Pure in Heart
Exactly what does “pure in heart” mean? Does it mean we are sin free? Or does it mean we are to be perfect? Let’s look at what scripture tells us.
Psalm 24:3-5 – Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hand and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from GOD of his salvation.
Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the pure at heart; for they shall see God.
James 4:8 – “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse you hands ye sinners; and purify your hearts ye double minded.”
This set of scripture from King James Version of The Holy Bible used above addresses “pure of heart” separately from sin. To wash your hands from sin, to clean them and get ride of the sin. Purification is linked directly to being doubled minded and deceitful. What is occurring in your mind. Saying one thing and thinking another? Or judging one person for an action when your are guilty of the same?
Talmage analyses Rev 20:17-15, Isaiah 65:17-25 and 11:6-9 and what shall come of those who are impure of heart. He states “The Millennium is to precede the time designated in scriptural phrases “the end of the world”. When the thousand years are passed, Satan shall be loosed for a little season, and the final test of man’s integrity to God shall ensue. Such as are prone to impurity of the heart shall yield to temptation while the righteous shall endure to the end.”
In Talmage’s notes on Chapter 42 he discusses “Regeneration of the Earth” and says this; In speaking of the graded and progressive glories provided for His creations, and of the laws of regeneration and sanctification, the Lord has thus spoken through revelation in the present dispensation; “And again, I say unto you, the earth abideth the law of the celestial kingdom, for it filleth the measure of its creation, and transgresseth not the law. Wherefore it shall be sanctified; yea notwithstanding it shall die, it shall be quickened again, and it shall abide the power by which it is quickened, the righteous shall inherit it. The appointed change, by which the earth shall pass to the condition of the celestialized world, is referred to in numerous scriptures as the institution of “a new heaven and new earth”. (Rev 21:1, 3 & 4)
The Law of the GOD conscious and the celestial will be abided by the earth. It’s obvious the destruction of man is the deceitfulness in his/her mind. One must be TRUE in ones heart and to God. Be true to each other for there are no secrets in the spiritual realm. It is clear how this is to be dealt with and one should not wait for this time to reconcile their condition and/or state of mind.
Here's info on the Muslim "Heart Purification"
Ramadan Purification of Hearts
