Philippians 3:20-21 For our conversation is in heaven; from where also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:… A peasant girl intently watching the bears at Berne, allowed her bag containing various homely treasures to slip from her arm. One of the bears immediately seized it and began in a way that would have been extremely comical, but for the poor girl's distress, to pull out the articles, one by one, before tearing them to pieces. The keeper not being within reach, no rescue was possible, and for a few moments the poor peasant wept as if her heart would break. At length a bright thought struck her, and putting her hand into the bosom of her dress she drew from it a paper, and exclaimed with joy, "It is my certificate of home; thank God this bear has not got that." Now this Heimath Schein, as it is called in Switzerland and Germany, is necessary as a passport. Without it she could not have left her country, and was liable at any time to be imprisoned as unable to prove herself a member of the canton. The Christian, too, has his "certificate of home," and need never be inconsolable while he can put his hand upon that, whatever else may have fallen under the power of the destroyer. (Sunday at Home). Parallel Verses KJV: For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:WEB: For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; |
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