Right now you may be so pressured, so tired, so filled with dread and anxiety that the idea of going to a mansion and just doing nothing for a while sounds pretty good. What you need is a good long vacation with no worries.

But think about it. Let's say you no longer are tired, there are no money problems, you are in perfect health, you can do whatever you like for as long as you like.

Now, think deeply about this. Where do you want to be? With whom do you wish to be? What would you desire to be doing? Remember, you are fully rested, in perfect health, and have no worries or responsibilities of any kind. What do you really want?

There may be some who still wish they could be in the spirit realm, reclining in their mansion, perhaps surrounded by their loved ones, and doing nothing at all except talking and looking around for eternity. Could it be that they are just lazy?

To me this would be Hell, not Heaven.

I am looking for the resurrection, primarily, so I can regain life on the earth. It is the earth, with its oceans and meadows, where I wish to spend eternity, not the spirit realm.

But after death and before resurrection I am hoping for access to the Palace where Jesus and His mighty men sit at the table and plan the Kingdom. But especially I am looking forward to a time of relaxation, of returning to the scenes of my childhood where my roots are, maybe rowing out to the breakwater like I used to do and sitting on one of the rocks, listening to the seagulls and the waves lapping against the huge stones. (You can tell I am getting old.)

I need time to think, time to realize the cross no longer is cutting into my back. Time to remember. One of the greatest blessings of living the victorious life is that God will give us the choice of what we wish to remember and what we want to forget. Those who are to be punished have no such choice. Tormenting memories are part of Hell and the outer darkness.

After this I probably will want to visit the new Jerusalem and the palace, maybe renew old acquaintances. There are a few authors I would like to visit, such as C. S. Lewis, and tell them how much enjoyment they gave me.

Hopefully there will be an opportunity for Jesus and me to come before the Father and present to Him whatever fruitfulness there has been from my life.

They say time passes very rapidly in the spirit realm, so I suppose the next event will be to suddenly awaken once again on the earth, surrounded by saints in shining bodies, and then ascend to find my place in the air in the ranks of the Lord's army.

Down through the clouds, the furious destruction of the armies of the wicked, and then to the coronation ceremony on the Temple Mount. I look forward to returning with Jesus on a white war-stallion. I understand the battle will be fierce and very real. But I have no fear because God is in control and Christ is leading the way.

To be continued.