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Glorification:

The End

of Salvation

rom the time of Creation, man has tried to create ideal conditions of
life for himself. Adam and Eve started this effort when they tried to
Fbridge the gap between God and themselves by eating the forbidden
fruit (Genesis 3). Still later, men built the Tower of Babel in an effort to
provide security against natural disaster (Genesis 11). In the fifteenth
century A.D., people sought for the “Fountain of Youth” whose waters, it
was said, would keep people from growing old and dying. Governments
throughout history have carried out many experiments to create perfect
conditions of equality in the law. Attempts have been made to produce
perfect health and freedom from sickness and pain. But none of these
attempts has been successful, for it is written in God’s Word: “Man is
destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

Nevertheless, what people have always longed for and been unable to attain
for themselves, God freely offers. What God offers to those who accept His
salvation He will bring to completion at their glorification. It is at our glorification
that we will see an end to sin, sickness, disease, pain, death, poverty, wars,
injustice, and so much more. In place of these things, the glory of God shall
cover the earth and fill the hearts and minds of the redeemed. Knowing this
should cause us to serve God expectantly as we await our glorification.

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