what is your idea of heaven?

Answer 1

Heaven is not a place or a thing. It cannot be found in anything of this earth. There is no place on earth where we can go, and no thing of this earth that we can have that is heaven and will satisfy our heart’s deepest longing. Why then do people seek their happiness in the things of this earth? Although heaven is nothing of this earth, we can begin to have heaven while we are on this earth. In fact, in order to enter heaven after we die, we must begin to enter it here on this earth before we die. Heaven and Hell begin here and now in the present life that we live. After we die, we simply continue to live in the state in which we died.

What then is Heaven?

Simply stated, Heaven is essentially God! For human beings and angels as well, heaven is being in a loving relationship with God. Heaven is not place or thing, but persons; the three persons in the Holy Trinity who are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Only in God will we find true happiness and true joy! Only in God will our souls find rest! God placed in our hearts a longing and deep desire for Him that He alone can satisfy.

God invites us into a loving relationship with Him here and now! This is why Heaven begins here on earth. In fact, we could say that the meaning of our life here on earth is to enter into a loving relationship with God. God created us to be in a loving relationship with Him for all eternity. He gives us the life we now live to come to know Him and love Him. But we must freely choose to love God, since love is always free. God cannot, and will not force us to love Him. If He did, it wouldn’t be true love. The meaning of the life we now live on this earth is also to make a choice to either love God or reject Him. The state of our choice at the moment of our death will be the choice we will have made for all eternity. It is not possible to die in a state of definitive rejection of God and then, after death to choose Him. This is why it is important to die in the State of Grace. It is important to die in a state where we have fundamentally chosen God.


If we do enter into a loving relationship with God, then God will dwell in our hearts. The human heart is the dwelling place of God made by His own hands. This is why the Kingdom of Heaven is within; it is within the human heart. Heaven is not being in a physical place but it is being in the presence of God; it is not having a physical thing, but having the presence of God in our hearts.


If this is what Heaven is, then the opposite of this is what Hell is. Heaven is the state of loving and being loved by God, and having His presence in our hearts. Hell is the state of not loving God, not having His presence in our hearts. Souls that go to hell are rejected by God because they themselves have rejected God. Heaven and Hell are not essentially places we go to, but states of being we enter into and exist.

Although it is true that heaven is essentially the state of being in love with God, and therefore essentially within the human being or angel, a place of heaven must also exist also. The reason I say this is that Jesus Christ, Mary have physical bodies. Jesus and Mary must be somewhere. There must be a place where their bodies are. It also stands to reason that this place must also be beautiful. The outside kingdom of heaven is connected to the inside kingdom of heaven in human and angelic hearts. In other words, God will set those He loves in a place of serenity and beauty. The beauty of the earth that we see now is an example of how God provides for us and the beauty of the created universe. Scripture says that “eye has not seen, ears have not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

So heaven must be a place too, but it can’t be essentially what heaven is. To understand this point, imagine the soul of a damned person present in the place of heaven. Although that soul would be surrounded by unspeakable beauty on the outside, that person would still be in hell and would suffer the torment of not having the presence of God within and of being rejected by God. It seems reasonable, then, that heaven is a reality received and experienced essentially, primarily, and fundamentally within the heart and soul.

With this in mind it should be clear to see that heaven begins here and now on earth since the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Baptized Christians have received the Holy Spirit who dwells in our bodies, hearts, and souls as in a temple. We who have been baptized are living temples of the living God provided that we are in the state of grace. Catholics experience heaven within in the reception of Holy Communion with loving and thankful hearts. Basically, all those who have God in their hearts have begun to experience the essence of heaven.

If Heaven begins here and now while we are on this earth, then isn’t it wise to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven? If our hearts desire God now, then should we not seek to fulfill this desire now? How happy the person who finds the Kingdom of Heaven now! How happy the person who has the fire of God’s love aflame in his or her heart!

Lets all sing the song:

Heaven 17 :: DESIGNING HEAVEN

How demanding life can be
With a taste for luxury
It's such a modern way to live
A new hotel for the heartbroken
A bright new generation
Running out of time
Step up for the promised land
Pay today and pay tomorrow
Just like home from home
A timeshare in the stars
We're living in a divided world
It's our own creation
It's all too much
We're out of touch
In this united nation
Define the styles, wait for a while
Here comes a new sensation
Let's get it right before tonight
We are designing Heaven
I think at last I've found
A system for success
But the last thing on my mind
Is to arrest my own excess
The things that really count
Don't seem to have a price
Discover what you're missing
Now that it's your turn you can't wait
I say it's up to you
You say it's up to me
We're living in a divided world
It's our own creation
It's all too much
We're out of touch
In this united nation
Define the styles, wait for a while
Here comes a new sensation
Let's get it right before tonight
We are designing Heaven
I'm high enough to see
Nothing to lose
I feel relief
And disbelief
Now I can see
Did you ever wonder
Just how easy it would be ?
To try to rearrange
Your state of mind
If nature had a choice
think you know what it would be
Let us to a woman or a man
Try humanity
We're living in a divided world
It's our own creation
It's all too much
We're out of touch
In this united nation
Define the styles, wait for a while
Here comes a new sensation
Let's get it right before tonight
We are designing Heaven

Answer 2

This world was heaven once where the degree of happiness in the king and people were same. There was no sign of sorrow or suffering. People were perfect with divine virtues and didn't have any bad qualities or vices. Now this world has become a living hell. this is the hell all are talking about. There is no hell somewhere else. u c the sufferings around u and explore ur self. think, u tell me is this world hell or heaven? For me this is hell. Once when God comes he will change us and this world into heaven again.

Answer 3

There's 3 heavens.

First Heaven = This is also called the firmament or expanse of heaven. It is the heaven where the birds fly and where the clouds give rain. (Gen.1:26; 2:20; 8:2 & 1Kings 18:45)

Second Heaven = This refers to outerspace where the sun, moon and stars can be found. (Gen.22:17 & Exodus 32:13 & Joshua 10:13)

Third Heaven = The Apostle Paul tells us that the heaven of God's abode is the "third heaven." In the Old Testament this is often designated by the phrase "the heaven of heavens." (Joshua 2:11 & Psalms 11:4 & 2Corinthians 12:2 equated with v.4 = paradise)

THERE ARE TWO KINGDOMS: ONE ON EARTH AND THE OTHER ONE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN.

The 1st Kingdom of Heaven =
DAN.7:27 = "AND THE KINGDOM AND DOMINION, AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH, WHOSE KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND ALL DOMINION SHALL SERVE AND OBEY HIM."
REV.5:10 = "AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS: AND WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH."

The 2nd kingdom of Heaven =
AFTER 1,000 YEARS = A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH-HOLY CITY COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN = REV.21:1-4; ISAIAH 65:17-25; 66:1,22 AND ETC.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO---
ISAIAH 66:21; ZECH.14:9-11 = "BUILD HOUSES, PLANT VINEYARDS, EAT VINEYARDS"
ISAIAH 66:23; ZECH.14:16-19 = "WORSHIP FROM ONE NEW MOON TO ANOTHER AS ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER"
JESUS WILL BE GIVING CITIES TO THE SAINTS INWHICH THEY WILL BE TEACHING OTHERS THE TRUE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE = MATT.25:14-23; EZEKIEL 36:10,33; LUKE 13:26; ISAIAH 61:4
WE WON'T MARRY OR BE GIVEN UNTO MARRIAGE = MATT.22:30
BOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE PLAYING IN THE STREETS = ZECHARIAH 8:4-5,8
MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH = PSALM 37:9-11; MATT.5:5; REV.5:10


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Answer 4

I believe that heaven is an alternate spiritual dimension. Rather than a physical place in outer space somewhere, it is an elevated state of consciousness that we can achieve here on earth. I believe we will all return there when this physical incarnation ends.

I believe it is our true home where our souls reside as eternal spiritual beings and that this human life is but a temporal illusion that we choose to experience while we are still non-physical beings, to expediate the evolution of our souls, because it is so difficult here.

Answer 5

It is the firist abode of humans' father Adam(Alahis salam) & mother Eve(Havwa)(Alahis salam).It is the garden where all the true belivers i.e. momineen will live for ever after the day of ressurection & will never die.

Heaven is the garden which have many grades of gardens.Which have the distence between each of them equal to the distence between earth & heaven.The central most & best garden of the grades is AL-Firdoos which is directly underneth of ALLAH(Jalle shanhu's) thrown.

The heaven have rivers of milk & honey,the trees full of fruits of every season & the shades of the trees will be very long.There will be palaces for every one.There will be peace everywhere.No one will like to return from heaven to earth except martyrs who fought in the way of ALLAH(Azzawajal) & got martyred.Because they will not get the pleasure in the heaven which they got when they were martyred.

Every man will have pure & beautiful wives whom no man or jinn have ever touched.The wife he married on earth will be the leader of other wives.

Every one will get whatever they desire & they will thank ALLAH(Subhanallah wa tala) for what ever they get.

And ALLAH(Tala) knows better than us

Answer 6

don't worry about it remember this; God has a superior knowledge than us that's why some on times we can't understand things, we make a lot questions into our minds like why this, why happen this or why god does not make a better worlds things like that.

extra information; there are 3 heaven 1- the blue or gray sky that you see everyday, 2-the second is the space or that we call space [stars, sun, moon,] all thoses and number 3- is where god lives but GOD is on everypart.

Answer 7

I dont believe there is a heaven, even though I am catholic.
I think once we pass, the energy that is our soul is released back to the earth and combined with its force.

Answer 8

peacefull, lots of animals, family, green valleys, flowers perfect temp not to cold or hot. Singing. Where I felt I could do something of worth to be able help others on the earthly side

Answer 9

happiness is heaven for me

Answer 10

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Answer 11

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