June 29, 2026
"And the temple of God was opened in heaven," (Rev. 11:19)
This old photo from Koriyama is what I found as I was viewing evens older photos of our participation in ecumenical evangelism, musing my Japanese writings, thanking God for His life-bringing redemption -- that which the "campfire girl" and Bonnie (on the recess playground) found, which I'd encouraged Judy Baker to receive there on the volleyball court -- it's the way it has been thrown in "with a rat trap", so to speak -- the very thing to bring life was scrambled for people like Kayo-chan and other decision-makers in various Christian crusades sabotaged by the unregenerate.
I long for Heaven, when we'll see a pure temple, with none of the suffocating, frustrating, "something's wrong" confusion forever! It has been promised us that God will take His great power to Himself and reign. That will mean unadulterated, uncluttered truth. The temple in heaven will not be filled with voices demanding cooperation with religious institutions that do not believe in the exclusive, holy God of an outdated archaic Bible and declare a higher good, a more Divine pleasure, an eradication of boundaries, of mutual endeavors, a working towards "greater understanding and love" with fellow men while completely ignoring what we did to Jesus. We need to be heartbroken--appallingly repentant about that, but we don't hear about that, and anyone who dares say anything along this line is unwelcome.
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The above was journaled; the below was written today:
Some people think we'll never find a perfect church until we get to Heaven. That's only half true. When we get there, we won't have need for church, because God Himself will be there, and truth will be in our hearts--nobody will have to teach anybody anything; we'll all just ENJOY it!
It's kind of like our brother's weekly talks telling us about his early days with the Master all of us in the room love to hear, when the Master Himself comes walking in through the back door and sits down on a chair and smiles. When we realize HE'S HERE, our brother announces (really no need to) "THAT'S ALL!", since all heads quickly turn to him for permission then everyone rushes around the Master's side. No one is interested in the weekly talks anymore -- not even our brother himself!
