So what do the angels know that we don't know that makes them celebrate with such exuberance when a sinner repents?
Back to Max Lucado --
"They know what heaven holds. They've seen the table, and they have heard the music, and they can't wait to see your face when you arrive.
When you arrive and enter the party something wonderful will happen. A final transformation will occur. You will be just like Jesus. Drink deeply from 1 John 3:2: 'We have not yet been shown what we will be like in the future. But we know when we see Him we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.'
Of all the blessings of heaven, one of the greatest will be you! You will be God's magnum opus, His work of art. The angels will gasp. God's work will be completed. At last you will have a heart like His.
You will love with perfect love.
You will worship with a radiant face.
You will hear each word God speaks.
Your heart will be pure, your words like jewels, your thoughts will be like treasures.
You will be just like Jesus. (And so will all the people around you!)
You will, at long last, have a heart like His.
There is another reason for the celebration. Part of the excitement is from our arrival. The other part is from our deliverance. Jesus rejoices that we are headed to heaven, but He equally rejoices that we are saved from hell.
One phrase summarizes the horror of hell: 'God is not there.'"
---From Just Like Jesus
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