing up in a church next to a cemetery, it seemed logical to believe in the heaven.  As the years have added up to span over seven decades, it has become more and more logical to believe what the Scripture teaches about the life to come.  While all the things taught by the Scripture may not fit as tightly as a hand in a glove, the collected words about the plan of God for us after this life is done point toward a reality which though unseen is as real as any other part of the creation of the Creator.  Before we were born God had a plan for us to exist in an unseen dimension of life and surely that plan extends into the invisible and unseen part of creation that is out there for us when the last breath of earth's air is turned loose.