Imagine you were born in America, but lived your life in another country. You'd hear stories about great Americans, perhaps watch the Olympics and root for the U.S. with pride, follow the movers and shakers of American politics and culture- all without ever having a memory of stepping on American soil. You're heart is American and the paper says you're American- that's what matters.
The same is true of our Heavenly Citizenship. We read about the "streets of gold" and gates made out of a single pearl- stuff that sounds amazing and crazy to us... yet that is home! If our names have been written in the Lamb's Book of Life we are (present tense) citizens of Heaven who are simply awaiting our final destination.
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