The street of the city was pure gold. Revelation 21:21
This may come as a surprise, but the city of gold in today's world is New York. Beneath
the frantic streets of the Big Apple lies the world's largest cache of gold. Eighty feet
under the business district is a vault that contains about one-fourth of the world's
monetary gold reserves.
As might be expected, security is airtight. The vault has no doors, only a narrow
passageway that is closed by a rotating steel cylinder. Elaborate precautions ensure that
no unauthorized entry is ever made into the vault.
The thought of so much gold in one place is excitingyet it belongs to someone else.
Contrast that picture of gold, safely stored away and protected by technology and man's
best efforts, with the gold that's out in the open in heaven. While the New York gold is
inaccessible to all but a privileged few, heaven's gold is so plentiful that it is used to
pave the streets. But far better than being near the gold is that we will be near our Lord
and Savior.
Are you sure you are on your way to heaven? To get to that golden city, you have to admit
your sin and trust Jesus Christ as the One who died to pay the penalty for it. Don't let
anything stop you from going for something far more valuable than goldthe joy of
being with God forever.
-JDB
Face to face! O blissful moment!
Face to faceto see and know;
Face to face with my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ, who loves me so.
-Breck
Nothing on earth compares to being with Christ in heaven.