196. Seed and Name Remain
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith he Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.
God promises that our seed and our name shall remain. Heaven and earth will pass away along with everything and everyone in it, but Jesus says His word endures forever and will never pass away. After the universe passes away the Lord will create a new heaven and a new earth; this new universe will remain forever. This present age has a death sentence upon it; it will definitely pass away. But those who are connected to Jesus Christ by faith have His word and have eternal life, which will never pass away. We remain forever.
Our seed remains. Those who believe in Jesus have His seed within them and the seed inside remains: what is in us is eternal, and it will never perish. How do we know which seed we belong to? If you believe in Jesus you have the eternal seed. You will not die, perish, or come to an end; you will remain and live without end.
Our name remains. Our present name will be gone with the passing of this age, but we are promised a new name. This name that God gives us will last forever. The name is the person, the character, and the essential personality that makes us unique. This is what remain and lasts. In a serious sense, we can laugh at the present time of troubles, issues, and problems we deal with every day. Nothing will last except the New Creation made by God. And He has made each of us a new creation in Christ. I am not just a new creature, but I am a new creation, so that each of us may fit into and be compatible with the New Creation that God will make for us. This new creation is inside us now; we just don’t see it. What is unseen is eternal, and the new life earned by Christ and created by the Spirit remains forever, just like God. Since we have this promise we would do well to look at and focus on this new life, instead of getting bogged down on the old life. The old life is short and it will end; it has no promises. Which life will we look at and trust in?