What is Heaven like and what do people do there?

Question

Is it filled with worldly pleasures like good food, relaxing environment, and fun things to do? In other words is it all about self Indulgence?

Do people just sing praises to God all the time there? In other words is it all about serving God?

Or is there more to it?

Is it incomprehensible? If so what motivates you to strive for it.

For all of the "Nobody knows" people I want to clarify. This is an opinion question. Please answer based on your personal and religious beliefs. If you have no personal or religious beliefs regarding Heaven, this question obviously doesn't apply to you. Find another question, there are hundreds to choose from here.

Answer 1

That is the 64,000 dollar question that no one can answer.

Answer 2

Proof of the Afterlife

Explore the "many mansions" in heaven. In just a little while, we all will be going there. Best we be prepared.

http://www.victorzammit.com/book/4thedition/index.html

A Lawyer Presents the Case for the Afterlife
Irrefutable Objective Evidence
-- by Victor Zammit
Copyright 2006

CHAPTERS: ( 4th Updated Edition 2006)

1. Opening statement
2. Respected scientists who investigated
3. My sensational materialization experiences
4. Voices on Tape (EVP)
5. Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC)
6. Near Death Experiences (NDEs)
7. Out of Body Experiences
8. Scole Experiment proves the afterlife
9. Einstein’s E=mc2 and materialization
10. Materialization Mediumship
11. Helen Duncan
12. Psychic laboratory experiments
13. Scientific observation of mediums
14. The most investigated medium ever
15. Direct voice mediums
16. The Cross Correspondences
17. Proxy sittings refute the allegation of mind reading
18. Remote Viewing
19. Apparitions and after death contacts
20. Deathbed visions
21. The Ouija Board
22. Xenoglossy
23. Poltergeists
24. Reincarnation
25. Quantum Physics and the Afterlife
26. Lawyers who were convinced by the evidence
27. Answering the closed-minded skeptics
28. Closing statement: summing up the objective evidence
29. What happens when we die?
Bibliography

The chapter on 'What happens when we die?' answers your questions quite clearly and in great detail.

Answer 3

Heaven is the place where God dwells on His mobile throne and seated next to Him is our Savior, Jesus. When this earth is destroyed (either partially or completely), the new heaven will be placed here. We will be without disease and without sin. Our flesh will not crave what it craves today (like too many Oreos, etc.). We will be praising and singing but we will also use our talents to create things beautiful and/or useful. We will utilize our present knowledge (even technology) and gain much knowledge. It will definately not be boring.

Presently, heaven is a dwelling place where the souls (minus their bodies) of believers who have gone on to be in the presence of our Lord. They have some idea of what is going on here but probably don't "see" these things, just reports from angels perhaps. They are praying for us and cheering us on.

Answer 4

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

I think it's a surprise - better than I can imagine. God made earth in 7 days. He went to prepare a place for us more than 2000 years ago. Earth has got to be a garbage can compared to what's going on up there!

Why do I strive for it? After I got to personally know God and see for myself how good He is, there is no going back. Heaven for me is being with Jesus, so it's already started. I now have more love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self control than I ever had without.

I saw those traits in other Christians and I REALLY wanted them. I was sick of being who I was and I was tired of the guilt. That's why I originally asked Jesus to forgive me and be my God. He delivered on His promise more than I can describe.

Answer 5

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

Is there life after death?
http://www.lcg.org/search/search.php?query=after+death&%24results_per_page=10&search=1
http://www.lcg.org/search/search.php?query=hell&type=and&results=10&search=1
http://www.lcg.org/search/search.php?query=heaven&type=and&results=10&search=1
THE TRUTH ABOUT IMMORTAL SOUL
http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/telecast/tw-telecast.cgi?category=Media1&item=1104435466
What is a soul; and where does it go after death?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006030308501
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The three 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)

Answer 6

I think it's filled with pleasures untold, but not so much in the worldly sense.

Jesus tells us there will be a banquet, so I assume there will be food (YUM)
We have to wrap our minds around infinity to understand what Jesus has in store for us.
In all things "praise Him" is what the scripture says. I take that to mean that there will indeed be praising going on, but that in ALL things we will praise. He will have infinate possiblities for us to discover and explore. There is no end to what God can do.


blessings :)

Answer 7

Of course no one here KNOWS but what I would imagine is....we won't need food 'cause we will never be hungry...we won't feel the need for anything material at all...if i can hang around singing all of the time i will be so happy...and i really mean it...put me in a place i can worship HIM and sing the whole time without ever getting tired...i will not get bored!

Answer 8

Nobody knows if it even exists. It does seem ironic that it is commonly thought of to be all about self-indulgence, but that self-indulgence won't land you there. Hmmmmm.

Answer 9

In heaven, there are 72 blow-up dolls that play harps.

And look down at the people in hell and say "I told you so!"

Answer 10

there are no people there.....GOD IS GOING TO BRING HIS KINGDOM to the Earth....it wont be boring....there will still be humans to educate who come up after the millenium...