He was translated because he had this testimony that he pleased God and it
says but without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek
him. So when we think of translation we think of basically like a rapture
kind of thing taking place. Now in Colossians 1 13 it says that he
translated us into the kingdom of his dear son. Now it's hard to kind of
understand this but it's almost in a sense as as though like now that
we're saved God basically sees us as though we're already there. That's kind
of hard for people to understand because of the fact that we live in the
realm of time. You know we have 12 hours in a day whereas the realm of
eternity is so vast there is no time. We have a hard time you know trying to
perceive that right? I would liken it into this it's like a it's like if
you have a fish in your house in a bowl looking at you and trying to put
itself in your shoes it's like I wonder what it's like to not be in water. It
wouldn't be able to do that because it's gonna spend the rest of his life
in water it's a fish. I know that's a shallow illustration but just to give
you a somewhat of an understanding of how difficult it is for us to
understand what eternity is. It's a place where there is no time okay and
so when it says that he has translated us into the kingdom of his
dear son it's almost as though in the eyes of God we're already there. I don't
know about that that sounds a little weird. Well think about this what about
in Revelation chapter 7 with John when he was taken up in spirit and what is
he? He saw the great multitude which no man can number and guess who was
there? You! Let's talk about the rapture let's talk about the people who are in
heaven. He said well hold on how can you see that but I'm right here well
it's because it's eternity. The realm of eternity God sees everything from
beginning to end he just sees like a panoramic view of everything. There
is no time. Look at Ephesians 2 verse 5 it says even when we were dead in sins
hath quickened us together with Christ by grace are you saved and hath
raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus. There you go again. Now we're not literally sitting there but
you know what in eternity we basically are. In eternity we basically are
sitting there because of the fact that we're saved and you know God foreknows
who's gonna get saved and who's not. He doesn't choose who's gonna get saved
and who's not he just knows who is and who isn't.