This last verse in the “love” chapter wraps up the emphasis on love above all things. We need to have faith now in God, but in heaven faith won’t be required because we will see God face to face.
We need to have hope in God now, but in heaven all that God wants to accomplish will be accomplished. All evil will be vanquished. All wrongs will be righted. Everyone will be made more like themselves than they ever were. There will no longer be need for hope because what we hope for will be true.
But love is something different. We need love know and in heaven love isn’t tossed away because it’s no longer needed, but rather it is fulfilled to it’s fullest extend. It’s the opposite of what happens to faith and hope. Faith and hope’s usefulness disappears in heaven, but love’s finds it’s ultimate fulfillment in heaven. It expands infinitely outward to encompass all of God’s creation and reality. Faith and hope disappears but love is no everywhere in heaven.
This is why the greatest is love. When we love here on earth, we are but mirroring and inkling of what love will look like in heaven.
Are you loving people here on earth? Are you mirroring heaven?
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