Just a Peep

       I remember as a young boy, playing “spy.” You would try to gather information from them without their knowing it. I remember seeing instructions for making a periscope out of a slender tube or box and two mirrors. By putting the mirrors at 45% angles facing each other and about a foot apart, you could make a periscope that would help you see around corners and over fences. There were also “knots” in the boards of the barn that would provide “peepholes” from which we could observe others that were on their way to the barn or traveling down the road. These “peepholes” were good for us to get a glimpse of something, but certainly not the whole picture. I was thinking the other day that the Bible is a “peephole” into heaven. It gives us a glimpse of what lies ahead. Revelation 4:1 says, “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” The Apostle John was summoned to heaven to get a glimpse of things to come. Revelation 4 and 5 are wonderful chapters that give us a mere peek into heaven itself and indeed, into the very throne of God. Beginning in Revelation 4:4, John states almost 30 times that he saw something wonderful in heaven. These are but 30 peeks into the future that God has for those who believe in Him. In fact, the whole book of Revelation is but a peek into heaven. God has given us a glimpse of things to come and when we read of the wonders of heaven, we are even more challenged to be there and to invite others. It is also amazing that God has given us clear and understandable instructions on how to get to heaven. Praise God today that He had planned such a wonderful place for His children.