Tomorrow is that day that is ever before us, the day that never comes, the eternal day we might call it. We have not seen it nor experienced it. It is all ahead of us, with all it's unknowableness.
But one day it will come, be assured of that! One day tomorrow will come for you and for me.
The big question is, What will that day hold for you and for me? For me, it will be the day I am ushered into God's nearer presence, the day when I will be separated from all that is sinful and dirty and foul. It will be the day of my perfection, cleansed completely by the precious blood of Christ, the day when I will be white as snow and clothed in the spotless righteousness of my Saviour.
On that great day, I will be received and welcomed into God's heaven to be with my Saviour forevermore. It will be eternal bliss, no sin, no sorrow, no pain, no want, no devil, and no darkness, and it will be forevermore, for eternity.
For the unbeliever, the false believer, the false professor of faith in Christ, the outright infidel, the immoral person, the ungodly, guilty, unrighteous sinner, that will be the most horrible day he will ever know. It will be a day of eternal darkness, utter loneliness, of "weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth." Sinners will be forever in that place "where the worm never dies and the fire is not quenched." For them, it will be the second death. It will be indescribable torment of mind and soul, the place where your conscience will work perfectly, and where you'll have to live with that properly working conscience.
For you and for me, that tomorrow will come; it will come, we do not know when, but it will never die. It will be an eternal tomorrow, and what it holds for you and for me will also be eternal.
Think about that. Place yourself there for a moment, and see if you will like that kind of everlasting residence. Try to imagine what it will be like to never be able to stop dying. How often we talk about the relief someone gets when they eventually die; well, the unbeliever who dies will die but will never be able to stop dying. They will go on dying for eternity. The second death.
The worm of a never-dying conscience will gnaw at you for ever and ever. Condemning you, reminding you what you have done, or not done; reminding you of the numerous opportunities you had to get right with God, but refused to take them; reminding you of the opportunities you missed to settle your account with the eternal Judge; reminding you that despite being taught to the contrary, you still refused to love Christ with all your heart. You were shown the only way of escape from this certain eternity, but you turned your stubborn back on it and went away.
Think of being burned forever - not a pleasant thought. Indeed that is a thought that would keep you awake at night, all night, every night. Burning is not nice, to put it mildly. But being burned forever is intolerably terrible. Imagine that for you. Not even a thimbleful of water to slake your thirst, cry out as you may. Burning, burning, burning. Crying , crying, crying. Agony, agony, agony. No hope, no hope, no hope.
Christ stands before you today offering to rescue you for that awful destiny. Just acknowledge your sins, admit that you are a guilty, hell-deserving sinner, turn from every known sinful way, and put your trust in Christ alone as you rest in Him alone for mercy and salvation.
You'll need the fellowship of likeminded people so seek out a church that preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ - and that might or might not be the church you are connected with - and join in the fellowship of believers as you serve the Lord.
Please do this. I urge you to do it now. There is too much to lose if you don't. Read over this post again, then make your saving response to the only Saviour of the world, Jesus Christ.
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