We’ve heard a lot about the NHS lately and it will not have escaped our attention that they have done a heroic job during the height of the pandemic. There may well be some reading this blog that will be very aware that NHS staff are still doing such a marvellous work, but the high profile has gone. Nevertheless, from time to time, news items will mention the worry that the NHS still faces the threat of being overwhelmed.
Now whilst we are very thankful for all that these keyworkers do – their care, their dedication, their hard work – none of us would wish to have to call on their services. Yet it is a fact of life that we are all prone to illness and may, at some stage need to avail ourselves of the NHS. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if none of us got sick! Well, we believe that such a time will soon come because it has been predicted in the Bible.
God has promised to send Jesus back to the earth to set up the Kingdom of God on the earth. There are many parts of the Bible that tell us what that kingdom will be like. One of the most amazing prospects is that there will be no more suffering –
However, there are some specific details given us in the prophecy of Isaiah where we are told that
This may seem a little too good to be true and we may find it very hard to believe that this will happen. Yet it has happened in the past. When Jesus was on the earth before, he did so many miracles that are recorded for us in the gospel records. Amongst other things, Jesus gave sight to the blind, made the deaf to hear, enabled the dumb to speak and raised up the lame to walk. This was a foretaste of what will happen in God’s kingdom and gives us a wonderful insight as to what it will be like when Jesus returns.
What is more, the Bible tells us how Jesus raised people from the dead, notably Lazarus who had been dead for four days.
The future kingdom of God will go one better than this –
“..there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying” (Revelation 21:4)
This is the hope that the Bible gives us. Surely this alone is good reason to pick up God’s word and read it for yourself.
