Why is even the most beautiful estate on earth like a smelly pig pen to a believer?
To a believer, the most beautiful earthly estate is like a smelly pig pen because it is compared with the far greater things God has prepared for those who love Him—things eye has not seen and ear has not heard—so all the best is yet to come.
Les explains that the world has only about seventy years on average; that is their heaven. But believers have ages upon ages ahead of them, and that coming reality will make this old world at its best look like nothing. He says that if you showed him the most beautiful estate on the planet, compared to what is waiting for believers he would call it a smelly pig pen. Scripture says eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard the things God has prepared for them that love Him. So he does not need much in this life, because all the best is yet to come, not only for him but for everyone who believes.