Think of a soft summer day. The sky is blue and clear, and the children are gaily playing. Someone, somewhere, is whistling a merry tune, and a redbird is busy at the feeder. All of your worries are put to rest while you absorb this moment. It is the first billion years of the everlasting gift.
Nothing can compare to it.
For 2000 years there has been a plan. It is a plan, so simple, that most of us miss it or refuse to believe it. There existed a dilemna. Heaven, according to the Master, was certainly available, but their rightousness was obviously not good enough to get them past the gatekeeper. Christ, with a divine forebearance, blessed those who believed in him with the gift of Purity and of Rightousness.