Our Future with Christ

About this episode

The episode reflects on a family's experience with dementia and the hope of eternal joy in Christ.

Visiting Switzerland had been my dad’s lifelong dream. After his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, my mom decided to go with him while he was still physically able. “One day, with the snow blowing around us on Mount Titlis,” she says, “I saw the profound joy in your father’s face. It was the joy of a dream come true.” Later, however, my mom’s tears flowed when my dad asked, “Where are we again?” My dad may have forgotten he was in Switzerland, but “the visit was worth it,” my mom says. “At least for one moment, he knew, and he was happy.”  God reassures us of a time when joy will never be taken away from us again. Because of our hope in Jesus, we can look forward to “a new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1), where we’ll be free from sin and death (Romans 5:12). In this perfect world, God will make “everything new” (Revelation 21:5). He “will wipe every tear from (our) eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (v. 4). Whatever suffering we experience now is temporary. God promises…

Topics covered

• hope
• joy
• suffering
• faith
• eternal life

Keywords

• dementia
• joy
• Switzerland
• faith
• eternal life
• suffering
• hope

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Revelation 21:1, Romans 5:12, Revelation 21:5, Isaiah 65:17, Revelation 21:3

Places: Switzerland, Mount Titlis

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