It sounds like Jesus’ model prayer gives place for the original design to be re-established on the earth through the birth of Jesus. “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” A thought hit me one time that really is astounding….for the believer, earth is as close to hell as we will ever be, but for the unbeliever, earth is as close to heaven as they will ever be. Wow! So for the believer, earth can be really good, plus we have heaven to look forward to, so the best is yet to come. For the unbeliever, without the hope in their life, earth can be ok or pretty bad, and there is nothing good past their final breath. For them, this life is as good as it gets. It puts things into perspective, doesn’t it?
What does heaven manifested on earth it look like? What did Jesus really come to bring us. When I think of what heaven is like, I think of wonderful communion with the Father, a place of rest and peace, hope and joy that is too amazing to explain, worship around the throne all the time, and beautiful ways of communicating our love for God all around, with absolutely no need for anything else. Wow, if heaven is even half of that, it will be abundantly above all we could ever ask or think. Since Jesus came, what should heaven on earth look like? Probably a lot of the same things! There would be:
Divine relationships,
Supernatural peace,
Joy overflowing,
Glorious Worship
Open and loving communication,
and every need supplied.
Amazing, those are all things that we have access here on the earth because of Jesus!
Heaven came down, and life is so much better with Jesus in it! What hope He brings.