What's Jesus Doing These Days?

Somebody who doesn't know much about the Bible might wonder what Christ is doing these days. After all, he ascended into heaven and we won't see him again until he comes back to judge humanity.

The Bible does tell us something of what our Lord is up to. For example, we can read what he does for us in 1 John 2:1 (BBE). "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:"

Better still, he gives us forgiveness when we sin, as 1 John 1:9 (BBE) points out. "If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil."

Through John, we get a glimpse of what our Lord is like in his heavenly home. Revelation 5:5 and 6 (BBE) shows him receiving the deed to the universe from the Father. "And one of the rulers said to me, 'Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.' And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth."

We also see that Christ received authority and power at his ascension. Daniel 7:13 and 14 (BBE) foretold this. "I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him. And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction".

John, the disciple of Christ, also wrote down what our Lord dictated to him regarding the seven churches in what is now Turkey. I believe he's still concerned with his church. Paul described us as Christ's body with him as the head. Since Jesus gave no indication of this relationship ending, I must assume that it will be for all eternity.

I'll be writing more about Christ and his role as the head of the faithful in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? Our Lord is still working through his people to shape them into fit citizens for his eternal kingdom. What an honour we've been given!

Thursday's post will be about a royal family anybody can join.