The Church Triumphant: The Church triumphant is glorious. Itoffers a sta...

The Church Triumphant: The Church triumphant is glorious. Itoffers a sta...: The Church triumphant is glorious. It offers a state of preparation for all to enjoy. It's a blessed and glorious company of Christia...

The Church triumphant is glorious. It offers a state of preparation for all to enjoy. It's a blessed and glorious company of Christians that celebrate sacredness. Our Church offers innumerable blessings to its followers. These believers will come to know and experience what dwelling in the Creator's presence really mean. Many of these are saints in glory who experience God's exceeding greatness, and fruits of grace. To them, the fire of Pentecost still burns brightly with an unending religious awakening. This awakening is the expression of a true biblical spirit in a person's spiritual life.

St. Basil (330 – 379 AD), bishop of Caesarea, a leading churchman of the 4^th century, who observed, “A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” During fellowship at church believers interact and touch each other hearts and minds, giving wings to love as St. Basil described.

Heavenly Inhabitants

Angles are blessed spirits and are a crucial part of the universal Church. As believers we become rejuvenated when we rest on the Sabbath from our labors. We seek spiritual companionship not only on Sundays when we worship at Church, but throughout the week when we serve our fellowmen. In so doing, we show to the world a steadfast spirit as evangelists of the faith. Being heavenly inhabitants we are blessed with the spirit of harmony. Jim Sturgess (b. 1978), and English actor and song-writer felt, “Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption.” He was sharing with us the multidimensional nature of love that all are free to have through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This kind of love is able to radically transform a person's life.

Praising God

As a central form of worship Christians are always praising God for his benevolence and merciful ways. He's known for His glorious works which dominate our lives and the environment in which we live. They praise His goodness to mankind, and with a contemplative spirit, give thanks for their many blessings. Being anointed in the spirit, with a generous, and willing spirit, words of praise flow forth from their mouths. These words are expressions of how they feel in their hearts about loving God. Their spiritual experiences are lofty and they might as well be coming from angels who perpetually praise God.

Charles E. Wilson (1890 – 1961), the tenth president of General Motors explained, “For more than 150 years free men in our countries have had the opportunities to educate themselves, choose their own religions, select their own occupations, accumulate capital and invent better ways of doing things.” What a better way it'll be if we turn to God in asking His guidance for the occupation we choose, and the lives we lead. Undoubtedly, this will be a better way of living and doing things.

Pure Holiness

Visions of pure holiness are spectacular. To our beings, they are lovely and give a heart an exalted feeling. This is when a person touches the sun of righteousness which is infinitely pure, lovely, and beautiful. Here, a person is blessed with spiritual mercies, and food for an enlightened spirituality. Once he or she is fed with such food, he or she becomes enlivened and blessed with a true spirit of an apostle.

Suze Orman (b. 1951), an American author, financial adviser, motivational speaker, and TV host said, “True generosity is an offering; give freely and out of pure love. No string attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share.” It's all about time and love in the triumphant Church. It's for us to pursue ways to change the lives of people. It's for us to set in trail a motion of goodness, kindness, and caring that impact lives for the better. Just like  Orman points out, we must use our time and love wisely, for they are precious commodities meant for service to mankind.