Lets talk about heaven!

[WISDOM]

All too often Heaven is sometimes incorrectly pictured as a place of never-ending boredom and sameness.  I blame much of this thinking within our generation on the perceptions of Hollywood, and natural-minded worldly authors.

We, as its inhabitants are portrayed as floating around on clouds, wearing long white robes, and playing harps all day.  Or we are depicted as standing forever around the throne of  GOD, mouthing HIS praise in unison for all eternity.  Well, fortunately I don't see it that way!  I'm glad that's NOT the accurate story.  Yes, we'll worship our LORD, and it will be an important and rewarding part of our Heavenly activity.  However, I believe there will be many more significant "gains".  For example, I strongly believe that our minds WON'T wander during prayer as they do now, and we WON'T be thinking about business, television, people we dislike, ballgames, girl/boyfriends, or other less important matters when our full attention should be directed toward GOD.

I fully believe the joys we derive from our FATHER's beautiful world of nature will still be ours, ONLY on a far higher plane.  Here's a thought I shared once with a friend....the delight of our fellowship with others will exceed anything we have ever experienced here on earth.  I think this will be because in our Heavenly home we will know one another PERFECTLY with the mind of CHRIST, and each will be WITHOUT fault.  Now tell me that's not a great thought!!  Our fellowship here daily in this earthly home is often marred by evasion and a covering of our deepest thought, BUT then a wonderful spirit-to-spirit communion (I get quivers thinking about it) of radiant personalities WILL exist!  We'll be busy serving HIM and doing things HE considers important, and we'll be infinitely happy as we do HIS will.

In our eternal home I feel we'll know a life of praise, satisfaction, and usefulness such as we have never experienced here.  The beauty of it all for me is that we will reign with our LORD/SAVIOUR for ALL eternity.  Everytime I read the Apostle John's description of Heaven in the Book of Revelation I believe he did so in highly symbolic language because our vocabulary and mental capacity are TOO LIMITED to comprehend its reality!  In my limited knowledge I do know it will be a city of dazzling, indescribable splendor and exquisite natural beauty.

I honestly cannot visualize the full physical glory of it, but it sure is nice just imagining being in it, and sinless, along with being surrounded by sinless people....wow, wonderful companionship and NO TEMPTATIONS from defiling associations.  Come Quickly LORD JESUS!

[angels4u]

Lets talk about Heaven......

[munari]

We get a view of Heaven in Revelations. We can read about it there and speculate based on that.

[traveller]

One of the biggest fears that I had as a kid was that I wouldn't know the words to the songs in heaven!

[Matthitjah]

Hi all,

  Remember when you were a little child. Remember how you looked at things with amazement and wonder.A butterfly a firefly the wonder of creation. How big the world seemed to be. How you hung on the words of your parents like they were G-d.

   "Suffer not the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of Heaven.

    To be innocent again. To be not jaded. To not have to answer a little childs question of "Why doesn't G-d zap the sniper?" I remember the joy of holding my newborn baby daughter. Feeling goodness and accomplishment. Seeing the joy in the grandparents. The kind of joy the Angels and Saints feel in Heaven when someone gets saved.

  We have not the faculty to understand. To see the goodness of G-d. The whole of the creation.

  Why am I worthy? I believed. He stands between the father and me. He say's "Father find this one is acceptable because of me. This is one of the ones you gave me." I can not shake of the dirt and grime. Yet he can wash me white.Alleluia!

   

  So I will stand there like a child and hang on every word. I will give praise, thanks, and sing of his Glory. I will take in the beauty and majesty of Heaven. I will feel the joy of the Saints and Angels. Not because I'm worthy,but because he was. He will be at the center of Heaven. Look at the full picture of him and then you will see Heaven.

 Yes, let's talk of Heaven! All Praise and Glory to Jesus! He paid the Price! Amen.

:inlove:      

[traveller]

NICE POST!  :inlove:

[Guest okiejack]

According to my Bible; Heaven will be right here on earth. Everything will be made new and the oceans will disappear. I figure the whole earth will be a garden tended by everyone who wants to tend it. I don't know what the rest of you are going to do?

I think about the idea of being eternal. If we are eternal? We will have always been eternal. Because eternity has no past and no future. Eternity is an endless now.

[traveller]

All too often Heaven is sometimes incorrectly pictured as a place of never-ending boredom and sameness.

[Anonymous]

Amen Traveller... gives me goosebumps and makes me anxious to be there! :a2:

"When we all ... get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing it will be. When we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory!"

[Adstar]

Kind of makes one wonder why Christians cry at the funeral of a departed Christian? Doesn