Sweet Homecoming
Today's Three-minute Bible Study
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Title: Sweet Homecoming ------------------- Date: 1/28/2002
Keywords:
"heaven" "home"
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Passage: Zephaniah 3:20*
At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes," says the LORD.
Questions
1. What do this verse mean?
2. How can we apply its message to pornography?
Practical help
Author Frederick Buechner describes home as the special place you remember (or imagine) from your youth and a foreshadowing of the coming richness and fulfillment of heaven. Zephaniah must also have tasted that sweet homecoming: "'I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes,' says the LORD."
Maybe our deep desire for pornography springs from a misplaced desire for heaven. Smut provides a sense of intimacy that resonates to the core of our being. But only a sense. The fulfillment we seek lies ever ahead, beyond death itself — and rebirth. Let's prepare for our ultimate home by living well in this world. The old Christmas carol says it best: "Fit us for heaven to live with thee there."
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright
The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
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