Our Citizenship is in Heaven

Philippians 3:20-21

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.


Paul quotes from Isaiah in 1 Corinthians 2:9,

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

What we shall experience in heaven is beyond our imagination. But God in His Word has given us some clues, some very encouraging indications, of what is in store for us. Coming from the Bible, these things are absolutely authoritative, absolutely true. 

An Eternal Weight of Glory

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.


We read in 2 Corinthians 4 that all our affliction is light and temporary compared to the glory we shall receive. Not only that, but they actually contribute towards that coming glory! But which of our afflictions bring an “eternal weight of glory”? Do the sins that we commit every day? Does something small like missing an airplane flight add to the glory I shall receive?