so when we die and go to heaven we stay there.....forever? but isnt that like.....a really really really long time? would we ever just....stop existing?
2007-05-10 18:20:54 · 17 answers · asked by wakeupcall4 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Eternity means forever. Are you ready?
2007-05-10 18:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When we die, not all of us goes to heaven. That's the fact. We will stay there forever. Time does not exist there and you won't be bored. It is so much better than stop existing. Feels better know?.
2007-05-11 03:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by z_jepoh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read Revelation, you will see that we true christians who believed in and followed Jesus while on earth will live forever on this earth forever! This earth as we know it will be renewed, restored by Jesus at His Second Coming. The New Jerusalem is brought down to this renewed earth where Jesus will rule and reign from. So we and this earth will exist forever! Also, the unbelievers will forever be in the lake of eternal fire with satan and his demons. Our limited minds cannot comprehend forever. And according to the Bible also, we never stop existing. Read about how glorious Heaven is in Revelation. God bless
2007-05-11 01:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by connie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope! Forever is indeed forever (according to the scriptures)
Ever wondered how long forever is? Here's something to think about.
Lets say for an example there is a planet 10,000 miles away, and to take a round trip to this far away planet, 10,000 years would go by.
Now lets say, that you took a grain of sand off of this planet called earth, and you took it to this far away planet,and returned. Whereas, another 10,000 years pasted by.
You could do this, until you removed every grain of sand off of this planet called earth, and eternity would have just began!
Eternity must be looked at form the Spiritual and not Physical.
2007-05-11 01:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by n_007pen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we won't stop existing if we go to heaven. Heaven means the end of death and suffering. We as Christians believe that Christ died for the sin of mankind, and by doing that, and rising again, He conquered death once and for all. Death actually came into existence because of man's sins - God originally created us and the world around us perfectly, we were the ones who messed it up. God then, because of His love for us, actually became one of us to save us from ourselves.
Yes, forever is a long, long time..... Makes you consider that our lives here on earth are very very short by comparison. Doing what God wills us to do for maybe eighty or ninety years in exchange for living in heaven forever? Sounds like a great deal to me :-)
2007-05-11 01:28:52 · answer #5 · answered by the phantom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
Bhagavd-gita verifies again and again that the soul is eternal, indestructible.
Here we get sick of things, and become bored. Thats because our minds are uncontrolled and flickering. Here everything is temporary anyway, and we try to become satisifed with material things, but because we, as souls, are eternal, we can't ever be fully satisfied with them... that includes relationships, the more uncontrolled our mind is, the less satisfied we are..
There, however, everything is diffrent. According to the great saints and sages it's much better there than it is here, although that is impossible to comprehend with our material minds.
Faith is required.
There's one thing in common between here and there that can help our faith.
God presides over both realms. Acknowledging that in full here, like the saints learn and encourage us to also do, is as good as being there apparently.
:) Its just what i heard..
2007-05-11 01:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off, I wouldn't be going to a place called Heaven. We don't have that in my religion. Secondly, I would rather be in a place like Heaven than a place like Earth.
Hugs
2007-05-11 01:24:47 · answer #7 · answered by Mawyemsekhmet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your soul is eternal and you are here in this particular lifetime to experience what you decided to experience before you came here. You also agreed to forget Who you are and where you came from in order to be able to have this experience. When the time that you chose to leave here comes round, you will return to your Creator, review what you did and make plans for your next trip. You will never be bored! Lol! Enjoy your journey.
2007-05-11 06:09:09 · answer #8 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The great thing is we will never run out of things to learn. Exploring all of the solar systems in the universe is just the tip of the iceberg. Remember God in infinite and we are finite, so the journey of discovery will never end!
2007-05-11 01:25:23 · answer #9 · answered by morkie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You stop existing when you die. Heaven is a fiction.
2007-05-11 01:24:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋