Come Up Here
Come up here.
Revelation 11:12 (NIV)
The two witnesses, killed and displayed for days, hear supreme voices: they heard loud voices from heaven saying “come up here” — ascending cloud-borne before enemies' eyes. Public resurrection after public humiliation: God vindicates witnesses before executioners. Coming up here crowns fidelities seeming like defeats.
Martyr generosity gives lives, receiving heaven. Witnesses gave testimony unto death — literally — and God summoned them upward honored. Giving everything, even life, never loses in Kingdoms: planted as seeds, harvested as sheaves. Gloating enemies laughed last? No — trembled last.
Living witness-like today: speaking fearlessly, suffering sans denial, ascending unhurried. Come up here: earthly faithfulness earns heavenly summons.
Faithful testimonies ascend higher than earthly applause. Witnessing today. Ascend rejoicing. Clouds carry saints upward gloriously. Look up today expectantly. Heaven opens for faithful witnesses. Rise when called joyfully. Answered calls crown patient waiting. Listen for trumpets daily. Listen for trumpets daily and nightly. Glory clouds seek faithful witnesses daily. Look up today hopefully. Open heavens await patient winners. Persevere until called by name. Proven fidelities ascend honored. Await your cloud working faithfully.
And looking upward: God's clouds seek faithful in every century. Look up always.