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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.