Today, while reading Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on a chapter in Proverbs, I came by the passage:

“The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked; but the earth is a very different thing to them. To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven. And is it all one to us, whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end, or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers?”

This world along with the problems that come with sin in a person’s life is all the heaven a sinner will see.  Even if their life has been one of sorrows and suffering due to sin, this life on this earth is still the best they will ever see, if they do not turn onto God.

For those of us who know Jesus, this is merely boot camp, it is training to prepare us for the Millennial Reign where the Christ, Yeshua, The King of Kings, Jesus when He shall rule here on this earth for a bit over one thousand years and then on to eternity!  But are we really learning or just living on furlough for our entire training period.  If so, what will happen when we run into situations where we need this training?