How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

It's a great day to be in God's Word.

Welcome to Through the Bible with our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

We begin by wrapping up a special introduction by Dr. McGee that he started on yesterday's program,

actually, and it's a special encouragement for all of us passing through these shadow lands

on the way to heaven.

There is a valley of deep shadow between the place where I live in California and that to which

I shall journey in a very short time. I cannot reach my home in that city of God without

passing through that dark valley of shadows. But I'm not afraid because the

best friend that I ever had went through the same valley long, long ago, and drove away

its gloom. He has stuck by me through thick and thin since we first became acquainted 55 years ago, and I hold his promise

in printed form never to forsake, nor to leave me alone. He will be with me as I walk through

the valley of the shadows, and I shall not lose my way when he is with me.

I hope to hear your sermon on heaven next Sunday from my home in California.

But I have no assurance that I shall be able to do so.

My ticket to heaven has no date mark for the journey,

no return coupon, and no permit for baggage. Yes, I'm all ready to go,

and I may not be here while you are talking next Sunday evening, but I shall meet you there

someday. I wanted to read that specially today, because the whole objective of the Word of God,

beginning in the Garden of Eden and going straight through the Word of God,

is to get men and women that are born in this world where sin is entered and where mankind has fallen,

to get mankind to this place called heaven.

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