As always, please read the entire question, and answer like respectful adults. Thank you!
For those of you who believe in a "heaven" or afterlife:
Would you forego your heavenly rewards to return to this earth in an effort to continue working towards teaching your beliefs to non-believers, and redeeming the people that you consider "lost" or "fallen"?
Put more simply - so many people live their lives "un-saved". After you die, if given the opportunity, would you choose to return to earth to continue trying to save them?
This is a HYPOTHETICAL situation. Please refrain from answers containing things like "The Bible says it doesn't work like that". That is what "hypothetical" means. It means that it's a situation that most likely doesn't happen, but if it DID, how would you respond?
2006-06-16 10:30:31 · 17 answers · asked by Spooky - Gender Anarchist 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As with every hypothetical situation I will answer with what I would hope my response would be (whether I would or not can't be answered without actually experiencing the situation). Having said that, my answer would unequivocally be yes - I will eventually have eternity to spend in Heaven with God and all His glory, so I would welcome the opportunity to return to earth on a mission to save others. Christ was willing to do it - how could I be any less willing?
2006-06-16 10:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by byhisgrace70295 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
RE: Why do Mormons believe that Polygamy is significant with a view to achieve heavenly rewards? And similar to islam , mormonism too makes effective that in reality a guy may have distinct better halves at the same time as a lady isn't allowed to have better than one husband. The heavenly rewards dont sound a lot honest both proper? Wot do you're saying? LOL
2016-10-14 05:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would forego my heavenly rewards if it meant that others could become saved.
I have many people around me who say right now that they can't wait for Jesus to come and take us home. Well, I want to wait. Not because I don't want to go to Heaven and be free of this earth. But because for every minute that He taries, is another chance for someone else to know Him as their Lord and Saviour. So while my spirit longs for peace in eternity, there is a bigger picture.
I'm interested to know why you're asking. It's a great question!
2006-06-16 10:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by DMarie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Would ONly Forego It If It Meant Someone I Loved Got To Go!
2006-06-16 10:36:58 · answer #4 · answered by krispy_mnmz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This hypothetical situation is based on the idea that "we" humans save people. This is unbiblical and incorrect. God and God alone "saves" people, not men.
We are not participants in this process because the weight of others salvation lies in our abilities or presence. God is the only one who draws people to Christ, period.
It is a gift to be allowed to participate in the salvation of others.
It is not some great feat the we, as servants can accomplish.
If God needed our help for longer, then we would live longer.
2006-06-16 10:36:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok... my answer is no.. yes it may be selfish that I would not want to come back and save people..but seriously.. if heaven is already a zillion times better than what we can imagine...(and I am already imagining rollercoasters, healthy people, and all you can eat buffets!!) then i would not want to sacrafice that to come back here. So the solution is to telll everyone now about Christ and show them the way...
2006-06-16 10:35:29 · answer #6 · answered by Ms Phil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe I have one chance to help save the unsaved. That chance is now, by loving them and showing them what God has done in my life. So the answer is no, because I will have done my best while I was here, and that will be my reward.
2006-06-16 10:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by cj_justme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in heaven, or god, but if I did believe in a higher power, I don't think I'd bother trying to "Convert" the "fallen" or "lost." Apparently, they have a reason for being that way.
Honestly, I used to be a believer. I can honestly say that those who fall or become lost, do not do it on a whim. A lot of thought and consideration goes into such situations and thought processes. If that is what they feel is right, I do not think it'd be my responsibility to try to force them (Out of fear, out of the bible's teachings or scare tactics [you're going to hell, Jesus isn't going to forgive you, etc] or otherwise) into believing in what I believe.
If this is how they feel, so be it,and they have given enough thought into it to validate it to themselves. That should be enough for me and for them. It's not my place to try to "save" them. If Jesus is real, he will forgive them for using the free will he himself gave them, and "save" them himself.
2006-06-16 10:37:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is an incredibly hard question. i love my unsaved friends very much and it would be hard to turn down the opportunity to return to them, but once we've been the full and utter presence of God i don't think anyone could leave it.
2006-06-16 10:36:10 · answer #9 · answered by Nina F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I wouldn't want to come back. After my alotted time on earth is up, it wouldn't be up to me to come back. God would have already used me all he is going to, so therefore it would be left to the Christians left in the world to witness to the unsaved.
2006-06-16 10:41:20 · answer #10 · answered by hermajesty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋