Measurements in Eternity
I came across this amazing statement today: “And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements” (Revelation 21:17). I suppose that God has made human and angelic measurements the same for the sake of communicating His message to us. No matter, there is a concrete reason, still to be known, that causes me to stop in my quiet time and reflect before God with wonder that He would have it such.
D.A. Carson says, “In our generation, which reflects too little on the future and almost never on eternity, it is distressingly obvious that we need help from God, so as to be able to know the hope to which we have been called. Only then will we become more interested in living with eternity’s values [perhaps measured by angels as well] constantly before our eyes. What we will have to show before the great King on the last day will be infinitely more important to us than what we leave behind” (A Call To Spiritual Reformation, p. 176).
Though we may not be able to conceive at this time, the width and breadth of God’s love, does it or should it ever stop us from thinking about it? Just because we cannot fathom something with certainty, it does not mean that it is not worth admiring. Such is a good thought for the agnostic today, who longs for certainty, and demands it be his or hers. Certainty is often given in measure, but when certainty is not given, and the measurement is not as we see comprehensible, there is still much purpose; purpose aimed toward worship. Whether we are given a morsel of something about God and Eternity, or a large portion of certain measurement, the goal must be the same, to admire and bow before God, in awe.
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