Frequently, months after losing a parent or spouse the questions start popping up. What’s it like for them? What are they experiencing? What do they see? What do they remember? Someone sent me a blog (vlog?) by a famous preacher addressing Isiah 65:27; that seems to say that we wouldn’t remember anything in the kingdom. Even though this preacher and I don’t agree on the when of the kingdom, I mostly agree with what he says; I just think he missed an important God-given analogy. The verses prior to 27 make it clear that what God will wipe away is the evil from our minds. As to how He can do that and leave us whole, I believe a great analogy is στοργή (storgé) – the mother’s love that washes away the pian of child birth in an instant. I believe when we we behold the face of Jesus; it will be even better than that new baby glow!
Pastor Scott
https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/what-will-we-remember-in-the-new-creation
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