Heaven for the Christian will be a place of glorious life that will never end. Joy inexpressible, limitless peace, pure love, beauty beyond description—that's what heaven is. Greatest of all will be the presence of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, with whom we will enjoy fellowship forever. Loved ones who have known and loved the Lord will be there. Revelation 21:2 says, "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."
Heaven will be a place in which its inhabitants will be freed from the fears and insecurities that plague and haunt us in the present life. No energy crisis there ... Free from the economic and financial pressures that burden us down here. Free from the fear of personal and physical harm ... No fear of personal failure ... Our relationship with Him will be intimate and direct. I'm looking forward to that glorious day of going to heaven.
"Heaven will be what we have always longed for. It will be the new social order that men dream of. All the things that have made earth unlovely and tragic will be absent in heaven. There will be no night, no death, no disease, no sorrow, no tears, no ignorance, no disappointment, no war. It will be filled with happiness, worship, love, perfection and other good qualities. Heaven will be a place to challenge the creative genius of the unfettered mind of redeemed man." Revelation 21:4 says, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."
However, the Bible makes clear that there is only one way to heaven, and that is through repentance from sin and faith in Jesus Christ who said, "I am the way ..." (John 14:6). Jesus paid for our sins through His death on the cross. God offers us the free gift of friendship with Him in this life and eternal life in heaven when we die if we will but turn from sin and trust in Jesus as our Savior and Lord. "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved ..." (Acts 16:30).
One of the Bible's greatest truths is that we weren't created by God just for this life, but we were made to live forever. In other words, death isn't the end for us, but the beginning of a whole new existence—either with God in heaven, or apart from Him in the place the Bible calls hell.
And no—we won't be disembodied spirits floating around in heaven! God will give us new bodies in heaven—bodies that will be similar to Christ's body after His resurrection. The Bible says that Christ, "by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body" (Philippians 3:21).
What will we look like in heaven? The Bible doesn't say exactly—but you can be sure that all our weaknesses and imperfections will be gone, and our bodies will be perfect and ageless. The baby who died from a crippling disease won't be a baby any longer; the old person who was feeble and frail will have perfect health. The Bible says, "What we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he (Christ) appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2).
It's intriguing to think about heaven and what it will be like—but I pray you won't lose sight of an even more important question. It is this: Do you know you are going there? You can, by giving your life to Jesus Christ and trusting Him alone for your salvation. Make sure of your commitment to Him.
2006-09-29 10:11:40
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answered by Anonymous
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i'm not so constructive approximately that. yet think of approximately this: If hell is a place for undesirable human beings, and the devil is the king of undesirable issues, then would not he reward them for being evil for the time of their life rather of punishing them? So according to probability the two Heaven and Hell would be events interior the after life.
2016-10-15 08:39:08
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answered by Anonymous
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My guess the age in which you died. But imagine your body being perfect. No aches and pains. No sickness. For us women no more monthly periods,(YEEEEEEHAWWWWWWW)
I know you will have a new body, so does that mean all the imperfection such as moles, freckles, and wrinkles will be gone. Just something I have wondered.
2006-09-29 09:28:46
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answered by Anonymous
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dead no thoughts OT truth
and if heaven is just a SIN away is that cause heaven symbolizes DEATH ie a funeral with h and n as pall bearers and SIN=S\\IIV(stitched together) so basically SIN= either hurting a german or an orphan both suit Me fine.
so don't die unless your tired of thinking or loving or hating.
2006-09-29 09:25:20
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answered by Anonymous
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I believe that once we get to Heaven we will be so overcome with love for God that we won't care about any of the superficial things we care about here on earth.
2006-09-29 09:44:37
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answered by chickadee_ajm 4
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Some Medieval theologians argued that we will be the same age that Jesus was at the time of his resurrection.
2006-09-29 09:28:54
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answered by Anonymous
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There are many worlds in Gods Creation. We can experience
them all, and places where needs like food and water don't even
exist. So there's no need to fear for things, and we can
experience LOVE like we can't in this world.
2006-09-29 09:22:40
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answered by zenbuddhamaster 4
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Swedenborg's Heaven and Hell book:
http://www.mechanicsburgnewchurch.org/hh-ager.txt
2006-09-29 09:22:05
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answered by Anonymous
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No one knows and your never going to know until you die. No one on a computer can answer you because no one on here is dead.
2006-09-29 09:21:36
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answered by Anonymous
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as a spiritualist i am told that we return to our prime ... which is said to be around 30
children would grow and develop ... older people would become more youthful
and i wouldnt imagine there would be any social status
2006-09-29 09:26:08
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answered by Peace 7
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