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“Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
—1 Corinthians 13:12
The Apostle Paul made this statement with reference to the blessedness of the believer in eternity. Such statements are frequent in the Scriptures. We find in 1 Corinthians 2:9, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” Again in 1 John 3:2, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” And again in 1 Peter 1:4, “To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.”
The born-again believer endures as seeing that which is invisible, and by faith has the indwelling hope that through the redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ, his eternity will be a condition of peace and purity, and that he shall know even as also he is known.
However, it is not the redeemed ones alone who are to enter eternity, but every soul outside of Christ must also face eternity to know as they are known. In Luke 16 we have the story of the rich man and Lazarus—“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments” (v 22). God’s Word plainly declares: “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb 9:27). The soul that dies outside of Christ will be known for eternity even as he is known...
“Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
—1 Corinthians 13:12
The Apostle Paul made this statement with reference to the blessedness of the believer in eternity. Such statements are frequent in the Scriptures. We find in 1 Corinthians 2:9, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” Again in 1 John 3:2, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” And again in 1 Peter 1:4, “To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.”
The born-again believer endures as seeing that which is invisible, and by faith has the indwelling hope that through the redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ, his eternity will be a condition of peace and purity, and that he shall know even as also he is known.
However, it is not the redeemed ones alone who are to enter eternity, but every soul outside of Christ must also face eternity to know as they are known. In Luke 16 we have the story of the rich man and Lazarus—“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments” (v 22). God’s Word plainly declares: “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb 9:27). The soul that dies outside of Christ will be known for eternity even as he is known...
