In prayer this morning, an intriguing and, I believe, rather insightful eschatological thought occurred to me.

Revelation 21:27 informs us that "nothing unclean shall enter" the Kingdom of Heaven. This is so basic it's easy to overlook it or to overcomplicate it. It doesn't say "most" unclean things --- it says nothing unclean. To most of us as we read this, it can appear like a standard that is utterly impossible to achieve.

And here's the point --- IT IS. Once we really start to understand t...