Heaven Road,
Deserted! (Part One)
Not many are
on their way to heaven, among them is the wicked who is far deceived he is on
the road, he throws caution to the wind, he lavishes in his sins, yet he is
damn righteous in the delusion of grace! How could it be, that wolves, foxes,
and ravenous snakes now boast of their ways to heaven? How could it be that
liars find it so easy to jump ahead on this journey? Why are swindlers on the
pulpits leading goats to the place promised only to the righteous? Is it not
strange that those who love the world yet hate God and his words are also on
this road? Can someone tell us how demons made their way this far on this way?
How come the road to heaven has turned to the den of thieves? How filthy this
once adored way has become? Who promised those who practiced immorality are
safe on this road? Who assured rogues they were invited? Who allowed the greedy
to come on board with his fleshly desires? How come gospel perverts are full on
this journey? Who convinces masturbators have been given a pass? Who assured
prostitutes and those who patronize them that they have nothing to fear? Do you
wonder why everyone on this road detests God’s commandments? Do you notice that
those who harboured pride in their hearts are also on this way? Oh heaven! if
the way to you is this sin personified, how chaotic you will become if those
who are on your way arrive en masse! The unthinkable will happen, the righteous
will flee the place they were once promised, the wicked in their rage will
trample upon the meek, the plight of the saints will greatly multiply in
paradise, and the angels whose dwelling is the place of holiness will hurriedly
desert the abomination that has come upon them. Heaven will become a sorry
place to be when those who are predestined for hell suddenly become its new
occupants, the wolves, the foxes, and the lions amongst them shall violently
descend upon the redeemed of the Lord! The eternal tranquillity of heaven will
be forever shattered, Satan will unleash his final assault in heaven, his gang
of thieves will be led by Barabbas, they will ransack paradise of its
treasures, every road in heaven will be stripped of its precious jaspers,
sapphire, agate, and emerald. The greedy among these ravenous beasts will have
a field day, they will uproot the tree of life and swallow it, they will drink
dry the water of life and to say the least, the bread of life will not last a
day! Jezebel will lead the most abominable acts, her weapons are confusion and
deceits, she will populate everyplace in heaven with prostitutes, she will
overthrow all the laws of righteousness and holiness, she will turn all natural
laws of God on its head, men will commit shameless acts with men, women will
exchange natural intercourse for unnatural (Romans 1:26-27), and women will
rule over men in this detestable heaven!
Could heaven
be taken over by repugnance? God forbid! Heaven is not for everyone, it was
never meant to be so from the beginning and never it will. Let the sinners be
warned, and let the wicked be reminded that heaven is a fortified place,
therefore, it is a mission impossible for those who hate God and his commands
to set their foot on the way that leads to the dwelling place of the God of the
Bible. No sinners can navigate the high way to heaven, Isaiah said, a highway
shall be there and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not
travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people, no traveller, not even fools
shall go astray! This highway is the only common and only way to heaven, it is
heavily secured, it is fortified but not with gates made of steel, the highway
to heaven is not even guarded by angels yet no unclean shall enter it (Isaiah
35:8)! This highway is called the way of holiness, the way of holiness tells
about the holiness of the people who can walk on this way. The way of holiness
is one way that leads to only one place, heaven. It is only God who walks
through the way of holiness, because He is Holy, so no man can walk on this
way. For anyone to think they can set their foot on the way of Holiness to
heaven, is for one to assume he can match God in Holiness! No one can walk on
the highway of holiness, not even the redemption offered to us by Christ can
put us in the Holy way that only God walks. The scripture made it clear, no
lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast shall come upon it; they
shall not be found there! (Isaiah 35:9). You see, no wicked shall find its way
to the highway of holiness not by any chance! The Holiness of God is a terror
to man, God’s holiness is not friendly to a sinful man contrary to the faulty
beliefs of many Christians. The Holiness of God never saves anyone but rather
destroys. God’s holiness spontaneously sets anything unclean on fire! The
scripture says it very clear that the God of the Bible is a consuming fire
(Hebrew 12:29). It is God’s Holiness that sets everything on fire, no unclean
can survive its path, no sin or sinner can double-cross Him. When God
forewarned Moses to take off his sandals, for the place where he was standing
was a holy ground (Exodus 3:5), it was because of the destructive power of His
Holiness. Had Moses disobeyed His command and come near the place God set his
foot upon, His Holiness would instantly set Moses ablaze in its fury! No one
has ever seen God Jesus said (John 1:18). Why is this so? God said, you cannot
see my face, for no one may see me and live (Exodus 33:20). It is the Holiness
of God that destroys anyone that comes close to Him, nothing can resist both
sinners and righteous from being consumed by the fire emanating from God when
they are challenged by His Holiness! God’s nature of Holiness is divinely
perfect and nothing compares to it or can measure up to it. Who can protect
anyone against the destructive power of the Holiness of God? What can stand its
way when His Holiness burns with furry? The highway of holiness upon which only
God walks is itself holy as God, it is consuming as God himself, so it is for
this reason that nothing unclean shall walk upon it. God said I will send my
messenger who will prepare the way before me (Malachi 3:1). The way mentioned
by the scripture here is the same highway of holiness described by Isaiah,
because it is the way upon which God will walk, and when He does who can endure
the day of his coming or who can stand when he appears? The scripture says for
he is like a refiner’s fire!
Olayinka Olalekan
