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I want to answer a really important question that is near and dear to our hearts, especially depending on the season of life to you may be in.

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You may have lost someone recently and maybe you’ve even thought of the question, will I see them again or will I recognize them in eternity when

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I get to heaven?

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How does Jesus have that for us?

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Do we know each other in eternity?

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For those who are in Christ, I would say the answer to that question is: yes.

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Let me just give you a few reasons why to validate that, so you can be comfortable with the fact that you’re going to recognize your

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love ones in Christ in eternity.

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When Jesus was at the Mount of Transfiguration, the Bible tells us that Moses and Elijah appeared

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with Jesus.

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Peter, James and John were there with Jesus and they recognized Moses and Elijah there with Christ.

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It's apparent there’s a resemblance of them that's noticeable whereby Peter, James and John could identify them after they had gone on

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into eternity.

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The Bible tells us in Hebrews we have been surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, meaning people are looking onto us and rooting on God’s

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grand plan for life being played out here on earth.

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It gives us the idea that your loved ones are looking on to the earth.

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When you get the book of Revelation, it says for us that every tribe, tongue and

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nation is there before the throne of the lamb.

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The tribes and the color of individuals and the dialect—all of that is being identified in

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eternity.

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I think when we are created as human beings, God makes us in His image but he gives us a

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certain ethnicity or background or color to reflect the beauty of who He is.

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Our skin color is connected to the purpose which God created us.

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I think that on into eternity we keep that color as praise to God.

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And every tribe, tongue and language is present before his throne in Revelation.

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If we can identify that, it gives the assumption that we can also identify each individual

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and our uniqueness, as God has created us.

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I think those relationships we have on earth, we’re going to continue to experience in eternity.

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But here’s the joy of it all.

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In Revelation 21, it’s without pain, without sorrow, without suffering.

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We get to experience that in Christ.

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For those who are in Christ, there is that hope for you that those relationships you have enjoyed on earth, you will enjoy

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forevermore.

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Look forward to the hope of that, in Jesus, because of what He has done for you.