A glimpse of Heaven: We are Citizens of Christ...

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Philippians 3:20-21 ESV. before we look at the glimpses of heaven we need to remember that we are not citizens of this earth but of heaven. We are not of this world but of Heaven. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 ESV. We are chosen, people who are and from God and will return to God when we pass on for, we know our place is Heaven, not hell. 

“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 7:6 ESV. This verse says that we are treasured possessions, we are God's out of all the people on earth. if you have treasure you want to hoard it, to keep it for yourself, and make sure no one steals it, that is exactly what God wants to do, the things I listed above. He wants to keep and make sure His treasure is safe and secure so that it can come back to Him so He can keep it in His house and that He can look at His treasure and have a relationship with what he treasures. (I'm saying we don't have a relationship on earth with God, but the relationship will be different in heaven an example is we will be with him instead of on earth. A relationship changes when you are in person.)

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Hebrews 13:14 ESV. As this verse says we have no lasting city but the city we have in heaven is our lasting home. You have probably heard the statement; we are passing by on earth to our heavenly place or something like that. But God wants us to be with Him in heaven so that statement is true. we are not meant to stay on this earth but to go to a place that is called Heaven. 

We are meant for greater things that await us in heaven because we are a chosen people!!! We are citizens of Heaven. not of this earth.

Take time to remember that you are as it says in 1 Peter 2:9 (ESV), But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.