"Zion, God's City- For Real"

"Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness." (Psalms 48:1) Picture, if you will, this great mountain, but not just any mountain, because this mountain contains the glory and the majesty of God Almighty. I know, it is a little corny, and could be almost mystical; but it is not for any sort of journey or transport, it's to define what is real and what is not. I may have lost you I'm sure, but try to stay with me. Many people will walk by faith their whole lives, but as soon as they come face to face with several consecutive trials, maybe only two big ones back to back, and they are done; they have no more trust in God, nor do they want anything else to do with Him. Why is that you might wonder? Could it be because of the image that they have made of God and His dwelling place? When we place God's holiness anywhere else but where it belongs, we can tend to put too much stock in this life and what we do or have, verses the place in which God's glory dwells. It's not fair to assume that people who give up on God are just being stubborn or upset at God over what He has allowed to happen in their life, because it's not really about what has happened to them, it's about what has happened to God in their perspective. God has somehow become "Not Big Enough"; although, their first response might indicate the opposite, in that God is  "Too Big and He is destroying my life"; but in reality, they have left off from the image of God's greatness, as in "God Is Great!" Maybe it's hard to imagine that when you just lost your job, your child, and your home all at the same time; but then again, what is real? If you have ever listened to Chuck Missler, then you know that his view makes heaven more real than this earth, and when he means heaven, it's not the stars above that he is speaking of. What is real is what is in the eternity, and nothing that we look upon here falls into that category, not even the stars in the sky... "As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the last trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruption shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" (1 Corinthians 15:48-55)